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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1258
To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for 
Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States 
Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide 
for the establishment of a joint congressional task force to conduct 
an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate 
for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of Latin 
American nations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 13, 2003
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. 
MOORE, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. QUINN, Mr. WEXLER, Mr. 
PAUL, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. 
KLECZKA, Mr. RAHALL, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. GRIJALVA, 
Mr. EVANS, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, 
Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. 
UDALL of Colorado, Mr. WATT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. 
LEVIN, Mr. COSTELLO, Ms. HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. LEE, 
Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SABO, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. HOLT, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. RUSH, 
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. PALLONE, and 
Mr. ALLEN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Armed Services 
A BILL 
To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemi-
sphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor 
institution to the United States Army School of the 
Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide for 
the establishment of a joint congressional task force to
conduct an assessment of the kind of education and 
training that is appropriate for the Department of De-
fense to provide to military personnel of Latin American 
nations, 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 ‘‘Latin America Military 
Training Review Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF AUTHORITY FOR WESTERN HEMI-
SPHERE 
INSTITUTE 
FOR 
SECURITY 
CO-
OPERATION. 
(a) CLOSURE OF INSTITUTE.—The Secretary of the 
Army shall close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Se-
curity Cooperation. 
(b) REPEAL.—(1) Section 2166 of title 10, United 
States Code, is repealed. 
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 
108 of such title is amended by striking the item relating 
to section 2166. 
(c) LIMITATION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW EDU-
CATION AND TRAINING FACILITY.—No training or edu-
cation facility may be established in the Department of 
Defense for Latin American military personnel (as a suc-
cessor to the United States Army School of the Americas, 
the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Coopera-
tion, or otherwise) until the end of the ten-month period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3. JOINT CONGRESSIONAL TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a joint 
congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the 
kind of education and training that is appropriate for the 
Department of Defense to provide to military personnel 
of Latin American nations. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The task force shall be composed 
of eight Members of Congress, of whom two each shall 
be designated by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, 
the majority leader of the Senate, and the minority leader 
of the Senate. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall sub-
mit to Congress a report on its assessment under sub-
section (a). The report shall include—
(1) a critical assessment of courses, curriculum 
and procedures appropriate for such education and 
training; and 
(2) an evaluation of the effect of such education 
and training on the performance of Latin American 
military personnel in the areas of human rights and
adherence to democratic principles and the rule of 
law. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Mem-
ber’’ includes a Delegate to, or Resident Commissioner, 
in the Congress.
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