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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5677 

To revise and improve authorities relating to international security assistance, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2018 

Mr. ROYCE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 

the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

A BILL 

To revise and improve authorities relating to international 

security assistance, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘International Security Assistance Act of 2018’’. 

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

Sec. 101. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United 

States are authorized. 

Sec. 102. Return of defense articles. 


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Sec. 103. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items. 

Sec. 104. Amendment to general provisions. 

Sec. 105. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act. 

Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export control programs. 

Sec. 107. Coordination of export controls. 

Sec. 108. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority. 

Sec. 109. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs. 

Sec. 110. Other amendments to military assistance authorities. 

Sec. 111. Transfer of excess naval vessel to Bahrain. 

TITLE II—SECURITY ASSISTANCE REFORM 

Sec. 201. List of priority countries for security assistance. 

Sec. 202. Coordinator for security assistance in priority countries. 

Sec. 203. Policies and guidance for regional bureaus of the Department of 

State. 

Sec. 204. Office for Security Assistance in the Department of State. 

Sec. 205. Database for security assistance. 

Sec. 206. Notification of chief of mission concurrence for support of special operations to combat terrorism. 

Sec. 207. Definitions. 

TITLE III—MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR 

RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE 

SPONSORS OF TERRORISM 

Sec. 301. Modifications of authorities that provide for rescission of determinations of countries as state sponsors of terrorism. 

1 TITLE I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

2 SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILI3 TARY SALES BY THE UNITED STATES ARE AU4 THORIZED. 

5 Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

6 2754) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘inter7 nal security’’ and inserting ‘‘legitimate internal security 

8 (including for anti-terrorism purposes)’’. 

9 SEC. 102. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. 

10 Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘(B) is not’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘(B)(i) is not’’; 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

4 and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(ii) is significant military equipment (as 

7 defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the 

8 Secretary of State has provided prior approval 

9 of the return of such defense article from the 

10 foreign country or international organization; 

11 and’’. 

12 SEC. 103. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR 

13 LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS. 

14 Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

15 U.S.C. 2778(j)) is amended— 

16 (1) in the subsection heading— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘COUNTRY’’; and 

18 (B) by striking ‘‘TO FOREIGN COUN19 TRIES’’; 

20 (2) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

21 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic Treaty 

24 Organization, any member country of that 


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1 Organization, the Republic of Korea, Aus2 tralia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’; 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘(except that the 

4 President may not so exempt such Organi5 zation, member country, or other country 

6 that is not eligible to acquire defense items 

7 under any other provision of law)’’ after 

8 ‘‘with respect to exports of defense items’’; 

9 and 

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

12 country, or other country’’; and 

13 (B) in clause (ii)— 

14 (i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

16 country, or other country’’; and 

17 (ii) by striking ‘‘under their domestic 

18 laws’’; 

19 (3) in paragraph (2)— 

20 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

21 (i) in the matter preceding clause 

22 (i)— 

23 (I) by striking ‘‘, at a min24 imum,’’; 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 

2 country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza3 tion, member country, or other coun4 try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 

5 (III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 

6 policies and practices, and promulgate 

7 or enact necessary modifications to its 

8 laws and regulations’’; 

9 (ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the for10 eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organi11 zation, member country, or other country’’; 

12 and 

13 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘re14 transfer control commitments, including 

15 securing’’ and inserting ‘‘retransfer con16 trols that secure’’; and 

17 (B) in subparagraph (B)— 

18 (i) in the matter preceding clause 

19 (i)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘, at a min21 imum,’’; 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 

23 country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza24 tion, member country, or other coun25 try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 


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1 (III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 

2 policies and practices, and promulgate 

3 or enact necessary modifications to its 

4 laws and regulations’’; and 

5 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘the for6 eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘the member 

7 country or other country’’; 

8 (4) in paragraph (3)— 

9 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

10 (A), by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and insert11 ing ‘‘the Organization, member country, or 

12 other country referred to in paragraph (1)’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘that 

14 foreign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organiza15 tion, member country, or other country’’; 

16 (C) in subparagraph (B)— 

17 (i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

19 country, or other country’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘has promulgated or 

21 enacted all necessary modifications to its 

22 laws and regulations to comply’’ and in23 serting ‘‘has taken such actions to com24 ply’’; and 

25 (D) in subparagraph (C)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 

3 country, or other country’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘that country’’ and in5 serting ‘‘such Organization, member coun6 try, or other country’’; and 

7 (5) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end 

8 before the period the following: ‘‘that are not signifi9 cant military equipment, or otherwise classified 

10 under section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 

11 Regulations, or contained on the list of items con12 trolled for reasons of missile technology under sec13 tion 71 of this Act’’. 

14 SEC. 104. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS. 

15 Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

16 U.S.C. 2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert17 ing ‘‘on a competitive basis’’ after ‘‘procurement in the 

18 United States’’. 

19 SEC. 105. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT 

20 CONTROL ACT. 

21 (a) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SALES FROM

22 STOCKS.—Section 21(e)(3) of the Arms Export Control 

23 Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(3)) is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

2 striking ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

3 (NATO) Support Organization’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 

5 Support and Procurement Organization’’; and 

6 (B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘support 

7 partnership agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘support 

8 or procurement partnership agreement’’; and 

9 (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), in the matter pre10 ceding subclause (I)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Or12 ganization (NATO) Support Organization’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization 

14 (NATO) Support and Procurement Organiza15 tion’’; and 

16 (B) by striking ‘‘weapon system partner17 ship agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘support or pro18 curement partnership agreement’’. 

19 (b) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORTS.—Section 

20 36(b)(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

21 2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic 

22 Treaty Organization or’’ before ‘‘a member country’’. 


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1 SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER 

2 UNITED STATES ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 

3 PROGRAMS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing re5 forms of United States arms export control programs, the 

6 President should prioritize the development of a new 

7 framework to improve and streamline licensing under such 

8 programs, including by seeking to revise the Special Com9 prehensive Export Authorizations for the North Atlantic 

10 Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organi11 zation, or any other country described in section 

12 36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

13 2776(c)(2)(A)) under section 126.14 of title 15, Code of 

14 Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic 

15 in Arms Regulations). 

16 SEC. 107. COORDINATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The delegation of functions by the 

18 President under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

19 2751 et seq.) to the Secretary of State should be exercised 

20 in a manner so as to achieve effective coordination with 

21 the export authorities exercised by the heads of other Fed22 eral departments and agencies, particularly the Secretary 

23 of Commerce. 

24 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 

26 that, in order to achieve the effective coordination 


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1 described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State 

2 and the Secretary of Commerce should regularly 

3 work to— 

4 (A) reduce the complexity of the export 

5 control authorities exercised by each Secretary; 

6 and 

7 (B) coordinate the exercise of such export 

8 control authorities with respect to items de9 scribed in paragraph (2) in order to reduce as 

10 much unnecessary administrative burden as 

11 possible. 

12 (2) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—The items described in 

13 this paragraph are— 

14 (A) items exported, reexported, or trans15 ferred to third parties; 

16 (B) items exported, reexported, trans17 ferred, or returned to the United States in con18 nection with foreign military sales under chap19 ter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

20 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), including— 

21 (i) defense articles that are not des22 ignated on the United States Munitions 

23 List; and 

24 (ii) items subject to the Export Ad25 ministration Regulations; and 


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1 (C) items designated on the United States 

2 Munitions List. 

3 SEC. 108. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AU4 THORITY. 

5 (a) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

6 ACT, 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of De7 fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 

8 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in9 serting ‘‘2019’’. 

10 (b) STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOR11 EIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 

12 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, 

14 and 2019’’. 

15 SEC. 109. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NA16 TIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS. 

17 (a) AUTHORITY.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 551 of the Foreign 

19 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amend20 ed— 

21 (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 

22 President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 

23 and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(b) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 

2 this chapter may also be used to provide assistance to en3 hance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, in4 cluding gendarmes, including to participate in peace5 keeping operations. 

6 ‘‘(c) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 

7 this chapter to provide assistance to friendly countries for 

8 purposes other than support for multilateral peacekeeping 

9 operations shall be subject to the requirements of section 

10 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776).’’. 

11 (2) DISARMAMENT AND REINTEGRATION.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

13 other provision of law, funds authorized to be 

14 appropriated under any provision of law for 

15 peacekeeping operations may be made available 

16 to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 

17 reintegrate into civilian society former members 

18 of foreign terrorist organizations. 

19 (B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of 

20 State shall consult with the appropriate con21 gressional committees prior to obligating or ex22 pending funds pursuant to this any provision of 

23 law described in subparagraph (A). 

24 (C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 

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1 organization designated as a terrorist organiza2 tion under section 219(a) of the Immigration 

3 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 

4 (b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall no5 tify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 

6 Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 

7 of the Senate at least 15 days prior to obligating funds 

8 under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations. 

9 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 

10 chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

11 (22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 

12 the following: ‘‘AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY PRO13 GRAMS’’. 

14 SEC. 110. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE 

15 AUTHORITIES. 

16 The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as 

17 follows: 

18 (1) In section 506(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 

19 2318(b)(2)), by striking ‘‘a report’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

20 report on an annual basis’’. 

21 (2) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)— 

22 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘coun23 tries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional organi24 zations, and international organizations’’; 


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1 (B) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 

2 ‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional 

3 organizations, and international organizations’’; 

4 (C) in subsection (c)— 

5 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘re6 cipient country’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient 

7 country or organization’’; and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 

9 ‘‘other countries’’ and inserting ‘‘other 

10 countries or organizations’’; 

11 (D) in subsection (f)(2)— 

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

13 ‘‘country’’ and inserting ‘‘country or orga14 nization’’; and 

15 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

16 ‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries or or17 ganizations’’; and 

18 (E) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘coun19 try’’ and inserting ‘‘country and organization’’. 

20 (3) In section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance 

21 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by inserting ‘‘law 

22 enforcement and justice sector assistance,’’ before 

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1 (4) In section 656(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 

2 2416(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘March 1’’. 

4 SEC. 111. TRANSFER OF EXCESS NAVAL VESSEL TO BAH5 RAIN. 

6 (a) TRANSFER BY SALE.—The President is author7 ized to transfer to the Government of Bahrain the OLI8 VER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate USS 

9 ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG–49) on a sale basis under 

10 section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 

11 2761). 

12 (b) COSTS OF TRANSFER.—Any expense incurred by 

13 the United States in connection with the transfer author14 ized by this section shall be charged to the Government 

15 of Bahrain notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 

17 (c) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED

18 STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac19 ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 

20 transfer of a vessel under this section, that the Govern21 ment of Bahrain have such repair or refurbishment of the 

22 vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces 

23 of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the 

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1 (d) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

2 transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 

3 of the three-year period beginning on the date of the en4 actment of this Act. 

5 TITLE II—SECURITY 

6 ASSISTANCE REFORM 

7 SEC. 201. LIST OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES FOR SECURITY AS8 SISTANCE. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con10 gress that United States security assistance is a critically 

11 important tool of United States foreign policy and the Sec12 retary of State, acting under the direction of the Presi13 dent, should set foreign security assistance policy prior14 ities related to United States security assistance. 

15 (b) LIST.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

16 with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other ap17 propriate Federal departments and agencies, shall include 

18 in the annual congressional budget justification of the De19 partment of State a list that— 

20 (1) those foreign countries identified by the 

21 Secretary of State as priority countries to receive se22 curity assistance; and 

23 (2) indicates for each country identified under 

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1 retary of State seeks to achieve with respect to the 

2 provision of such assistance. 

3 SEC. 202. COORDINATOR FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN 

4 PRIORITY COUNTRIES. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall des6 ignate an appropriately senior individual or individuals as7 signed to an appropriate diplomatic or consular post in 

8 each foreign country identified on the list required under 

9 section 201(b) to be responsible for— 

10 (1) tracking, reporting on, and coordinating se11 curity assistance and related policy for the foreign 

12 country; and 

13 (2) assisting in and ensuring implementation of 

14 section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

15 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, 

16 United States Code. 

17 (b) TRAINING.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 

19 ensure that each individual designated under sub20 section (a) receives the specialized training described 

21 in paragraph (2) to prepare such individual to carry 

22 out the duties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

23 of subsection (a). 

24 (2) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The Secretary of 

25 State shall establish curriculum at the George P. 


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1 Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center to 

2 provide specialized training for individuals des3 ignated under subsection (a) to develop policy exper4 tise relating to security assistance, including— 

5 (A) awareness of the full range of agencies, 

6 offices, personnel, congressional authorities and 

7 funds, and programs involved in security assist8 ance and the respective decision-making 

9 timelines; 

10 (B) familiarity with models of military and 

11 police security force systems and basic knowl12 edge of structures and forces of the region to 

13 which the individual is deployed; and 

14 (C) familiarity with security assistance re15 form and United States interagency and exter16 nal resources and experts. 

17 (3) COORDINATION.—The curriculum estab18 lished pursuant to paragraph (2) should be provided 

19 in coordination with the Defense Security Coopera20 tion Agency’s Defense Institute of Security Coopera21 tion Studies. 

22 SEC. 203. POLICIES AND GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL BU23 REAUS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 

24 (a) POLICIES AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of 

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1 gional bureau of the Department of State to coordinate 

2 security assistance and related policy for foreign countries 

3 identified on the list required under section 201(b). 

4 (b) COORDINATOR FOR REGIONAL BUREAU.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The assistant secretary for 

6 each regional bureau of the Department of State 

7 should designate an individual who is an officer of 

8 the regional bureau to be responsible for coordi9 nating security assistance and related policy within 

10 the responsibilities of such regional bureau, includ11 ing the integration of the foreign security assistance 

12 policy priorities established by the Secretary of 

13 State, acting under the direction of the President. 

14 (2) TRAINING.—The assistant secretary for 

15 each regional bureau of the Department of State 

16 should ensure that each individual designated under 

17 paragraph (1) for such regional bureau receives the 

18 specialized training described in section 2(b) to pre19 pare such individual to carry out the duties de20 scribed in paragraph (1). 

21 SEC. 204. OFFICE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN THE DE22 PARTMENT OF STATE. 

23 (a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des24 ignate an office in the Department of State, to be known 


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1 as the Office for Security Assistance, to serve as a central 

2 coordinating point for security assistance. 

3 (b) PERSONNEL.—The Office of Security Assistance 

4 should include knowledgeable personnel who, as necessary, 

5 are detailed from within the Department of State’s rel6 evant functional bureaus and personnel from the United 

7 States Agency for International Development and other 

8 relevant Federal departments and agencies. 

9 (c) DUTIES.—The Office for Security Assistance 

10 shall— 

11 (1) create, respond to, and coordinate security 

12 assistance strategies and plans, particularly in sup13 port of development of interagency country strate14 gies by United States embassies and regular plan15 ning by regional bureaus of the Department of 

16 State; 

17 (2) maintain awareness of security assistance 

18 programs administered by the Department of State, 

19 the United States Agency for International Develop20 ment, and other Federal departments and agencies, 

21 including managing the Department of State’s re22 view and concurrence process under section 333 of 

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1 (3) convene appropriate offices and personnel 

2 required for working-level interagency coordination; 

3 and 

4 (4) ensure awareness of and making use of best 

5 practices in the design, implementation, monitoring 

6 and evaluation of security assistance. 

7 (d) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this section 

8 shall not apply if the Secretary of State certifies to the 

9 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa10 tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen11 ate that the Department of State has established an alter12 native mechanism for the effective coordination of security 

13 assistance. Such certification shall describe such alter14 native mechanism to achieve the objectives described in 

15 this section. 

16 SEC. 205. DATABASE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The President should seek to en18 sure that the Department of State, the Department of De19 fense, and other appropriate Federal agencies are able to 

20 share a common database of information that permits the 

21 identification of security assistance programs and funding 

22 by country. 

23 (b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 

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1 gressional committees a report that assesses existing bar2 riers to data sharing and exchanges that would assist in 

3 planning, assessing, and tracking security assistance. 

4 SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION OF CHIEF OF MISSION CONCUR5 RENCE FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPER6 ATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall pro8 vide to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

9 of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela10 tions of the Senate written notice when a chief of mission 

11 has exercised concurrence with respect to the exercise of 

12 authority to provide support of special operations to com13 bat terrorism, including, at a minimum, identification of 

14 the relevant country. 

15 (b) BRIEFINGS.—Upon the request of a committee 

16 specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 

17 provide to such committee a briefing regarding matters 

18 within the competence of the Department of State related 

19 to the concurrence described in such subsection. 

20 SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this title: 

22 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT23 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com24 mittees’’ means— 


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1 (A) means the Committee on Appropria2 tions, the Committee on Armed Services, and 

3 the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

4 of Representatives; and 

5 (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 

6 Committee on Armed Services, and the Com7 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 

8 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘secu9 rity assistance’’ means— 

10 (A) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 

11 international narcotics control) of part I of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

13 (B) assistance under chapter 2 (military 

14 assistance), chapter 5 (international military 

15 education and training), chapter 6 (peace16 keeping operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism 

17 assistance), and chapter 9 (nonproliferation and 

18 export control assistance) of part II of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961; 

20 (C) assistance under section 23 of the 

21 Arms Export Control Act (relating to the For22 eign Military Financing program); or 

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1 pations in credits), and guaranties of loans 

2 under the Arms Export Control Act. 

3 TITLE III—MODIFICATIONS OF 

4 AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 

5 FOR RESCISSION OF DETER6 MINATIONS OF COUNTRIES 

7 AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER8 RORISM 

9 SEC. 301. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 

10 FOR RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF 

11 COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER12 RORISM. 

13 (a) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

14 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM.—Section 

15 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

16 2371) is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (c)(2)— 

18 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

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

20 days’’; and 

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

22 month period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month pe23 riod’’; 

24 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub25 section (e); 


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1 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol2 lowing: 

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

4 under subsection (c)(2) of a determination under sub5 section (a) with respect to the government of a country 

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

7 of a report under subsection (c)(2), enacts a joint resolu8 tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 

9 Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 

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

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

12 government of such country.’’; 

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

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

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

16 be’’; and 

17 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

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

20 than— 

21 ‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac22 tivities of the government of the country concerned 

23 within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 

24 (c)(2)(A), the President, acting through the Sec25 retary of State, shall notify the Committee on ForVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:52 May 15, 2018 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5677.IH H5677

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1 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 

3 such initiation; and 

4 ‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 

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

6 Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 

7 the status of such review.’’. 

8 (b) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 40 of the 

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

10 (1) in subsection (f)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 

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

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

14 days’’; and 

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

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

17 and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

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

20 ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 

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

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

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may waive’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, waive’’; 

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

5 (m); and 

6 (4) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol7 lowing new subsection: 

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

9 than— 

10 ‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac11 tivities of the government of the country concerned 

12 within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 

13 (f)(1)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec14 retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For15 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 

16 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 

17 such initiation; and 

18 ‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 

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

20 Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 

21 the status of such review.’’. 

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