I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1707 
To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security 
Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School 
of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 27, 2007 
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. HONDA, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 
GUTIERREZ, Mr. PAUL, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PETRI, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. 
WALSH of New York, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. BIGGERT, Mr. COHEN, Ms. 
MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. HOLT, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. 
MEEHAN, Mr. KIND, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. DOYLE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. 
CUMMINGS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. FARR, Ms. MAT-
SUI, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, 
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. WYNN, Mrs. MALONEY of New 
York, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. BLUMENAUER, 
Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. 
CONYERS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCNULTY, Ms. WATSON, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. 
KAPTUR, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. CARSON, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of Cali-
fornia, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. 
DOGGETT, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. CLAY, Ms. WATERS, Mr. 
OLVER, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, Mr. ALTMIRE, and 
Mr. WEXLER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To suspend the authority for the Western Hemisphere Insti-
tute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution 
to the United States Army School of the Americas) in 
the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Latin America Military 
Training Review Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE 
INSTITUTE 
FOR 
SECURITY 
CO-
OPERATION. 
(a) SUSPENSION OF INSTITUTE.—The Secretary of 
the Army shall suspend the operation of the Western 
Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation until the 
submission of the report under section 4(e). 
(b) SUSPENSION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority of 
the Secretary of Defense to operate an education and 
training facility under section 2166 of title 10, United 
States Code, is suspended until the submission of the re-
port under section 4(e). 
(c) LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW EDU-
CATION AND TRAINING FACILITY.—No training or edu-
cation facility may be established in the Department of 
Defense for Latin American military personnel (as a suc-
cessor to the United States Army School of the Americas, 
the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Coopera-
tion, or otherwise) until the submission of the report under 
section 4(e). 
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SEC. 3. JOINT CONGRESSIONAL TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a joint 
congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the 
kind of education and training that is appropriate for the 
Department of Defense to provide to military personnel 
of Latin American nations. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The task force shall be composed 
of eight Members of Congress, of whom two each shall 
be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
the majority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader 
of the Senate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit 
to Congress a report on the assessment conducted under 
subsection (a). The report shall include— 
(1) a critical assessment of courses, curriculum, 
and procedures appropriate for education and train-
ing of military personnel of Latin American nations; 
and 
(2) an evaluation of the effect of such education 
and training on the performance of Latin American 
military personnel in the areas of human rights and 
adherence to democratic principles and the rule of 
law. 
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