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SEC. 11. SAFEGUARDING AND ELIMINATION OF CONVEN-
TIONAL ARMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is author-
ized to secure, remove, or eliminate stocks of man-portable 
air defense systems (MANPADS), small arms and light 
weapons, stockpiled munitions, abandoned ordnance, and 
other conventional weapons, including tactical missile sys-
tems (hereafter in this section referred to as ‘‘MANPADS 
and other conventional weapons’’), as well as related 
equipment and facilities, located outside the United States 
that are determined by the Secretary to pose a prolifera-
tion threat. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The activities authorized under 
subsection (a) may include the following: 
(1) Humanitarian demining activities. 
(2) The elimination or securing of MANPADS. 
(3) The elimination or securing of other conven-
tional weapons. 
(4) Assistance to countries in the safe handling 
and proper storage of MANPADS and other conven-
tional weapons. 
(5) Cooperative programs with the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization and other international or-
ganizations to assist countries in the safe handling 
and proper storage or elimination of MANPADS 
and other conventional weapons. 
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(6) The utilization of funds for the elimination 
or safeguarding of MANPADS and other conven-
tional weapons. 
(7) 
Activities 
to 
secure 
and 
safeguard 
MANPADS and other conventional weapons. 
(8) Actions to ensure that equipment and 
funds, including security upgrades at locations for 
the storage or disposition of MANPADS and other 
conventional weapons and related equipment that 
are determined by the Secretary of State to pose a 
proliferation threat, continue to be used for author-
ized purposes. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect the authorities of the Sec-
retary of Defense. 
SEC. 12. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS TO DETER THE TRANS-
FER OF MANPADS. 
(a) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—Congress declares that 
it should be the policy of the United States to hold foreign 
governments accountable for knowingly transferring 
MANPADS to state-sponsors of terrorism or terrorist or-
ganizations. 
(b) DETERMINATION RELATING TO SANCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the President determines 
that a foreign government knowingly transfers 
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MANPADS to a foreign government described in 
paragraph (2) or a terrorist organization, the Presi-
dent shall— 
(A) submit forthwith to the Committee on 
International Relations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Re-
lations of the Senate a report containing such 
determination; and 
(B) impose forthwith on the transferring 
foreign government the sanctions described in 
subsection (c). 
(2) FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
DESCRIBED.—A 
foreign government described in this paragraph is a 
foreign government that the Secretary of State has 
determined, for purposes of section 6(j) of the Ex-
port Administration Act of 1979, section 620A of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 40 of 
the Arms Export Control Act, or any other provision 
of law, is a government that has repeatedly provided 
support for acts of international terrorism. 
(c) SANCTIONS DESCRIBED.—The sanctions referred 
to in subsection (b)(1)(B) are the following: 
(1) Termination of United States Government 
assistance to the transferring foreign government 
under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except 
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