Title: International Security Assistance Act of 2018
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
International Security Assistance Act of 2018
This bill sets forth, revises, or modifies certain authorities relating to international security assistance. The bill also designates an Office for Security Assistance in the Department of State.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5677 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5677

 To revise and improve authorities relating to international security 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 2018

   Mr. Royce of California introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
 To revise and improve authorities relating to international security 
                  assistance, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International 
Security Assistance Act of 2018''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                      TITLE I--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

Sec. 101. Modification of purposes for which military sales by the 
                            United States are authorized.
Sec. 102. Return of defense articles.
Sec. 103. Requirements relating to exemptions for licensing of defense 
                            items.
Sec. 104. Amendment to general provisions.
Sec. 105. Technical amendments to Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 106. Sense of Congress on licensing under United States arms 
                            export control programs.
Sec. 107. Coordination of export controls.
Sec. 108. Extension of war reserve stockpile authority.
Sec. 109. Peacekeeping operations and other national security programs.
Sec. 110. Other amendments to military assistance authorities.
Sec. 111. Transfer of excess naval vessel to Bahrain.
                  TITLE II--SECURITY ASSISTANCE REFORM

Sec. 201. List of priority countries for security assistance.
Sec. 202. Coordinator for security assistance in priority countries.
Sec. 203. Policies and guidance for regional bureaus of the Department 
                            of State.
Sec. 204. Office for Security Assistance in the Department of State.
Sec. 205. Database for security assistance.
Sec. 206. Notification of chief of mission concurrence for support of 
                            special operations to combat terrorism.
Sec. 207. Definitions.
TITLE III--MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR RESCISSION OF 
       DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM

Sec. 301. Modifications of authorities that provide for rescission of 
                            determinations of countries as state 
                            sponsors of terrorism.

                      TITLE I--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF PURPOSES FOR WHICH MILITARY SALES BY THE 
              UNITED STATES ARE AUTHORIZED.

    Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2754) is 
amended in the first sentence by striking ``internal security'' and 
inserting ``legitimate internal security (including for anti-terrorism 
purposes)''.

SEC. 102. RETURN OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.

    Section 21(m)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2761(m)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(B) is not'' and inserting ``(B)(i) is 
        not'';
            (2) by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) is significant military equipment (as 
                defined in section 47(9) of this Act) and the Secretary 
                of State has provided prior approval of the return of 
                such defense article from the foreign country or 
                international organization; and''.

SEC. 103. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR LICENSING OF DEFENSE 
              ITEMS.

    Section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(j)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading--
                    (A) by striking ``Country''; and
                    (B) by striking ``to Foreign Countries'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``a foreign country'' and 
                        inserting ``the North Atlantic Treaty 
                        Organization, any member country of that 
                        Organization, the Republic of Korea, Australia, 
                        New Zealand, Japan, or Israel'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``(except that the 
                        President may not so exempt such Organization, 
                        member country, or other country that is not 
                        eligible to acquire defense items under any 
                        other provision of law)'' after ``with respect 
                        to exports of defense items''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``the foreign country'' 
                        and inserting ``such Organization, member 
                        country, or other country''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``the foreign country'' and 
                        inserting ``such Organization, member country, 
                        or other country''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``under their domestic 
                        laws'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking ``, at a 
                                minimum,'';
                                    (II) by striking ``the foreign 
                                country'' and inserting ``the 
                                Organization, member country, or other 
                                country referred to in paragraph (1)''; 
                                and
                                    (III) by striking ``to revise its 
                                policies and practices, and promulgate 
                                or enact necessary modifications to its 
                                laws and regulations'';
                            (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``the 
                        foreign country'' and inserting ``such 
                        Organization, member country, or other 
                        country''; and
                            (iii) in clause (ii), by striking 
                        ``retransfer control commitments, including 
                        securing'' and inserting ``retransfer controls 
                        that secure''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding clause (i)--
                                    (I) by striking ``, at a 
                                minimum,'';
                                    (II) by striking ``the foreign 
                                country'' and inserting ``the 
                                Organization, member country, or other 
                                country referred to in paragraph (1)''; 
                                and
                                    (III) by striking ``to revise its 
                                policies and practices, and promulgate 
                                or enact necessary modifications to its 
                                laws and regulations''; and
                            (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ``the 
                        foreign country'' and inserting ``the member 
                        country or other country'';
            (4) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``a foreign country'' and inserting ``the 
                Organization, member country, or other country referred 
                to in paragraph (1)'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``that foreign 
                country'' and inserting ``such Organization, member 
                country, or other country'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``the foreign country'' and 
                        inserting ``such Organization, member country, 
                        or other country''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``has promulgated or 
                        enacted all necessary modifications to its laws 
                        and regulations to comply'' and inserting ``has 
                        taken such actions to comply''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by striking ``a foreign country'' and 
                        inserting ``such Organization, member country, 
                        or other country''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``that country'' and 
                        inserting ``such Organization, member country, 
                        or other country''; and
            (5) in paragraph (4)(A), by adding at the end before the 
        period the following: ``that are not significant military 
        equipment, or otherwise classified under section 121.1 of title 
        22, Code of Federal Regulations, or contained on the list of 
        items controlled for reasons of missile technology under 
        section 71 of this Act''.

SEC. 104. AMENDMENT TO GENERAL PROVISIONS.

    Section 42(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2791(a)) is 
amended in the first sentence by inserting ``on a competitive basis'' 
after ``procurement in the United States''.

SEC. 105. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.

    (a) Amendments Relating to Sales From Stocks.--Section 21(e)(3) of 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support 
                Organization'' and inserting ``North Atlantic Treaty 
                Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement 
                Organization''; and
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``support 
                partnership agreement'' and inserting ``support or 
                procurement partnership agreement''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C)(i), in the matter preceding 
        subclause (I)--
                    (A) by striking ``North Atlantic Treaty 
                Organization (NATO) Support Organization'' and 
                inserting ``North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 
                Support and Procurement Organization''; and
                    (B) by striking ``weapon system partnership 
                agreement'' and inserting ``support or procurement 
                partnership agreement''.
    (b) Amendments Relating to Reports.--Section 36(b)(6) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(6)) is amended by inserting ``the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization or'' before ``a member country''.

SEC. 106. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON LICENSING UNDER UNITED STATES ARMS 
              EXPORT CONTROL PROGRAMS.

    It is the sense of Congress that, in implementing reforms of United 
States arms export control programs, the President should prioritize 
the development of a new framework to improve and streamline licensing 
under such programs, including by seeking to revise the Special 
Comprehensive Export Authorizations for the North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization, any member country of that Organization, or any other 
country described in section 36(c)(2)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A)) under section 126.14 of title 15, Code of 
Federal Regulations (relating to the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations).

SEC. 107. COORDINATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS.

    (a) In General.--The delegation of functions by the President under 
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) to the Secretary 
of State should be exercised in a manner so as to achieve effective 
coordination with the export authorities exercised by the heads of 
other Federal departments and agencies, particularly the Secretary of 
Commerce.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--
            (1) In general.--It is the sense of Congress that, in order 
        to achieve the effective coordination described in subsection 
        (a), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce 
        should regularly work to--
                    (A) reduce the complexity of the export control 
                authorities exercised by each Secretary; and
                    (B) coordinate the exercise of such export control 
                authorities with respect to items described in 
                paragraph (2) in order to reduce as much unnecessary 
                administrative burden as possible.
            (2) Items described.--The items described in this paragraph 
        are--
                    (A) items exported, reexported, or transferred to 
                third parties;
                    (B) items exported, reexported, transferred, or 
                returned to the United States in connection with 
                foreign military sales under chapter 2 of the Arms 
                Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.), 
                including--
                            (i) defense articles that are not 
                        designated on the United States Munitions List; 
                        and
                            (ii) items subject to the Export 
                        Administration Regulations; and
                    (C) items designated on the United States Munitions 
                List.

SEC. 108. EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVE STOCKPILE AUTHORITY.

    (a) Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005.--Section 
12001(d) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public 
Law 108-287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by striking ``2018'' and 
inserting ``2019''.
    (b) Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign Countries.--Section 
514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``and 2018'' and inserting 
``2018, and 2019''.

SEC. 109. PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND OTHER NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

    (a) Authority.--
            (1) In general.--Section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
        of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348) is amended--
                    (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The 
                President'' and inserting ``(a) The President''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under this chapter 
may also be used to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of 
foreign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, including to 
participate in peacekeeping operations.
    ``(c) Assistance authorized to be appropriated under this chapter 
to provide assistance to friendly countries for purposes other than 
support for multilateral peacekeeping operations shall be subject to 
the requirements of section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2776).''.
            (2) Disarmament and reintegration.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, funds authorized to be appropriated 
                under any provision of law for peacekeeping operations 
                may be made available to support programs to disarm, 
                demobilize, and reintegrate into civilian society 
                former members of foreign terrorist organizations.
                    (B) Consultation.--The Secretary of State shall 
                consult with the appropriate congressional committees 
                prior to obligating or expending funds pursuant to this 
                any provision of law described in subparagraph (A).
                    (C) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term 
                ``foreign terrorist organization'' means an 
                organization designated as a terrorist organization 
                under section 219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act (8 U.S.C. 1189(a)).
    (b) Notification.--The Secretary of State shall notify the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate at least 15 days prior to 
obligating funds under any provision of law for peacekeeping 
operations.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--The heading for chapter 6 of part II of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: ``and Other National Security 
Programs''.

SEC. 110. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO MILITARY ASSISTANCE AUTHORITIES.

    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows:
            (1) In section 506(b)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2318(b)(2)), by 
        striking ``a report'' and inserting ``a report on an annual 
        basis''.
            (2) In section 516 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)--
                    (A) in subsection (a), by striking ``countries'' 
                and inserting ``countries, regional organizations, and 
                international organizations'';
                    (B) in subsection (b)(1)(E), by striking 
                ``countries'' and inserting ``countries, regional 
                organizations, and international organizations'';
                    (C) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``recipient country'' and inserting ``recipient 
                        country or organization''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``other 
                        countries'' and inserting ``other countries or 
                        organizations'';
                    (D) in subsection (f)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
                        ``country'' and inserting ``country or 
                        organization''; and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``countries'' and inserting ``countries or 
                        organizations''; and
                    (E) in subsection (h), by striking ``country'' and 
                inserting ``country and organization''.
            (3) In section 622(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
        (22 U.S.C. 2382(c)), by inserting ``law enforcement and justice 
        sector assistance,'' before ``military assistance,''.
            (4) In section 656(a)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2416(a)(1)), by 
        striking ``January 31'' and inserting ``March 1''.

SEC. 111. TRANSFER OF EXCESS NAVAL VESSEL TO BAHRAIN.

    (a) Transfer by Sale.--The President is authorized to transfer to 
the Government of Bahrain the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile 
frigate USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-49) on a sale basis under section 21 
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
    (b) Costs of Transfer.--Any expense incurred by the United States 
in connection with the transfer authorized by this section shall be 
charged to the Government of Bahrain notwithstanding section 516(e) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)).
    (c) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--To the 
maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition 
of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the Government of 
Bahrain have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, 
before the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at 
a shipyard located in the United States, including a United States Navy 
shipyard.
    (d) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a vessel 
under this section shall expire at the end of the three-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

                  TITLE II--SECURITY ASSISTANCE REFORM

SEC. 201. LIST OF PRIORITY COUNTRIES FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that United 
States security assistance is a critically important tool of United 
States foreign policy and the Secretary of State, acting under the 
direction of the President, should set foreign security assistance 
policy priorities related to United States security assistance.
    (b) List.--The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate Federal 
departments and agencies, shall include in the annual congressional 
budget justification of the Department of State a list that--
            (1) those foreign countries identified by the Secretary of 
        State as priority countries to receive security assistance; and
            (2) indicates for each country identified under paragraph 
        (1) the policy objectives that the Secretary of State seeks to 
        achieve with respect to the provision of such assistance.

SEC. 202. COORDINATOR FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN PRIORITY COUNTRIES.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall designate an 
appropriately senior individual or individuals assigned to an 
appropriate diplomatic or consular post in each foreign country 
identified on the list required under section 201(b) to be responsible 
for--
            (1) tracking, reporting on, and coordinating security 
        assistance and related policy for the foreign country; and
            (2) assisting in and ensuring implementation of section 
        620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d) 
        and section 362 of title 10, United States Code.
    (b) Training.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall ensure that 
        each individual designated under subsection (a) receives the 
        specialized training described in paragraph (2) to prepare such 
        individual to carry out the duties described in paragraphs (1) 
        and (2) of subsection (a).
            (2) Training described.--The Secretary of State shall 
        establish curriculum at the George P. Schultz National Foreign 
        Affairs Training Center to provide specialized training for 
        individuals designated under subsection (a) to develop policy 
        expertise relating to security assistance, including--
                    (A) awareness of the full range of agencies, 
                offices, personnel, congressional authorities and 
                funds, and programs involved in security assistance and 
                the respective decision-making timelines;
                    (B) familiarity with models of military and police 
                security force systems and basic knowledge of 
                structures and forces of the region to which the 
                individual is deployed; and
                    (C) familiarity with security assistance reform and 
                United States interagency and external resources and 
                experts.
            (3) Coordination.--The curriculum established pursuant to 
        paragraph (2) should be provided in coordination with the 
        Defense Security Cooperation Agency's Defense Institute of 
        Security Cooperation Studies.

SEC. 203. POLICIES AND GUIDANCE FOR REGIONAL BUREAUS OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF STATE.

    (a) Policies and Guidance.--The Secretary of State shall establish 
policies and guidance for each regional bureau of the Department of 
State to coordinate security assistance and related policy for foreign 
countries identified on the list required under section 201(b).
    (b) Coordinator for Regional Bureau.--
            (1) In general.--The assistant secretary for each regional 
        bureau of the Department of State should designate an 
        individual who is an officer of the regional bureau to be 
        responsible for coordinating security assistance and related 
        policy within the responsibilities of such regional bureau, 
        including the integration of the foreign security assistance 
        policy priorities established by the Secretary of State, acting 
        under the direction of the President.
            (2) Training.--The assistant secretary for each regional 
        bureau of the Department of State should ensure that each 
        individual designated under paragraph (1) for such regional 
        bureau receives the specialized training described in section 
        2(b) to prepare such individual to carry out the duties 
        described in paragraph (1).

SEC. 204. OFFICE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

    (a) Designation.--The Secretary of State shall designate an office 
in the Department of State, to be known as the Office for Security 
Assistance, to serve as a central coordinating point for security 
assistance.
    (b) Personnel.--The Office of Security Assistance should include 
knowledgeable personnel who, as necessary, are detailed from within the 
Department of State's relevant functional bureaus and personnel from 
the United States Agency for International Development and other 
relevant Federal departments and agencies.
    (c) Duties.--The Office for Security Assistance shall--
            (1) create, respond to, and coordinate security assistance 
        strategies and plans, particularly in support of development of 
        interagency country strategies by United States embassies and 
        regular planning by regional bureaus of the Department of 
        State;
            (2) maintain awareness of security assistance programs 
        administered by the Department of State, the United States 
        Agency for International Development, and other Federal 
        departments and agencies, including managing the Department of 
        State's review and concurrence process under section 333 of 
        title 10, United States Code.
            (3) convene appropriate offices and personnel required for 
        working-level interagency coordination; and
            (4) ensure awareness of and making use of best practices in 
        the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of 
        security assistance.
    (d) Exception.--The requirements of this section shall not apply if 
the Secretary of State certifies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate that the Department of State has established an alternative 
mechanism for the effective coordination of security assistance. Such 
certification shall describe such alternative mechanism to achieve the 
objectives described in this section.

SEC. 205. DATABASE FOR SECURITY ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--The President should seek to ensure that the 
Department of State, the Department of Defense, and other appropriate 
Federal agencies are able to share a common database of information 
that permits the identification of security assistance programs and 
funding by country.
    (b) GAO Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that 
assesses existing barriers to data sharing and exchanges that would 
assist in planning, assessing, and tracking security assistance.

SEC. 206. NOTIFICATION OF CHIEF OF MISSION CONCURRENCE FOR SUPPORT OF 
              SPECIAL OPERATIONS TO COMBAT TERRORISM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall provide to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate written notice when a 
chief of mission has exercised concurrence with respect to the exercise 
of authority to provide support of special operations to combat 
terrorism, including, at a minimum, identification of the relevant 
country.
    (b) Briefings.--Upon the request of a committee specified in 
subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall provide to such committee 
a briefing regarding matters within the competence of the Department of 
State related to the concurrence described in such subsection.

SEC. 207. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) means the Committee on Appropriations, the 
                Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee 
                on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign 
                Relations of the Senate.
            (2) Security assistance.--The term ``security assistance'' 
        means--
                    (A) assistance under chapter 8 (relating to 
                international narcotics control) of part I of the 
                Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
                    (B) assistance under chapter 2 (military 
                assistance), chapter 5 (international military 
                education and training), chapter 6 (peacekeeping 
                operations), chapter 8 (antiterrorism assistance), and 
                chapter 9 (nonproliferation and export control 
                assistance) of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
                1961;
                    (C) assistance under section 23 of the Arms Export 
                Control Act (relating to the Foreign Military Financing 
                program); or
                    (D) sales of defense articles or defense services, 
                extensions of credits (including participations in 
                credits), and guaranties of loans under the Arms Export 
                Control Act.

TITLE III--MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR RESCISSION OF 
       DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF TERRORISM

SEC. 301. MODIFICATIONS OF AUTHORITIES THAT PROVIDE FOR RESCISSION OF 
              DETERMINATIONS OF COUNTRIES AS STATE SPONSORS OF 
              TERRORISM.

    (a) Prohibition on Assistance to Governments Supporting 
International Terrorism.--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 period'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
    ``(d) Disapproval of Rescission.--No rescission under subsection 
(c)(2) of a determination under subsection (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 
resolution 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.'';
            (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 subsection:
    ``(f) Notification and Briefing.--Not later than--
            ``(1) ten days after initiating a review of the activities 
        of the government of the country concerned within the 24-month 
        period referred to in subsection (c)(2)(A), the President, 
        acting through the Secretary of State, shall notify the 
        Committee on Foreign 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)--
                    (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 period'';
            (2) in subsection (g), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``may waive'' and inserting ``may, on a case-
        by-case basis, waive'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection (m); and
            (4) by inserting after subsection (k) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(l) Notification and Briefing.--Not later than--
            ``(1) ten days after initiating a review of the activities 
        of the government of the country concerned within the 24-month 
        period referred to in subsection (f)(1)(B)(i), the President, 
        acting through the Secretary of State, shall notify the 
        Committee on Foreign 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.''.
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