[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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