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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2120

To prohibit the furnishing of international security assistance to countries

that consistently oppose the United States position in the United Nations

General Assembly.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 13, 1993

Mr. GOODLING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Foreign Affairs

A BILL

To prohibit the furnishing of international security assistance

to countries that consistently oppose the United States

position in the United Nations General Assembly.

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 Assistance Re5 sponsibility Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO COUN2 TRIES THAT CONSISTENTLY OPPOSE THE

3 UNITED STATES POSITION IN THE UNITED

4 NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

5 (a) PROHIBITION.—Security assistance may not be

6 provided to a country that consistently opposed the United

7 States position in the United Nations General Assembly

8 during the most recent session of the General Assembly.

9 (b) CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT.—If—

10 (1) the Secretary of State determines that,

11 since the beginning of the most recent session of the

12 General Assembly, there has been a fundamental

13 change in the leadership and policies of the govern14 ment of a country to which the prohibition in sub15 section (a) applies, and

16 (2) the Secretary believes that because of that

17 change the government of that country will no

18 longer consistently oppose the United States position

19 in the General Assembly,

20 the Secretary may submit to the Congress a request that

21 the Congress enact an exemption from that prohibition for

22 that country. Any such exemption shall be effective only

23 until submission of the next report under section 117 of

24 the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years

25 1984 and 1985. Any request for such an exemption shall
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1 be accompanied by a discussion of the basis for the Sec2 retary’s determination and belief.

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section—

4 (1) the term ‘‘consistently opposed the United

5 States position’’ means that the country’s votes in

6 the United Nations General Assembly coincided with

7 the United States position less than 25 percent of

8 the time, using for this purpose the overall percent9 age-of-voting coincidences set forth in the annual re10 port submitted to the Congress pursuant to section

11 117 of the Department of State Authorization Act,

12 Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985;

13 (2) the term ‘‘most recent session of the Gen14 eral Assembly’’ means the most recently completed

15 plenary session of the General Assembly for which

16 overall percentage-of-voting coincidences is set forth

17 in the most recent report submitted to the Congress

18 pursuant to section 117 of the Department of State

19 Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985; and

20 (3) the term ‘‘security assistance’’ means assist21 ance under—

22 (A) chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As23 sistance Act of 1961 (relating to the Economic

24 Support Fund),
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1 (B) chapter 5 of part II of that Act (relat2 ing to international military education and

3 training), or

4 (C) section 23 of the Arms Export Control

5 Act (relating to the ‘‘Foreign Military Financ6 ing Program’’).

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section takes effect

8 upon submission to the Congress of the report pursuant

9 to section 117 of the Department of State Authorization

10 Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985, that is required to be

11 submitted by January 31, 1994.

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