SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; DEFINITIONS; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Western 
Hemisphere 
Counterterrorism 
and 
Non-
proliferation Act of 2008’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) 
NONHUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE.—The 
term ‘‘nonhumanitarian assistance’’ means— 
(A) any assistance under the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (including programs under 
title IV of chapter 2 of part I of such Act, re-
lating to the Overseas Private Investment Cor-
poration), other than— 
(i) disaster relief assistance, including 
any assistance under chapter 9 of part I of 
such Act; 
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(ii) assistance which involves the pro-
vision of food (including monetization of 
food) or medicine; and 
(iii) assistance for refugees; 
(B) sales, or financing on any terms, under 
the Arms Export Control Act; and 
(C) financing under the Export-Import 
Bank Act of 1945. 
(3) STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.—The term 
‘‘state sponsor of terrorism’’ means a country the 
government of which has been determined by the 
Secretary of State, for purposes of section 6(j) of 
the Export Administration Act of 1979, section 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 
40 of the Arms Export Control Act, or other provi-
sion of law, is a government that has repeatedly pro-
vided support for acts of international terrorism. 
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; definitions; table of contents. 
TITLE I—COUNTERTERRORISM IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
Sec. 101. Findings. 
Sec. 102. Statement of policy regarding regional efforts to counter terrorism in 
the Western Hemisphere. 
Sec. 103. Amendments to annual country reports on terrorism. 
Sec. 104. Amendments to annual determination procedures. 
Sec. 105. Amendment to international narcotics control strategy report. 
Sec. 106. United States efforts in the Western Hemisphere. 
Sec. 107. International Law Enforcement Academy in San Salvador, El Sal-
vador. 
Sec. 108. Actions regarding the Organization of American States. 
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Sec. 109. Amendment to Department of State Rewards Program. 
TITLE II—NONPROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, AND 
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
Sec. 201. Findings. 
Sec. 202. Statement of policy regarding the proliferation of weapons-related nu-
clear, chemical, and biological materials, technology, and facili-
ties. 
Sec. 203. Statement of policy regarding the small quantities protocol. 
Sec. 204. Securing adherence to agreements regarding nuclear nonproliferation 
by countries in the Western Hemisphere. 
Sec. 205. Halting the proliferation of nuclear fuel fabrication. 
Sec. 206. Cooperation with the Proliferation Security Initiative. 
Sec. 207. Establishment of the Western Hemisphere Nonproliferation Partner-
ship Initiative. 
Sec. 208. Prohibited transactions. 
Sec. 209. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with countries assisting the nu-
clear program of Venezuela or Cuba. 
TITLE III—WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGIONAL COORDINATION 
CENTERS 
Sec. 301. Establishment of the Western Hemisphere Regional Coordination 
Centers. 
Sec. 302. Regional Security Initiative. 
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE IV—PROHIBITIONS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH CERTAIN 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES 
Sec. 401. Prohibitions on engagement with certain Western Hemisphere coun-
tries. 
TITLE V—REPORT 
Sec. 501. Report. 
TITLE I—COUNTERTERRORISM 
IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
SEC. 101. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In 2004, a Lebanese individual, having en-
tered the United States illegally from Mexico, was 
charged with supporting Hezbollah financially and 
was described by the United States Attorney as a 
‘‘fighter, recruiter and fundraiser’’. 
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(2) In December 2006, the Department of the 
Treasury designated nine individuals and two enti-
ties as part of a network that is ‘‘a major financial 
artery to Hezbollah in Lebanon’’ and announced an 
effort to target Hezbollah fundraising in the tri-bor-
der area of Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay. 
(3) In 2007, the Chavez regime established rou-
tine civilian airline flights between Venezuela and 
designated State Sponsors of Terrorism, Iran, and 
Syria. 
(4) In October 2007, Secretary of Homeland 
Security Michael Chertoff said, in response to a 
question about relations between Iran and Ven-
ezuela, ‘‘I think [there is] an emerging threat and 
challenge to the West, which is the export of ide-
ology that we see among Islamist extremists in the 
Middle East from Iran, and the marriage of that 
with others who, perhaps for their own reasons, have 
strong anti-American views or who simply exploit 
anti-Americanism as a way of promoting their own 
ideological or power agendas.’’. 
(5) In November 2007, Interpol’s General As-
sembly agreed to issue red capture notices for the 
arrest of a Hezbollah leader and five former senior 
Iranian officials charged by Argentina in the 1994 
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Argentine Mutual Jewish Association (AMIA) ter-
rorist attack, in which 85 innocent people were killed 
and 300 more were wounded. 
(6) A 2007 Drug Enforcement Administration 
report linked nearly half of foreign terrorist organi-
zations around the world today to narcotics trade, 
underscoring the fact that the fight against ter-
rorism must also include a corresponding fight 
against illicit drugs. 
(7) In February 2008, Director of National In-
telligence Mike McConnell reported to Congress in 
his presentation of the Intelligence Community’s An-
nual Threat Assessment that the governments of Ec-
uador, Nicaragua, and Bolivia, ‘‘to varying degrees, 
have engaged in sharply anti-U.S. rhetoric, aligned 
with Venezuela and Cuba-and increasingly Iran-on 
international issues, and advocated measures that 
directly clash with U.S. initiatives’’. 
(8) In February 2008, a United States Federal 
law-enforcement official shared, ‘‘We’ve known for 
some time that Islamic extremists groups were gain-
ing momentum and exploiting the region . . . Iran 
is no exception—now with Cuba and Venezuela, the 
door is open.’’. 
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