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(2) by inserting ‘‘, including any act that con-
stitutes a war crime, as such term is defined in sec-
tion 2441 of title 18, United States Code’’ after ‘‘gross 
violation of human rights’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION TO LIMITATION ON SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE.—Subsection (d)(1) of section 502B of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304) is amended 
by inserting ‘‘any act that constitutes a war crime, as such 
term is defined in section 2441 of title 18, United States 
Code,’’ after ‘‘the abduction and clandestine detention of 
those persons,’’. 
Subtitle C—Studies on Authorities 
and Programs 
SEC. 841. REQUIREMENT FOR STUDY BY BUREAU OF INTER-
NATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCE-
MENT AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for 
the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforce-
ment, in consultation with the heads of other relevant bu-
reaus of the Department, shall submit to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report de-
tailing all existing programs, and their statutory authori-
ties, that provide training, advice, equipment, and other 
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support to eligible foreign civilian security forces and insti-
tutions. 
(b) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED.—Such a report shall 
assess the following: 
(1) The benefits and costs of consolidating the 
number of such programs and expanding the scope of 
such programs, as appropriate. 
(2) The prospects for improving coordination 
among such programs. 
(3) The impact of repealing section 660 of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420), in-
cluding— 
(A) the potential opportunities such repeal 
would create for expanding existing programs or 
establishing new programs to improve the capac-
ity, capabilities, and professionalism of such ci-
vilian security forces and institutions, including 
with respect to pay and promotions, benefits, 
leadership, and administration; and 
(B) the required elements necessary to en-
sure that any such program would enhance rule 
of law and safeguard human rights. 
(c) CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCES.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘civilian security forces’’ includes non-military secu-
rity forces at the national, state, district, or local level that 
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are responsible for internal security, do not report to a de-
fense ministry or similar or related defense or military en-
tity of a foreign government, and are assigned responsi-
bility for one or more of the following: 
(1) Law enforcement. 
(2) Border security. 
(3) Maritime and port security. 
(4) Customs law enforcement. 
(5) Sanctions monitoring and enforcement. 
(6) Counterterrorism. 
(7) Counter-narcotics. 
(8) Counterproliferation. 
(9) Counter-transnational organized crime. 
(10) Improving the administration of justice. 
(11) Promoting respect for human rights. 
(12) Promoting the rule of law. 
SEC. 842. REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT STUDY OF EX-
ISTING SECURITY ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall enter 
into a contract with a federally funded research and devel-
opment center with appropriate expertise and analytical 
capability to carry out the study described in subsection 
(b). 
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(b) STUDY.—The study required by subsection (a) shall 
provide for a comprehensive examination of— 
(1) the history and evolution of existing security 
assistance authorities and the original intent of such 
authorities; 
(2) areas in which— 
(A) such authorities have deviated from 
such original intent and explanations why; and 
(B) such authorities overlap or compete 
with one another; and 
(3) recommendations for consolidating, replac-
ing, or otherwise adapting such authorities, as well as 
for establishing new ones, to include recommendations 
for differentiating authorities based on the capacity 
and capabilities they build as opposed to by issue or 
purpose. 
(c) REPORT.— 
(1) TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than one 
year after the date on which , the Secretary enters 
into a contract pursuant to subsection (a), the inde-
pendent research entity that has entered into a con-
tract with the Secretary shall submit to the Secretary 
a report containing— 
(A) the results of the study required by sub-
section (a); and 
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(B) such recommendations to improve the 
effectiveness of existing security assistance au-
thorities as the entity considers to be appro-
priate. 
(2) TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 30 days after 
receipt of the report under paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall submit such report, together with any ad-
ditional views or recommendations of the Secretary, 
to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 901. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM. 
Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Committee on 
International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee 
on Foreign Affairs’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) Each department or agency of the United States 
Government that enters into any international agreement 
described in subsection (a) on behalf of the United States, 
shall designate a Chief International Agreements Officer, 
who— 
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‘‘(1) shall be a current employee of such depart-
ment or agency; 
‘‘(2) shall serve concurrently as Chief Inter-
national Agreements Officer; and 
‘‘(3) subject to the authority of the head of such 
department or agency, shall have department or agen-
cy-wide responsibility for efficient and appropriate 
compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the text of 
any international agreement to the Department of 
State not later than 20 days after such agreement has 
been signed.’’. 
SEC. 902. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN 
DEFAULT. 
Section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No assistance’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) No assistance’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘any 
country’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘the government of’’ before ‘‘such 
country’’ each place it appears; 
(4) by striking ‘‘determines’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘determines, after consultation with the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
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Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, that assist-
ance for such country is in the national interest of the 
United States.’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) No assistance shall be furnished under this 
Act, the Peace Corps Act, the Millennium Challenge 
Act of 2003, the African Development Foundation 
Act, the BUILD Act of 2018, section 504 of the 
FREEDOM Support Act, or section 23 of the Arms 
Export Control Act to the government of any country 
which is in default during a period in excess of 1 cal-
endar year in payment to the United States of prin-
cipal or interest or any loan made to the government 
of such country by the United States pursuant to a 
program for which funds are appropriated under such 
Act unless the President determines, following con-
sultation with the congressional committees specified 
in paragraph (1), that assistance for such country is 
in the national interest of the United States.’’. 
SEC. 903. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Subsection (a) of section 620A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2371) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘that the government of that country’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that the government of 
that country— 
‘‘(1) has repeatedly provided support for acts of 
international terrorism; 
‘‘(2) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any 
individual or group which has committed an act of 
international terrorism; 
‘‘(3) otherwise supports international terrorism; 
or 
‘‘(4) is controlled by an organization designated 
as a foreign terrorist organization under section 219 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1189).’’. 
(b) RESCISSION.—Subsection (c) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the Chairman of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate’’. 
(c) WAIVER.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘and the chairman of the Committee 
on Foreign Relations of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
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tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate’’. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT 
EXPORTS.—Such section, as so amended, is further amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT 
EXPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The United States shall 
not provide any assistance under this Act or sec-
tion 23 of the Arms Export Control Act to any 
foreign government that provides lethal military 
equipment to a country the government of which 
the Secretary of State has determined supports 
international terrorism for purposes of section 
1754(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 
2018. 
‘‘(B) TERMINATION.—The prohibition on 
assistance under subparagraph (A) with respect 
to a foreign government shall terminate 12 
months after such government ceases to provide 
the lethal military equipment described in such 
subparagraph. 
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‘‘(C) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection ap-
plies with respect to lethal military equipment 
provided under a contract entered into after Oc-
tober 1, 1997. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the 
prohibition on assistance under paragraph (1) with 
respect to a foreign government if the President deter-
mines that to do so is important to the national in-
terest of the United States. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Upon the exercise of the waiver 
authority pursuant to paragraph (2), the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report with respect to the furnishing of assist-
ance under the waiver authority, including— 
‘‘(A) a detailed explanation of the assistance 
to be provided; 
‘‘(B) the estimated dollar amount of such 
assistance; and 
‘‘(C) an explanation of how the assistance 
furthers the national interest of the United 
States. 
‘‘(4) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 
DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate 
congressional committees’ means— 
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‘‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
‘‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate.’’. 
SEC. 904. ESTABLISHING A COORDINATOR FOR ISIS DE-
TAINEE ISSUES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the President, acting 
through the Secretary, may designate an existing official 
within the Department to serve as senior-level coordinator 
to coordinate, in conjunction with other relevant Federal 
departments and agencies, all matters for the United States 
Government relating to the long-term disposition of ISIS 
detainees, including all matters in connection with— 
(1) repatriation, transfer, prosecution, and intel-
ligence-gathering; 
(2) coordinating a whole-of-government approach 
with other countries and international organizations, 
including INTERPOL, to ensure secure chains of cus-
tody and locations of ISIS detainees; 
(3) coordinating the provision of technical and 
evidentiary assistance to foreign countries to aid in 
the successful prosecution of ISIS detainees; and 
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