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of information obtained or furnished under this title in
connection with international agreements, treaties, or obli-
gations, such a determination may be made only after con-
sultation with the Secretary of State.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO CONGRESS AND GAO.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this title shall
be construed as authorizing the withholding of infor-
mation from the Congress or from the General Ac-
counting Office.
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY TO THE CONGRESS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—All information ob-
tained at any time under this title regarding
the control of exports, including any report or
license application required under this title,
shall be made available to any committee or
subcommittee of Congress of appropriate juris-
diction upon the request of the chairman or
ranking minority member of such committee or
subcommittee.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON FURTHER DISCLO-
SURE.—No committee, subcommittee, or Mem-
ber of Congress shall disclose any information
obtained under this title or previous Acts re-
garding the control of exports which is submit-
ted on a confidential basis to the Congress
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under subparagraph (A) unless the full commit-
tee to which the information is made available
determines that the withholding of the informa-
tion is contrary to the national interest.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY TO THE GAO.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), information referred to in paragraph
(2) shall, consistent with the protection of intel-
ligence, counterintelligence, and law enforce-
ment sources, methods, and activities, as deter-
mined by the agency that originally obtained
the information, and consistent with the provi-
sions of section 716 of title 31, United States
Code, be made available only by the agency,
upon request, to the Comptroller General of the
United States or to any officer or employee of
the General Accounting Office authorized by
the Comptroller General to have access to such
information.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITION ON FURTHER DISCLO-
SURES.—No officer or employee of the General
Accounting Office shall disclose, except to the
Congress in accordance with this subsection,
any such information which is submitted on a
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confidential basis and from which any individ-
ual can be identified.
‘‘(c) PENALTIES FOR DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDEN-
TIAL INFORMATION.—Any officer or employee of the Unit-
ed States, or any department or agency thereof, who pub-
lishes, divulges, discloses, or makes known in any manner
or to any extent not authorized by law any confidential
information that—
‘‘(1) he or she obtains in the course of his or
her employment or official duties or by reason of any
examination or investigation made by, or report or
record made to or filed with, such department or
agency, or officer or employee thereof, and
‘‘(2) is exempt from disclosure under this sec-
tion,
shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not
more than 1 year, or both, shall be removed from office
or employment, and shall be subject to a civil penalty of
not more than $1,000.’’.
(e) AMENDMENTS
TO
THE TRADING WITH
THE
ENEMY ACT.—Section 16 of the Trading With the Enemy
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 16) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘, or attempt to violate,’’
after ‘‘violate’’ the first place it appears; and
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(B) by inserting ‘‘attempt to violate,’’ after
‘‘violate,’’ the second place it appears; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ‘‘, or at-
tempts to violate,’’ after ‘‘violates’’.
(f) REPORT ON OFAC AND ODTC.—
(1) STUDY
ON
OFAC.—The Secretary of the
Treasury shall study ways to make the operations of
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Depart-
ment of the Treasury more effective and efficient in
responding to licensing requests and other inquiries
of United States exporters, including through the
upgrading of technology in that office.
(2) STUDY ON ODTC.—The Secretary of State
shall study ways to make the Office of Defense
Trade Controls of the Department of State more ef-
fective and efficient in responding to licensing re-
quests and other inquiries of United States export-
ers, including through the upgrading of technology
in that office.
(3) SUBMISSION OF REPORTS.—Not later than
6 months after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to
the Congress a report on the study conducted under
paragraph (1) and the Secretary of State shall sub-
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mit to the Congress a report on the study conducted
under paragraph (2).
SEC. 118. SECONDARY ARAB BOYCOTT.
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—
(1) ENDING SECONDARY BOYCOTT.—It is the
sense of the Congress that the countries of the Arab
League should end the secondary Arab boycott.
(2) ACTIONS TO END SECONDARY BOYCOTT.—
The United States will consider the secondary Arab
boycott to have ended when—
(A) the Arab League issues a public pro-
nouncement that the Arab League has ended
the secondary Arab boycott;
(B) all activities carried out by the Central
Office for the Boycott of Israel in support of
the secondary Arab boycott have been termi-
nated;
(C) the Arab League and the individual
countries that are members of the Arab League
have terminated the practice of barring United
States persons and foreign companies that do
not comply with the secondary Arab boycott
from doing business with countries that are
members of the Arab League, and have de-
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clared null and void any existing list of such
barred persons and companies; and
(D) the Arab League, and the individual
countries that are the members of the Arab
League, have ceased requesting United States
persons to take actions prohibited under section
108(a).
(b) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this section, the
term ‘‘secondary Arab boycott’’ means the refusal to do
business with persons who do not comply with requests
to take any action prohibited under section 108(a) with
respect to Israel.
SEC. 119. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—
(1) Section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended—
(A) in subsection (e)—
(i) in the first sentence by striking
‘‘subsections (c)’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘12 of such Act’’ and inserting
‘‘subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of section
110 of the Export Administration Act of
1997, by subsections (a) and (b) of section
113 of such Act, and by section 114(g) of
such Act’’; and
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(ii) in the third sentence by striking
‘‘11(c) of the Export Administration Act of
1979’’ and inserting ‘‘110(c) of the Export
Administration Act of 1997’’; and
(B) in subsection (g)(1)(A) by striking
clause (ii) and inserting the following:
‘‘(ii) section 110 of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1997,’’.
(2) Section 39A(c) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2779a(c)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(c),’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘12(a) of such Act’’ and inserting ‘‘(c),
(d), and (e) of section 110, section 112(c), and
subsections (a) and (b) of section 113, of the
Export Administration Act of 1997’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘11(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘110(c)’’.
(3) Section 40(k) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2780(k)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘11(c), 11(e), 11(g), and
12(a) of the Export Administration Act of
1979’’ and inserting ‘‘110(b), 110(c), 110(e),
113(a), and 113(b) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1997’’; and
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(B) by striking ‘‘11(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘110(c)’’.
(4) Section 72 of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2747a) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a)(1)(A) by striking ‘‘5
or 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. App. 2404, 2405)’’ and inserting
‘‘111(a) of the Export Administration Act of
1979’’; and
(B) 
in 
subsection 
(c) 
by 
striking
‘‘6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act of
1979’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i)(1)(A) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1997’’.
(5) Section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2797b(a)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘11B(b)(1) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘111(e)(2) of the Export
Administration Act of 1997’’.
(6) Section 73A of the Arms Export Control
Act, as added by the Foreign Relations Authoriza-
tion Act, Fiscal Years 1995 and 1995, is amended
by striking ‘‘a MTCR adherent’’ and inserting ‘‘an
MTCR adherent’’.
(7) Section 74(6) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(6)) is amended by striking
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‘‘16(2) of the Export Administration Act of 1979
(50 U.S.C. App. 2415(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘116(26)
of the Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
(b) OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.—
(1) Section 5(b)(4) of the Trading with the
Enemy Act (12 U.S.C. 95a(4); 50 U.S.C. App.
5(b)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5 of the
Export Administration Act of 1979, or under section
6 of that Act to the extent that such controls pro-
mote the nonproliferation or antiterrorism policies of
the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1997’’.
(2) Section 502B(a)(2) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(a)(2)) is amend-
ed in the second sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘Export Administration
Act of 1979’’ the first place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘Export Administration Act of 1997’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘Act of 1979)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Act of 1997)’’.
(3)(A) Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22
U.S.C. 2656f(a)) is amended—
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(i) in paragraph (1)(B) by inserting ‘‘or
section 106(i) of the Export Administration Act
of 1997’’ after ‘‘Act of 1979’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘6(j) of
the Export Administration Act of 1979’’ and
inserting ‘‘106(i) of the Export Administration
Act of 1997’’.
(B) For purposes of the report required by
April 30 , 1998, under section 140(a) of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and
1989, the reference in paragraph (2) of such section
to ‘‘section 106(i) of the Export Administration Act
of 1997’’ shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘section 6(j)
of the Export Administration Act of 1979 or section
106(i) of the Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
(4) Section 40(e)(1) of the State Department
Basic 
Authorities 
Act 
of 
1956 
(22 
U.S.C.
2712(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘6(j)(1) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979’’ and inserting
‘‘106(i)(1) of the Export Administration Act of
1997’’.
(5) Section 110 of the International Security
and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 2778a) is amended by striking ‘‘Act of
1979’’ and inserting ‘‘Act of 1997’’.
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(6) Section 205(d)(4)(B) of the State Depart-
ment Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C.
4305(d)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘6(j) of the
Export Administration Act of 1979’’ and inserting
‘‘106(i) of the Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
(7) Section 203(b)(3) of the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1702(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 5 of the
Export Administration Act of 1979, or under section
6 of such Act to the extent that such controls pro-
mote the nonproliferation or antiterrorism policies of
the United States’’ and inserting ‘‘the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1997’’.
(8) Section 491(f) of the Forest Resources Con-
servation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 620c(f)) is repealed.
(9) Section 499 of the Forest Resources Con-
servation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (16
U.S.C. 620j) is amended by striking ‘‘section 7 of
the Export Administration Act of 1979’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 107 of the Export Administration Act
of 1997’’.
(10) Section 1605 (a)(7)(A) of title 28, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6(j) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
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2405(j))’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i) of the Export Ad-
ministration Act of 1997’’.
(11) Section 2332d(a) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6(j) of the Export
Administration Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2405)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘106(i) of the Export Administration Act of
1997’’.
(12) Section 620H (a)(1) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378(a)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘6(j) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘106(i) of the Export Administration Act of
1997’’.
(13) Section 1621(a) of the International Fi-
nancial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262p–4q(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘6(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405(j))’’ and in-
serting ‘‘106(i) of the Export Administration Act of
1997’’.
(14) Section 565(a) of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22
U.S.C. 2679c(a)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
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(I) by striking ‘‘8(a) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 (50
U.S.C. App. 2407(a))’’ and inserting
‘‘108(a) of the Export Administration
Act of 1997’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘8(a)(1) of such
Act’’ and inserting ‘‘108(a)(1) of such
Act’’; and
(ii) in subparagraph (B) by striking
‘‘16(2) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2415)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘116(26) of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1997’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘8(a) of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50
U.S.C. App. 2407(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘108(a) of
the Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
(15) Section 528(a) of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro-
priations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–87) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘6(j) of the Export Administration
Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i) of the Export
Administration Act of 1997’’.
(16) Section 586G of the Iraq Sanctions Act of
1990 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note), is amended—
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(A) by amending subsection (a)(3) to read
as follows:
‘‘(3) EXPORTS OF CERTAIN COMMODITIES AND
TECHNOLOGY.—The authorities of section 105 or
106 of the Export Administration Act of 1997 shall
be used to prohibit the export to Iraq of any com-
modities or technology on the multilateral control
list or the emergency control list of the control index
established under section 104(b) of that Act.’’; and
(B) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘date de-
scribed in subsection (m)(1)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘shall be deemed’’ and inserting
‘‘the dates described in section 114(m)(1) of
the Export Administration Act of 1997 shall be
deemed’’.
(17) Section 601(a) of the Nuclear Non-Pro-
liferation Act of 1978 (22 U.S.C. 3281(a)) is
amended—
(A) in paragraph (6)—
(i) in subparagraph (A)—
(I) in clause (iii) by striking
‘‘1979’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’; and
(II) in clause (iv) by adding
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and
(ii) in subparagraph (C)—
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(I) by redesignating such sub-
paragraph as paragraph (7) and
aligning the text with the text of para-
graph (6) that precedes subparagraph
(A); and
(II) by inserting ‘‘a description
of’’ before ‘‘the progress’’; and
(B) in the matter that appears following
paragraph (7), as so redesignated—
(i) by striking ‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (6) and (7)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘12(c)(1) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979’’ and in-
serting ‘‘114(g)(1) of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1997’’.
(18) Section 304(a) of the Chemical and Bio-
logical Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination
Act of 1991 (22 U.S.C. 5603) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘1979’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
(19) Section 307 of the Chemical and Biological
Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of
1991 (22 U.S.C. 5605) is amended—
(A) by amending paragraph (5) of sub-
section (a) to read as follows:
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‘‘(5) EXPORTS OF CERTAIN GOODS AND TECH-
NOLOGY.—The authorities of section 105 or 106 of
the Export Administration Act of 1997 shall be used
to prohibit the export to that country of any goods
or technology on the multilateral list on the control
index established under section 104(b) of that Act.’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(C) by striking ‘‘6
of the Export Administration Act of 1979’’ and
inserting ‘‘105 or 106 of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1997’’; and
(C) in subsection (e)(1)(B)—
(i) in the first sentence by striking
‘‘subsection (p) of section 6 of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2405), as that subsection is so redes-
ignated by section 304(b) of this title,
which are applicable to exports prohibited
under section 6 of that Act’’ and inserting
‘‘section 114(m) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1997, which are applicable to
exports prohibited under section 106 of
that Act’’; and
(ii) in the last sentence by striking
‘‘6(p)’’ and inserting ‘‘114(m)(2)’’.
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(20) Section 1705 of the Cuban Democracy Act
of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 6004) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1979’’
and inserting ‘‘1996’’; and
(B) by amending subsection (c)(1) to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) except to the extent that—
‘‘(A) such restrictions would be permitted
under section 114(j) of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1997 in the case of commodities
containing parts or components on which export
controls are in effect under that Act; or
‘‘(B) the President determines that such
exports meet the requirements of subparagraph
(A), (B), or (C) of section 203(b)(2) of the
International Emergency Economic Powers
Act;’’.
(21) Section 1133(a)(3) of the Food Security
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736y(3)) is amended by
striking ‘‘Export Administration Act’’ and inserting
‘‘International Emergency Economic Powers Act or
in time of war under the Trading with the Enemy
Act’’.
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(22)(A) Section 6(2)(ii) of the Iran and Libya
Sanctions Act of 1996 is amended by striking
‘‘1979’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
(B) Section 8(a)(2) of that Act is amended by
striking ‘‘6(j) of the Export Administration Act of
1979’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i) of the Export Adminis-
tration Act of 1997’’.
(C) Section 14 of that Act is amended—
(i) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘(50
U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as
in effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of the Export Administration Act of
1997)’’;
(ii) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘(50
U.S.C. App. 2410a(e)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘(as
in effect on the day before the date of the en-
actment of the Export Administration Act of
1997)’’; and
(iii) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘(50
U.S.C. App. 2415)’’ and inserting ‘‘(as in effect
on the day before the date of the enactment of
the Export Administration Act of 1997)’’.
(23) Section 208(a) of the Agricultural Trade
Suspension Adjustment Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C.
4001(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for reasons of na-
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tional security or foreign policy under the Export
Administration Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘under
section 105 or 106 of the Export Administration Act
of 1997’’.
(24) Section 411(a)(1) of the Agricultural
Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5671(a)(1)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘for reasons of national security or
foreign policy under the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘under section 105 or 106 of the Export Admin-
istration Act of 1997’’.
(25) Section 302(f) of the Food Security Wheat
Reserve Act of 1980 (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1(f)) is
amended by striking ‘‘7 of the Export Administra-
tion Act of 1979’’ and inserting ‘‘107 of the Export
Administration Act of 1997’’.
(26) Section 130(a) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2401–2420)’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
(27) Section 2249a(a)(1) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6(j)(1)(A) of
the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C.
App. 2405(j))’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i)(1)(A) of the
Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
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(28) Section 2327(b) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘6(j)(1)(A) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2405(j)(1)(A))’’ and inserting ‘‘106(i)(1)(A) of the
Export Administration Act of 1997’’.
(29) Section 2410i of title 10, United States
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘3(5)(A) of the Export
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2402(5)(A))’’ and inserting ‘‘103(9)(A) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1997’’.
(30) Section 7430(e) of title 10, United States
Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1979 (50 U.S.C. App.
2401 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘1979’’ each subsequent
place it appears and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
(31) Section 275 of the National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (15
U.S.C. 4605) is amended by striking ‘‘1979 (50
U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.)’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
(32) Section 951(e)(2)(B) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘or under sec-
tion 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979’’
and inserting ‘‘, under section 11 of the Export Ad-