[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 23, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6906]
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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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                       ROBERTS AMENDMENT NO. 2970

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ROBERTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 2132, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. ____. PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO IMPOSE NUCLEAR 
                   NONPROLIFERATION CONTROLS.

       (a) Amendment of the Arms Export Control Act.--
       (1) Reprocessing transfers; illegal exports.--Section 
     102(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1(a)) 
     is amended by striking ``no funds'' and all that follows 
     through ``making guarantees,'' and inserting the following: 
     ``the President may suspend or terminate the provision of 
     economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (including economic support fund assistance under chapter 4 
     of part II of that Act) or military assistance, grant 
     military education and training, or peacekeeping assistance 
     under part II of that Act, or the extension of military 
     credits or the making of guarantees under the Arms Export 
     Control Act,''.
       (2) Transfer or use of nuclear explosive devices.--Section 
     102(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2799aa-1(b)) 
     is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``shall forthwith 
     impose'' and inserting ``may impose'';
       (B) by striking paragraphs (4), (5), and (7);
       (C) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and (8) as paragraphs 
     (4) and (5), respectively; and
       (D) by amending paragraph (4) (as redesignated) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(4) If the President decides to impose any sanction 
     against a country under paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D), the 
     President shall forthwith so inform that country and shall 
     impose the sanction beginning 30 days after submitting to 
     Congress the report required by paragraph (1) unless, and to 
     the extent that, there is enacted during the 30-day period a 
     law prohibiting the imposition of that sanction.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to determinations made by the President before, 
     on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.

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