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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1553

To prohibit the provision of United States military assistance and the sale, 

transfer, or licensing of United States military equipment or technology 

to Pakistan. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 12, 2005

Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. MENENDEZ) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations 

A BILL

To prohibit the provision of United States military assistance 

and the sale, transfer, or licensing of United States 

military equipment or technology to Pakistan.

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 ‘‘Pakistan Proliferation 

5 Accountability Act of 2005’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress makes the following findings: 

8 (1) Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, former director of 

9 the A.Q. Khan Research Laboratory in Pakistan and 
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1 Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on the Stra2 tegic Programme with the status of a federal min3 ister, established and operated an illegal inter4 national network which sold nuclear weapons and re5 lated technologies to a variety of countries. 

6 (2) The illegal international nuclear prolifera7 tion network established by Dr. Khan provided 

8 North Korea with complete uranium enrichment cen9 trifuges and designs and a list of components nec10 essary to manufacture additional uranium enrich11 ment centrifuges. 

12 (3) Documents provided by the Government of 

13 Libya to the Government of the United States and 

14 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in15 dicate that the illegal international nuclear prolifera16 tion network established by Dr. Khan provided 

17 Libya with designs for a nuclear weapon, as well as 

18 for uranium enrichment centrifuges. 

19 (4) In March 2005, the Government of Paki20 stan acknowledged that the illegal international nu21 clear proliferation network established by Dr. Khan 

22 provided uranium enrichment centrifuges to Iran. 

23 (5) The Government of the United States still 

24 does not know the entire extent of the activities of 

25 the illegal international nuclear proliferation network 
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1 established by Dr. Khan and the Government of 

2 Pakistan has not provided any opportunity for the 

3 United States Government to interview Dr. Khan di4 rectly. 

5 SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

6 It is the sense of Congress that—

7 (1) the Government of the United States has an 

8 interest in knowing the full extent of the illegal 

9 international nuclear proliferation network estab10 lished and operated by the Pakistani nuclear sci11 entist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, which sold nuclear 

12 weapons and related technologies to a variety of 

13 countries; and 

14 (2) in order to ensure that the illegal inter15 national nuclear proliferation network established by 

16 Dr. Khan has been dismantled, Dr. Khan should 

17 give a full accounting of the activities and partici18 pants of the network to the United States Govern19 ment. 

20 SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON UNITED STATES MILITARY AS21 SISTANCE TO PAKISTAN. 

22 (a) PROHIBITION.—No United States military assist23 ance may be provided to Pakistan and no military equip24 ment or technology may be sold, transferred, or licensed 

25 for sale to Pakistan pursuant to the authorities contained 
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1 in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 

2 et seq.) or any other Act unless the President first certifies 

3 to the appropriate congressional committees that—

4 (1) the Government of Pakistan has provided 

5 the Government of the United States with unre6 stricted opportunities to interview the Pakistani nu7 clear scientist, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, regarding 

8 the illegal international nuclear proliferation network 

9 established and operated by Dr. Khan; 

10 (2) the Government of Pakistan has complied 

11 with requests for assistance from the International 

12 Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding the illegal 

13 international nuclear proliferation network, including 

14 by providing requested documents, materials, equip15 ment, and access to individuals; and 

16 (3) the Government of the United States—

17 (A) has determined the full scope of the 

18 activities and participants of the illegal inter19 national nuclear proliferation network; 

20 (B) has determined the nature and extent 

21 of the illegal international nuclear proliferation 

22 network’s connection to al Qaeda and Osama 

23 bin Laden; and 

24 (C) in conjunction with the International 

25 Atomic Energy Agency, has confirmed that the 
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1 illegal international nuclear proliferation net2 work has been completely dismantled. 

3 (b) INAPPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—

4 The prohibition contained in subsection (a) does not apply 

5 to any assistance or transfer for the purposes of any of 

6 the provisions of law specified in subparagraphs (A) 

7 through (D) of section 620E(e)(2) of the Foreign Assist8 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2375(e)(2)). 

9 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘appro10 priate congressional committees’’ means—

11 (1) the Committee on International Relations 

12 and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives; and 

14 (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

15 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

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