I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5484 
To modify authorities that provide for rescission of determinations of 
countries as state sponsors of terrorism, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 15, 2016 
Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Mr. 
SALMON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs 
A BILL 
To modify authorities that provide for rescission of deter-
minations of countries as state sponsors of terrorism, 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Sponsors of Ter-
rorism Review Enhancement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE 
FOR RESCISSION OF DETERMINATIONS OF 
COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TER-
RORISM. 
(a) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.—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); 
(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 
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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-
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)— 
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(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’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding 
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may waive’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘may, on a case-by-case basis, waive’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 
(m); and 
(4) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(l) 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 
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(f)(1)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec-
retary of State, shall notify the Committee on For-
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.’’. 
(c) EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT OF 1979.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(j) of the Export 
Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 
2405(j)), as continued in effect under the Inter-
national Emergency Economic Powers Act, is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4)(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’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (6) and 
(7) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraphs: 
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‘‘(5) DISAPPROVAL OF RESCISSION.—No rescission 
under paragraph (4)(B) of a determination under para-
graph (1)(A) with respect to the government of a country 
may be made if the Congress, within 90 days after receipt 
of a report under paragraph (4)(B), 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. 
‘‘(6) NOTIFICATION
AND
BRIEFING.—Not later 
than— 
‘‘(A) ten days after initiating a review of the 
activities of the government of the country concerned 
within the 24-month period referred to in paragraph 
(4)(B)(i), the President, acting through the Sec-
retary and the Secretary of State, shall notify the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate of such initiation; and 
‘‘(B) 20 days after the notification described in 
paragraph (1), the President, acting through the 
Secretary and the Secretary of State, shall brief 
such committees on the status of such review.’’. 
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