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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 344 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 344

 To prohibit exports of dual use items to terrorist countries, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Berman, Mr. Kyl, Mr. Waxman, 
 and Mr. Kasich) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
 To prohibit exports of dual use items to terrorist countries, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON EXPORTS OF DUAL USE ITEMS TO TERRORIST 
              COUNTRIES.

    (a) Prohibition on Dual Use Items.--Section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``A validated license 
        shall be required for the export of goods or technology to a 
        country'' and inserting ``Goods or technology may not be 
        exported to a country'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (2);
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4) The President may waive the prohibitions contained in 
paragraph (1) with respect to a specific transaction if--
            ``(A) the President determines that the transaction is 
        essential to the national security interests of the United 
        States; and
            ``(B) not less than 15 days prior to the proposed 
        transaction, the President--
                    ``(i) consults with the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
                Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
                Senate regarding the proposed transaction; and
                    ``(ii) submits to the Speaker of the House of 
                Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on 
                Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate a 
                report containing--
                            ``(I) the name of the country involved in 
                        the proposed transaction, the identity of any 
                        recipient of the items to be provided pursuant 
                        to the proposed transaction, and the 
                        anticipated use of those items;
                            ``(II) a description of the items involved 
                        in the proposed transaction (including their 
                        market value) and the actual sale price at each 
                        step in the transaction;
                            ``(III) the reasons why the proposed 
                        transaction is essential to the national 
                        security interests of the United States and the 
                        justification for such proposed transaction;
                            ``(IV) the date on which the proposed 
                        transaction is expected to occur; and
                            ``(V) the name of every United States 
                        Government department, agency, or other entity 
                        involved in the proposed transaction, every 
                        foreign government involved in the proposed 
                        transaction, and every private party with 
                        significant participation in the proposed 
                        transaction.
To the extent possible, the information specified in clause (ii) of 
subparagraph (B) shall be provided in unclassified form, with any 
classified information provided in an addendum to the report.''.
    (b) Chemical and Biological Weapons.--Section 6(m) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 2405(m)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:
            ``(4) Denial of licenses to terrorist countries.--(A) 
        Licenses under paragraph (2) shall be denied if the ultimate 
        consignee of the goods or technology involved is in a country 
        the government of which is determined for purposes of 
        subsection (j) to be a government that has repeatedly provided 
        support for acts of international terrorism.
            ``(B) The President may waive subparagraph (A) with respect 
        to a specific transaction if the requirements of subsection 
        (j)(4) are met.''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON OFFICIALS OF TERRORIST GOVERNMENTS.

    (a) Submission of Reports.--The President shall submit to the 
Congress, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and not later than the end of each 1-year period thereafter, a 
report describing in detail all visits to the United States, during the 
1-year period preceding the date of the report, by any official of any 
government that is determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the 
Export Administration Act of 1979, to be a government that has 
repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

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