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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). 
(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 recommenda-
tions for differentiating authorities based on the ca-
pacity and capabilities they build as opposed to by 
issue or purpose. 
(c) REPORT.— 
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(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 Sec-
retary a report containing— 
(A) the results of the study required by 
subsection (a); and 
(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 
Secretary shall submit such report, together with 
any additional views or recommendations of the Sec-
retary, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 901. CASE-ZABLOCKI ACT REFORM. 
Section 112b of title 1, United States Code, is 
amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Committee 
on International Relations’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
mittee 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— 
‘‘(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 agency-wide responsibility for efficient and appro-
priate compliance with subsection (a) to transmit the 
text of any international agreement to the Depart-
ment 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 (22 
U.S.C. 2370(q)) is amended— 
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(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 fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘determines, after consultation 
with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate, that assistance for such country is in the na-
tional 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 coun-
try which is in default during a period in excess of 
1 calendar year in payment to the United States of 
principal or interest or any loan made to the govern-
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ment of such country by the United States pursuant 
to a program for which funds are appropriated 
under such Act unless the President determines, fol-
lowing consultation with the congressional commit-
tees 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 
amended by striking ‘‘that the government of that coun-
try’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘that the govern-
ment 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).’’. 
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(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 
Representatives 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-
tives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate’’. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT 
EXPORTS.—Such section, as so amended, is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION
ON LETHAL MILITARY EQUIP-
MENT EXPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The United States 
shall not provide any assistance under this Act 
or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
to any foreign government that provides lethal 
military equipment to a country the government 
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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. 
‘‘(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 de-
termines that to do so is important to the national 
interest 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 com-
mittees a report with respect to the furnishing of as-
sistance under the waiver authority, including— 
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‘‘(A) a detailed explanation of the assist-
ance 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
COMMIT-
TEES DEFINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘ap-
propriate congressional committees’ means— 
‘‘(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.’’. 
Æ 
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