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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1594

To provide for increased accountability with respect to the education and

training of foreign military personnel, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APRIL 26, 2001

Mr. MOAKLEY (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. RIVERS, and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition

to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for increased accountability with respect to the

education and training of foreign military personnel, 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 ‘‘Foreign Military

5 Training Responsibility Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS.

7 (a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the United States

8 provides education and training for approximately 38,000
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1 foreign military personnel, other than military personnel

2 of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries,

3 every year.

4 (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con5 gress that—

6 (1) the United States shares a responsibility for

7 actions of those foreign military personnel for which

8 it provides education and training; and

9 (2) therefore the United States should take a

10 serious approach to evaluating the objectives, meth11 ods, and results of such education and training, in12 cluding evaluating and tracking the personnel for

13 which it provides such education and training.

14 SEC. 3. ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.

15 (a) CONTENTS.—Section 656(b) of the Foreign As16 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(b)) is amended by

17 adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(4) United States Government personnel

19 (other than United States military units referred to

20 in paragraph (3)) and non-United States Govern21 ment personnel, including private contractors, in22 volved in each military training activity.’’.

23 (b) FORM.—Section 656(c) of the Foreign Assistance

24 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(c)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The report’’ and inserting the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

4 the report’’; and

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

6 ‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT.—Notwith7 standing paragraph (1), all information relating to

8 the number of foreign military personnel provided

9 training for each military training activity, their

10 units of operation, and the location of the training,

11 pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and all information

12 pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be in unclassified

13 form.’’.

14 SEC. 4. ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICE TRAINING REPORT.

15 Section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

16 (22 U.S.C. 2420) is amended by adding at the end the

17 following:

18 ‘‘(e)(1) Not later than January 31 of each year, the

19 Secretary of State, in conjunction with the head of each

20 other appropriate department or agency, shall prepare and

21 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re22 port on all police training, advice, or financial support de23 scribed in subsection (a) provided during the previous fis24 cal year and all such training, advice, or support proposed

25 for the current fiscal year.
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1 ‘‘(2) The report described in paragraph (1) shall in2 clude the following:

3 ‘‘(A) For each activity, the foreign policy jus4 tification and purpose for the activity, and with re5 spect to police training, the number of personnel

6 provided training and their units of operation, and

7 the location of the training.

8 ‘‘(B) For each country, the aggregate number

9 of personnel trained and the aggregate cost of the

10 police training activities.

11 ‘‘(C) With respect to United States Government

12 personnel, the operational benefits to the United

13 States derived from each police training activity and

14 the United States Government personnel involved in

15 each activity.

16 ‘‘(D) Non-United States Government personnel

17 involved in each police training activity.

18 ‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the report de19 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified form but

20 may include a classified annex.

21 ‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), all informa22 tion relating to the number of personnel provided training

23 for each activity pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) and all in24 formation pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall be in un25 classified form.
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1 ‘‘(4) All unclassified portions of the report described

2 in paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public on

3 the Internet through the Department of State.

4 ‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate con5 gressional committees’ means—

6 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the

7 Committee on International Relations of the House

8 of Representatives; and

9 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the

10 Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’.

11 SEC. 5. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY AND

12 POLICE TRAINING.

13 (a) RECORDS.—Chapter 3 of part II of the Foreign

14 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amend15 ed by inserting after section 660 the following:

16 ‘‘SEC. 660A. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY

17 AND POLICE TRAINING.

18 ‘‘(a) RECORDS.—The Secretary of Defense, the Sec19 retary of State, and the head of each other appropriate

20 department or agency shall jointly develop and maintain

21 a database containing records on each foreign military

22 participant and each foreign law enforcement participant

23 in education and training activities conducted by the

24 United States Government pursuant to any other provi25 sion of law after December 31, 2001.
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1 ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each record shall include the type

2 of instruction received, the dates of the instruction, wheth3 er such instruction was completed successfully, and, to the

4 extent practicable, a record of the participant’s subsequent

5 military or law enforcement career, including the partici6 pant’s current position and location.’’.

7 SEC. 6. TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR

8 MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN COUN9 TRIES.

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a task

11 force to conduct an assessment of the kind of education

12 and training that is appropriate for the Department of

13 Defense to provide to military personnel of foreign coun14 tries.

15 (b) COMPOSITION.—The task force shall be composed

16 of eight Members of Congress, of whom two each shall

17 be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representa18 tives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives,

19 the majority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader

20 of the Senate.

21 (c) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date

22 of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit

23 to Congress a report on its assessment as specified in sub24 section (a). The report shall include—
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1 (1) a critical assessment of courses, curriculum,

2 and procedures appropriate for such education and

3 training;

4 (2) an evaluation of the effect of such education

5 and training on the performance of military per6 sonnel of foreign countries in the areas of human

7 rights and adherence to democratic principles and

8 the rule of law;

9 (3) an evaluation of compliance by the United

10 States Government with requirements that prohibit

11 the training of military personnel of foreign coun12 tries involved in human rights violations;

13 (4) an evaluation of such education and train14 ing for military personnel of countries with limited

15 civilian control of the military; and

16 (5) a description of criteria for limiting such

17 education and training for military personnel of

18 countries with limited civilian control of the military.

19 (d) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term

20 ‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate to, or Resident Commis21 sioner, in the Congress.

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