I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5677 
To revise and improve authorities relating to international security assistance, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2018 
Mr. ROYCE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To revise and improve authorities relating to international 
security assistance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘International Security Assistance Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 101. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the United 
States are authorized. 
Sec. 102. Return of defense articles. 
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Sec. 103. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense items. 
Sec. 104. Amendment to general provisions. 
Sec. 105. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act. 
Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms export con-
trol programs. 
Sec. 107. Coordination of export controls. 
Sec. 108. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority. 
Sec. 109. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs. 
Sec. 110. Other amendments to military assistance authorities. 
Sec. 111. Transfer of excess naval vessel to Bahrain. 
TITLE II—SECURITY ASSISTANCE REFORM 
Sec. 201. List of priority countries for security assistance. 
Sec. 202. Coordinator for security assistance in priority countries. 
Sec. 203. Policies and guidance for regional bureaus of the Department of 
State. 
Sec. 204. Office for Security Assistance in the Department of State. 
Sec. 205. Database for security assistance. 
Sec. 206. Notification of chief of mission concurrence for support of special op-
erations to combat terrorism. 
Sec. 207. Definitions. 
TITLE III—MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR 
RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE 
SPONSORS OF TERRORISM 
Sec. 301. Modifications of authorities that provide for rescission of determina-
tions of countries as state sponsors of terrorism. 
TITLE I—MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILI-
TARY SALES BY THE UNITED STATES ARE AU-
THORIZED. 
Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2754) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘inter-
nal security’’ and inserting ‘‘legitimate internal security 
(including for anti-terrorism purposes)’’. 
SEC. 102. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. 
Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘(B) is not’’ and inserting 
‘‘(B)(i) is not’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) is significant military equipment (as 
defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the 
Secretary of State has provided prior approval 
of the return of such defense article from the 
foreign country or international organization; 
and’’. 
SEC. 103. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR 
LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS. 
Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(j)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading— 
(A) by striking ‘‘COUNTRY’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘TO
FOREIGN
COUN-
TRIES’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, any member country of that 
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Organization, the Republic of Korea, Aus-
tralia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(except that the 
President may not so exempt such Organi-
zation, member country, or other country 
that is not eligible to acquire defense items 
under any other provision of law)’’ after 
‘‘with respect to exports of defense items’’; 
and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘under their domestic 
laws’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause 
(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, at a min-
imum,’’; 
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(II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 
country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza-
tion, member country, or other coun-
try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 
policies and practices, and promulgate 
or enact necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the for-
eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organi-
zation, member country, or other country’’; 
and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘re-
transfer control commitments, including 
securing’’ and inserting ‘‘retransfer con-
trols that secure’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause 
(i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘, at a min-
imum,’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘the foreign 
country’’ and inserting ‘‘the Organiza-
tion, member country, or other coun-
try referred to in paragraph (1)’’; and 
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(III) by striking ‘‘to revise its 
policies and practices, and promulgate 
or enact necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations’’; and 
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘the for-
eign country’’ and inserting ‘‘the member 
country or other country’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the Organization, member country, or 
other country referred to in paragraph (1)’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘that 
foreign country’’ and inserting ‘‘such Organiza-
tion, member country, or other country’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘has promulgated or 
enacted all necessary modifications to its 
laws and regulations to comply’’ and in-
serting ‘‘has taken such actions to com-
ply’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (C)— 
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(i) by striking ‘‘a foreign country’’ 
and inserting ‘‘such Organization, member 
country, or other country’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that country’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such Organization, member coun-
try, or other country’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end 
before the period the following: ‘‘that are not signifi-
cant military equipment, or otherwise classified 
under section 121.1 of title 22, Code of Federal 
Regulations, or contained on the list of items con-
trolled for reasons of missile technology under sec-
tion 71 of this Act’’. 
SEC. 104. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS. 
Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2791(a)) is amended in the first sentence by insert-
ing ‘‘on a competitive basis’’ after ‘‘procurement in the 
United States’’. 
SEC. 105. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT 
CONTROL ACT. 
(a) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
SALES
FROM 
STOCKS.—Section 21(e)(3) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
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SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER 
UNITED STATES ARMS EXPORT CONTROL 
PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing re-
forms of United States arms export control programs, the 
President should prioritize the development of a new 
framework to improve and streamline licensing under such 
programs, including by seeking to revise the Special Com-
prehensive Export Authorizations for the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organi-
zation, or any other country described in section 
36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(c)(2)(A)) under section 126.14 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic 
in Arms Regulations). 
SEC. 107. COORDINATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The delegation of functions by the 
President under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2751 et seq.) to the Secretary of State should be exercised 
in a manner so as to achieve effective coordination with 
the export authorities exercised by the heads of other Fed-
eral departments and agencies, particularly the Secretary 
of Commerce. 
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—It is the sense of Congress 
that, in order to achieve the effective coordination 
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described in subsection (a), the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Commerce should regularly 
work to— 
(A) reduce the complexity of the export 
control authorities exercised by each Secretary; 
and 
(B) coordinate the exercise of such export 
control authorities with respect to items de-
scribed in paragraph (2) in order to reduce as 
much unnecessary administrative burden as 
possible. 
(2) ITEMS DESCRIBED.—The items described in 
this paragraph are— 
(A) items exported, reexported, or trans-
ferred to third parties; 
(B) items exported, reexported, trans-
ferred, or returned to the United States in con-
nection with foreign military sales under chap-
ter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), including— 
(i) defense articles that are not des-
ignated on the United States Munitions 
List; and 
(ii) items subject to the Export Ad-
ministration Regulations; and 
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(C) items designated on the United States 
Munitions List. 
SEC. 108. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AU-
THORITY. 
(a) DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2005.—Section 12001(d) of the Department of De-
fense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–287; 
118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2019’’. 
(b) STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES.—Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2018, 
and 2019’’. 
SEC. 109. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NA-
TIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 551 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The 
President’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) The President’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(b) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 
this chapter may also be used to provide assistance to en-
hance the capacity of foreign civilian security forces, in-
cluding gendarmes, including to participate in peace-
keeping operations. 
‘‘(c) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under 
this chapter to provide assistance to friendly countries for 
purposes other than support for multilateral peacekeeping 
operations shall be subject to the requirements of section 
36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776).’’. 
(2) DISARMAMENT AND REINTEGRATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, funds authorized to be 
appropriated under any provision of law for 
peacekeeping operations may be made available 
to support programs to disarm, demobilize, and 
reintegrate into civilian society former members 
of foreign terrorist organizations. 
(B) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of 
State shall consult with the appropriate con-
gressional committees prior to obligating or ex-
pending funds pursuant to this any provision of 
law described in subparagraph (A). 
(C) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the 
term ‘‘foreign terrorist organization’’ means an 
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organization designated as a terrorist organiza-
tion under section 219(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)). 
(b) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of State shall no-
tify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate at least 15 days prior to obligating funds 
under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading for 
chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: ‘‘AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY PRO-
GRAMS’’. 
SEC. 110. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
AUTHORITIES. 
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as 
follows: 
(1) 
In 
section 
506(b)(2) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2318(b)(2)), by striking ‘‘a report’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
report on an annual basis’’. 
(2) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘coun-
tries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional organi-
zations, and international organizations’’; 
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(B) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 
‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries, regional 
organizations, and international organizations’’; 
(C) in subsection (c)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘re-
cipient country’’ and inserting ‘‘recipient 
country or organization’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘other countries’’ and inserting ‘‘other 
countries or organizations’’; 
(D) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘country’’ and inserting ‘‘country or orga-
nization’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘countries’’ and inserting ‘‘countries or or-
ganizations’’; and 
(E) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘coun-
try’’ and inserting ‘‘country and organization’’. 
(3) In section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by inserting ‘‘law 
enforcement and justice sector assistance,’’ before 
‘‘military assistance,’’. 
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(4) 
In 
section 
656(a)(1) 
(22 
U.S.C. 
2416(a)(1)), by striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting 
‘‘March 1’’. 
SEC. 111. TRANSFER OF EXCESS NAVAL VESSEL TO BAH-
RAIN. 
(a) TRANSFER BY SALE.—The President is author-
ized to transfer to the Government of Bahrain the OLI-
VER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate USS 
ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG–49) on a sale basis under 
section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2761). 
(b) COSTS OF TRANSFER.—Any expense incurred by 
the United States in connection with the transfer author-
ized by this section shall be charged to the Government 
of Bahrain notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 
(c) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED 
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 
transfer of a vessel under this section, that the Govern-
ment of Bahrain have such repair or refurbishment of the 
vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces 
of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the 
United States, including a United States Navy shipyard. 
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(d) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 
of the three-year period beginning on the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
TITLE II—SECURITY 
ASSISTANCE REFORM 
SEC. 201. LIST OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES FOR SECURITY AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that United States security assistance is a critically 
important tool of United States foreign policy and the Sec-
retary of State, acting under the direction of the Presi-
dent, should set foreign security assistance policy prior-
ities related to United States security assistance. 
(b) LIST.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other ap-
propriate Federal departments and agencies, shall include 
in the annual congressional budget justification of the De-
partment of State a list that— 
(1) those foreign countries identified by the 
Secretary of State as priority countries to receive se-
curity assistance; and 
(2) indicates for each country identified under 
paragraph (1) the policy objectives that the Sec-
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retary of State seeks to achieve with respect to the 
provision of such assistance. 
SEC. 202. COORDINATOR FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN 
PRIORITY COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall des-
ignate an appropriately senior individual or individuals as-
signed to an appropriate diplomatic or consular post in 
each foreign country identified on the list required under 
section 201(b) to be responsible for— 
(1) tracking, reporting on, and coordinating se-
curity assistance and related policy for the foreign 
country; and 
(2) assisting in and ensuring implementation of 
section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2378d) and section 362 of title 10, 
United States Code. 
(b) TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall 
ensure that each individual designated under sub-
section (a) receives the specialized training described 
in paragraph (2) to prepare such individual to carry 
out the duties described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 
of subsection (a). 
(2) TRAINING DESCRIBED.—The Secretary of 
State shall establish curriculum at the George P. 
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Schultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center to 
provide specialized training for individuals des-
ignated under subsection (a) to develop policy exper-
tise relating to security assistance, including— 
(A) awareness of the full range of agencies, 
offices, personnel, congressional authorities and 
funds, and programs involved in security assist-
ance 
and 
the 
respective 
decision-making 
timelines; 
(B) familiarity with models of military and 
police security force systems and basic knowl-
edge of structures and forces of the region to 
which the individual is deployed; and 
(C) familiarity with security assistance re-
form and United States interagency and exter-
nal resources and experts. 
(3) COORDINATION.—The curriculum estab-
lished pursuant to paragraph (2) should be provided 
in coordination with the Defense Security Coopera-
tion Agency’s Defense Institute of Security Coopera-
tion Studies. 
SEC. 203. POLICIES AND GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL BU-
REAUS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) POLICIES
AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of 
State shall establish policies and guidance for each re-
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gional bureau of the Department of State to coordinate 
security assistance and related policy for foreign countries 
identified on the list required under section 201(b). 
(b) COORDINATOR FOR REGIONAL BUREAU.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The assistant secretary for 
each regional bureau of the Department of State 
should designate an individual who is an officer of 
the regional bureau to be responsible for coordi-
nating security assistance and related policy within 
the responsibilities of such regional bureau, includ-
ing the integration of the foreign security assistance 
policy priorities established by the Secretary of 
State, acting under the direction of the President. 
(2) TRAINING.—The assistant secretary for 
each regional bureau of the Department of State 
should ensure that each individual designated under 
paragraph (1) for such regional bureau receives the 
specialized training described in section 2(b) to pre-
pare such individual to carry out the duties de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 204. OFFICE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN THE DE-
PARTMENT OF STATE. 
(a) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary of State shall des-
ignate an office in the Department of State, to be known 
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as the Office for Security Assistance, to serve as a central 
coordinating point for security assistance. 
(b) PERSONNEL.—The Office of Security Assistance 
should include knowledgeable personnel who, as necessary, 
are detailed from within the Department of State’s rel-
evant functional bureaus and personnel from the United 
States Agency for International Development and other 
relevant Federal departments and agencies. 
(c) DUTIES.—The Office for Security Assistance 
shall— 
(1) create, respond to, and coordinate security 
assistance strategies and plans, particularly in sup-
port of development of interagency country strate-
gies by United States embassies and regular plan-
ning by regional bureaus of the Department of 
State; 
(2) maintain awareness of security assistance 
programs administered by the Department of State, 
the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, and other Federal departments and agencies, 
including managing the Department of State’s re-
view and concurrence process under section 333 of 
title 10, United States Code. 
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(3) convene appropriate offices and personnel 
required for working-level interagency coordination; 
and 
(4) ensure awareness of and making use of best 
practices in the design, implementation, monitoring 
and evaluation of security assistance. 
(d) EXCEPTION.—The requirements of this section 
shall not apply if the Secretary of State certifies to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen-
ate that the Department of State has established an alter-
native mechanism for the effective coordination of security 
assistance. Such certification shall describe such alter-
native mechanism to achieve the objectives described in 
this section. 
SEC. 205. DATABASE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President should seek to en-
sure that the Department of State, the Department of De-
fense, and other appropriate Federal agencies are able to 
share a common database of information that permits the 
identification of security assistance programs and funding 
by country. 
(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to the appropriate con-
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gressional committees a report that assesses existing bar-
riers to data sharing and exchanges that would assist in 
planning, assessing, and tracking security assistance. 
SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION OF CHIEF OF MISSION CONCUR-
RENCE FOR SUPPORT OF SPECIAL OPER-
ATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State shall pro-
vide to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate written notice when a chief of mission 
has exercised concurrence with respect to the exercise of 
authority to provide support of special operations to com-
bat terrorism, including, at a minimum, identification of 
the relevant country. 
(b) BRIEFINGS.—Upon the request of a committee 
specified in subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 
provide to such committee a briefing regarding matters 
within the competence of the Department of State related 
to the concurrence described in such subsection. 
SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
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(A) means the Committee on Appropria-
tions, the Committee on Armed Services, and 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Appropriations, the 
Committee on Armed Services, and the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. 
(2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘secu-
rity assistance’’ means— 
(A) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 
international narcotics control) of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(B) assistance under chapter 2 (military 
assistance), chapter 5 (international military 
education and training), chapter 6 (peace-
keeping operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism 
assistance), and chapter 9 (nonproliferation and 
export control assistance) of part II of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961; 
(C) assistance under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (relating to the For-
eign Military Financing program); or 
(D) sales of defense articles or defense 
services, extensions of credits (including partici-
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pations in credits), and guaranties of loans 
under the Arms Export Control Act. 
TITLE III—MODIFICATIONS OF 
AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 
FOR RESCISSION OF DETER-
MINATIONS 
OF 
COUNTRIES 
AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM 
SEC. 301. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 
FOR RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF 
COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS 
SUPPORTING
INTERNATIONAL
TERRORISM.—Section 
620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2371) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘6- 
month period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month pe-
riod’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (e); 
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(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 
under subsection (c)(2) of a determination under sub-
section (a) with respect to the government of a country 
may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 
of a report under subsection (c)(2), enacts a joint resolu-
tion described in subsection (f)(2) of section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act with respect to a rescission 
under subsection (f)(1) of such section of a determination 
under subsection (d) of such section with respect to the 
government of such country.’’; 
(4) in subsection (e) (as redesignated), in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may 
be’’ and inserting ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, 
be’’; and 
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(f) NOTIFICATION
AND
BRIEFING.—Not later 
than— 
‘‘(1) ten days after initiating a review of the ac-
tivities of the government of the country concerned 
within the 24-month period referred to in subsection 
(c)(2)(A), the President, acting through the Sec-
retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For-
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eign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate of 
such initiation; and 
‘‘(2) 20 days after the notification described in 
paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, shall brief such committees on 
the status of such review.’’. 
(b) ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.—Section 40 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2780) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 
days’’; and 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘6-month 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘24-month period’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘45 days’’ and inserting ‘‘90 days’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘45-day period’’ and inserting ‘‘90-day pe-
riod’’; 
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