uation of the Iraqi people is indisputable and
cannot be overstated.’’. Further, it emphasized
that ‘‘Even if not all suffering in Iraq can be
imputed to external factors, especially sanc-
tions, the Iraqi people would not be undergoing
such deprivations in the absence of the pro-
longed measures imposed by the Security Coun-
cil and the effects of the war’’.
(D) UNICEF and the World Food Pro-
gram found in 1997 that ‘‘One out of every 4
young Iraqi children is malnourished. More
than 750,000 children are suffering from mal-
nutrition’’.
SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS
ON TRADE WITH IRAQ TO ALLOW FOR THE
EXPORT OF FOOD, MEDICINES, AND CERTAIN
OTHER PRODUCTS.
The sanctions applied with respect to Iraq under the
Iraq Sanctions Act of 1990 (sections 586–586J of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro-
grams Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–513))
or any other provision of law shall not apply with respect
to the export to Iraq of any food or other agricultural
products (including fertilizer), medicines, medical supplies,
medical instruments, or medical equipment, or with re-
spect to travel incident to the sale or delivery to Iraq of
food or other agricultural products (including fertilizer),
medicines, medical supplies, medical instruments, or med-
ical equipment.
SEC. 4. ADMINISTRATION BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
(a) ADMINISTRATION
BY
SECRETARY
OF
COM-
MERCE.—The Secretary of Commerce shall exercise the
authorities of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as
in effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco-
nomic Powers Act, to carry out section 3, except that—
(1) the Secretary may not require a license for
the export of any of the items to which section 3 ap-
plies; but
(2) the Secretary shall require persons export-
ing such items to notify the Secretary of such ex-
ports.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Commerce
shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out
section 3.
SEC. 5. CONFORMING AMENDMENT.
Section 906(a)(1) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and
Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX of H.R. 5426
of the 106th Congress, as enacted into law by section 1(a)
of Public Law 106–387) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other
than Iraq)’’ after ‘‘government of a country’’.
SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of the Congress that the United States
Government should take all necessary steps to end the suf-
fering of innocent populations, primarily children and the
elderly, by allowing the free flow of humanitarian aid to
Iraq without threat of prosecution. Such steps should in-
clude, but not be limited to, using its position as a perma-
nent member of the United Nations Security Council—
(1) to lift the economic sanctions on Iraq so as
to allow exports and travel referred to in section 3;
and
(2) to recommend a ban on transfers of weap-
ons to Iraq by countries that are members of the
United Nations.
SEC. 7. REPORT TO CONGRESS.
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the Con-
gress a report that sets forth—
(1) the extent (expressed in volume and dollar
amounts) of sales to Iraq of food and other agricul-
tural products (including fertilizer), medicines, med-
ical supplies, medical instruments, and medical
equipment, since the enactment of this Act;
(2) the impact the exports have had on food se-
curity in Iraq;
(3) a description of the types and end users of
the goods so exported;
(4) whether there has been any indication that
any medicines, medical supplies, medical instru-
ments, or medical equipment exported to Iraq since
the enactment of this Act—
(A) have been diverted by the Government
of Iraq or any other third party from the in-
tended recipients; or
(B) have been used for any unintended
nonhumanitarian or dual-use purposes; and
(5) what steps the United States has taken
through the United Nations, with the cooperation of
Security Council members, to—
(A) lift nonmilitary sanctions on Iraq, in-
cluding actions described in section 6; or
(B) impose a strict regional arms control
regime pursuant to Article 14 of Security Coun-
cil Resolution 687.
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