114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5484 

AN ACT 

To modify authorities that provide for rescission of determinations of countries as state sponsors of terrorism, 

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, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Sponsors of Ter3 rorism Review Enhancement Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 

5 FOR RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF 

6 COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER7 RORISM. 

8 (a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—Section 

9 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

10 2371) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (c)(2)— 

12 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

13 (A), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 

14 days’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘6- 

16 month period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month pe17 riod’’; 

18 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub19 section (e); 

20 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(d) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 

23 under subsection (c)(2) of a determination under sub24 section (a) with respect to the government of a country 

25 may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 

26 of a report under subsection (c)(2), enacts a joint resolu-
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1 tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 

2 Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 

3 under subsection (f)(1) of such section of a determination 

4 under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the 

5 government of such country.’’; 

6 (4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), in the 

7 matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may 

8 be’’ and inserting ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, 

9 be’’; and 

10 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION AND BRIEFING.—Not later 

13 than— 

14 ‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac15 tivities of the government of the country concerned 

16 within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 

17 (c)(2)(A), the President, acting through the Sec18 retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For19 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 

21 such initiation; and 

22 ‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 

23 paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 

24 Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 

25 the status of such review.’’. 
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1 (b) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 40 of the 

2 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) is amended— 

3 (1) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

6 by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 

7 days’’; and 

8 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘6-month 

9 period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month period’’; 

10 and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

13 ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

15 ‘‘45-day period’’ and inserting ‘‘90-day pe16 riod’’; 

17 (2) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding 

18 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may waive’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, waive’’; 

20 (3) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 

21 (m); and 

22 (4) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(l) NOTIFICATION AND BRIEFING.—Not later 

25 than— 
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1 ‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac2 tivities of the government of the country concerned 

3 within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 

4 (f)(1)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec5 retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For6 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

7 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 

8 such initiation; and 

9 ‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 

10 paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 

11 Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 

12 the status of such review.’’. 

13 (c) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(j) of the Export 

15 Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 

16 2405(j)), as continued in effect under the Inter17 national Emergency Economic Powers Act, is 

18 amended— 

19 (A) in paragraph (4)(B)— 

20 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

21 by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 

22 days’’; and 

23 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘6-month 

24 period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month period’’; 
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1 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 

2 (7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 

3 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

4 following new paragraphs: 

5 ‘‘(5) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 

6 under paragraph (4)(B) of a determination under para7 graph (1)(A) with respect to the government of a country 

8 may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 

9 of a report under paragraph (4)(B), enacts a joint resolu10 tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 

11 Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 

12 under subsection (f)(1) of such section of a determination 

13 under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the 

14 government of such country. 

15 ‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION AND BRIEFING.—Not later 

16 than— 

17 ‘‘(A) ten days after initiating a review of the 

18 activities of the government of the country concerned 

19 within the 24-month period referred to in paragraph 

20 (4)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec21 retary and the Secretary of State, shall notify the 

22 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela24 tions of the Senate of such initiation; and 
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1 ‘‘(B) 20 days after the notification described in 

2 paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 

3 Secretary and the Secretary of State, shall brief 

4 such committees on the status of such review.’’. 

5 (2) REGULATIONS.—The President shall amend 

6 the Export Administration Regulations under sub7 chapter C of chapter VII of title 15, Code of Federal 

8 Regulations, to the extent necessary and appropriate 

9 to carry out the amendment made by paragraph (1). 

Passed the House of Representatives September 12, 

2016. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5484 

AN ACT 

To modify authorities that provide for rescission of 

terrorism, and for other purposes. determinations of countries as state sponsors of