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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1594
To provide for increased accountability with respect to the education and
training of foreign military personnel, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 2001
Mr. MOAKLEY (for himself, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOV-
ERN, Ms. RIVERS, and Mr. FILNER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on International Relations, and in addition
to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To provide for increased accountability with respect to the
education and training of foreign military personnel, 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 ‘‘Foreign Military
Training Responsibility Act’’.
SEC. 2. FINDING; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) FINDING.—Congress finds that the United States
provides education and training for approximately 38,000
foreign military personnel, other than military personnel
of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries,
every year.
(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that—
(1) the United States shares a responsibility for
actions of those foreign military personnel for which
it provides education and training; and
(2) therefore the United States should take a
serious approach to evaluating the objectives, meth-
ods, and results of such education and training, in-
cluding evaluating and tracking the personnel for
which it provides such education and training.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.
(a) CONTENTS.—Section 656(b) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) United States Government personnel
(other than United States military units referred to
in paragraph (3)) and non-United States Govern-
ment personnel, including private contractors, in-
volved in each military training activity.’’.
(b) FORM.—Section 656(c) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2416(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The report’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the report’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) 
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENT.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), all information relating to
the number of foreign military personnel provided
training for each military training activity, their
units of operation, and the location of the training,
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and all information
pursuant to subsection (b)(2) shall be in unclassified
form.’’.
SEC. 4. ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICE TRAINING REPORT.
Section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2420) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(e)(1) Not later than January 31 of each year, the
Secretary of State, in conjunction with the head of each
other appropriate department or agency, shall prepare and
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port on all police training, advice, or financial support de-
scribed in subsection (a) provided during the previous fis-
cal year and all such training, advice, or support proposed
for the current fiscal year.
‘‘(2) The report described in paragraph (1) shall in-
clude the following:
‘‘(A) For each activity, the foreign policy jus-
tification and purpose for the activity, and with re-
spect to police training, the number of personnel
provided training and their units of operation, and
the location of the training.
‘‘(B) For each country, the aggregate number
of personnel trained and the aggregate cost of the
police training activities.
‘‘(C) With respect to United States Government
personnel, the operational benefits to the United
States derived from each police training activity and
the United States Government personnel involved in
each activity.
‘‘(D) Non-United States Government personnel
involved in each police training activity.
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the report de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be in unclassified form but
may include a classified annex.
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), all informa-
tion relating to the number of personnel provided training
for each activity pursuant to paragraph (2)(A) and all in-
formation pursuant to paragraph (2)(B) shall be in un-
classified form.
‘‘(4) All unclassified portions of the report described
in paragraph (1) shall be made available to the public on
the Internet through the Department of State.
‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate con-
gressional committees’ means—
‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on International Relations of the House
of Representatives; and
‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’’.
SEC. 5. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY AND
POLICE TRAINING.
(a) RECORDS.—Chapter 3 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.) is amend-
ed by inserting after section 660 the following:
‘‘SEC. 660A. RECORDS RELATING TO FOREIGN MILITARY
AND POLICE TRAINING.
‘‘(a) RECORDS.—The Secretary of Defense, the Sec-
retary of State, and the head of each other appropriate
department or agency shall jointly develop and maintain
a database containing records on each foreign military
participant and each foreign law enforcement participant
in education and training activities conducted by the
United States Government pursuant to any other provi-
sion of law after December 31, 2001.
‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—Each record shall include the type
of instruction received, the dates of the instruction, wheth-
er such instruction was completed successfully, and, to the
extent practicable, a record of the participant’s subsequent
military or law enforcement career, including the partici-
pant’s current position and location.’’.
SEC. 6. TASK FORCE ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR
MILITARY PERSONNEL OF FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 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 foreign coun-
tries.
(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 one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the task force shall submit
to Congress a report on its assessment as specified in sub-
section (a). The report shall include—
(1) a critical assessment of courses, curriculum,
and procedures appropriate for such education and
training;
(2) an evaluation of the effect of such education
and training on the performance of military per-
sonnel of foreign countries in the areas of human
rights and adherence to democratic principles and
the rule of law;
(3) an evaluation of compliance by the United
States Government with requirements that prohibit
the training of military personnel of foreign coun-
tries involved in human rights violations;
(4) an evaluation of such education and train-
ing for military personnel of countries with limited
civilian control of the military; and
(5) a description of criteria for limiting such
education and training for military personnel of
countries with limited civilian control of the military.
(d) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
‘‘Member’’ includes a Delegate to, or Resident Commis-
sioner, in the Congress.
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