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109TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6016 
To prohibit the sales of certain defense articles and defense services to 
Pakistan unless the President adheres to long-standing practice and 
procedures relating to congressional review of proposed sales of defense 
articles and defense services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 28, 2006 
Mr. SHERMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on International Relations 
A BILL 
To prohibit the sales of certain defense articles and defense 
services to Pakistan unless the President adheres to long- 
standing practice and procedures relating to congres-
sional review of proposed sales of defense articles and 
defense services. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON SALES OF CERTAIN DEFENSE 
ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO PAKISTAN. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law— 
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(1) the certifications transmitted by the Presi-
dent to the Speaker of the House of Representatives 
and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate on June 28, 2006, relating to 
the proposed sales of defense articles and defense 
services to Pakistan (Transmittal Nos. 06–09, 06– 
10, 06–11, and 06–34), shall not be effective for 
purposes of complying with the congressional notifi-
cation requirements of section 36(b)(1) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)); 
(2) any letter of offer with respect to the pro-
posed sales of defense articles and defense services 
to Pakistan described in paragraph (1) issued before 
the date of the enactment of this Act shall be null 
and void; and 
(3) any subsequent letter of offer with respect 
to the proposed sales of defense articles and defense 
services to Pakistan described in paragraph (1) 
issued on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be issued only in accordance with the con-
gressional 
notification 
requirements 
of 
section 
36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, if the President desires to proceed with the 
proposed sales of defense articles and defense services to 
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Pakistan described in subsection (a), the President should 
only proceed with such sales in accordance with long- 
standing practice and procedures relating to congressional 
review of proposed sales of defense articles and defense 
services, including by providing advance notification to 
and consultation with Congress as provided for in the ex-
change of letters on February 17–18, 1976, between Sen-
ator Hubert H. Humphrey and the Director of the De-
fense Security Assistance Agency, Lieutenant General 
Howard Fish (commonly known as the ‘‘Humphrey-Fish 
Agreement’’). 
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