[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2569]
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SA 377. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024
for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1299L. PROHIBITION ON EXPEDITED PROCEDURES OR SPECIAL
TREATMENT UNDER THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF
1961 OR THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT FOR CERTAIN
COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--A country described in subsection (b) may
not receive expedited procedures or other special treatment
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et
seq.) or the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751).
(b) Country Described.--A country described in this
subsection is any country that--
(1) has a Status of Forces Agreement with the United
States; and
(2)(A) fails to extend to a member of the United States
Armed Forces--
(i) the right to legal counsel for his or her defense, in
accordance with such Status of Forces Agreement or other
binding law or agreement with any other country;
(ii) access to competent language translation services;
(iii) a prompt and speedy trial;
(iv) the right to be confronted with the witnesses against
him or her; or
(v) a compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his or
her favor if such witnesses are within the foreign country's
jurisdiction; or
(B) is otherwise in violation of a provision within such
active Status Forces Agreement.
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