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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1271

To improve the drug certification procedures under section 490 of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 23, 1999

Mr. GRASSLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Foreign Relations

A BILL

To improve the drug certification procedures under section

490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Most Favored Rogue

5 States Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ‘‘MAJOR DRUG7 TRANSIT COUNTRY’’.

8 Section 481(e)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of

9 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘sig10 nificantly affecting the United States’’.
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1 SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES AS MAJOR

2 DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES

3 OF CERTIFICATIONS.

4 (a) TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, the countries specified in subsection (b) shall

6 be treated as major drug-transit countries for purposes

7 of section 490 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22

8 U.S.C. 2291j) for fiscal years after fiscal year 1999.

9 (b) COVERED COUNTRIES.—The countries specified

10 in this subsection are the following:

11 (1) Iran.

12 (2) Syria.

13 (3) North Korea.

14 SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF COUNTRIES FROM

15 LIST OF MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT AND MAJOR

16 ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES.

17 (a) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, in notifying Congress of the countries deter19 mined to be major drug-transit or major illicit drug pro20 ducing countries for purposes of section 490(h) of the For21 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (2291j(h)) in any year after

22 1998, the President may not exclude from among such

23 countries any country that was determiend to be such a

24 country for purposes of that section in 1998 unless before

25 making the notification that so excludes such country the

26 President submits to the Members of Congress specified
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1 in subsection (b) a written notice of an intent to so exclude

2 such country.

3 (b) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—The Members of Con4 gress referred to in this subsection are the following:

5 (1) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the

6 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

7 (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the

8 Committee on International Relations of the House

9 of Representatives.

10 SEC. 5. REPORT ON NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER FOR

11 PARAGUAY DURING FISCAL YEAR 1999 CER12 TIFICATION PROCESS.

13 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to

15 Congress a report setting forth a justification for the deci16 sion to submit to Congress a certification under section

17 490(b)(1)(B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22

18 U.S.C. 2291j(b)(1)(B)) with respect to Paraguay for fiscal

19 year 1999.

20 SEC. 6. REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES OF

21 KOSOVO LIBERATION ARMY.

22 Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact23 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to

24 Congress a report on the drug-trafficking activities of the

25 Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The report shall be sub-
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1 mitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified

2 annex.

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