Sec. 4. Misuse of arms sales for human rights abuses
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The President shall ensure that— the sale, export, or transfer of any defense article or defense service to a foreign country or international organization shall be pursuant to an agreement that the government of such country or such international organization will not use such article or service in the commission, or to enable the commission, of a violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights; the United States Government has the legal right to require the return of any defense articles sold, exported, or transferred to a foreign country or international organization if the government of such country or such organization has used United States-origin defense articles in the commission, or has enabled the commission, of a violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights; and if defense articles are sold, exported, or transferred to a foreign country in a manner in which the intended end user has not been identified at the unit level for human rights vetting, the agreement for such sale, export, or transfer includes a list of units ineligible to receive such articles, consistent with applicable provisions of United States law.
Section 3(a) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2753(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and promote world peace and inserting , promote world peace, and is unlikely to contribute to human rights abuses ; in paragraph (3), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; by redesignating paragraph
(4)as paragraph (5); and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following new paragraph: the country or international organization has agreed not to use such article or service in the commission, or to enable the commission, of a violation of international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights; and . Section 4 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2754 ) is amended— by inserting legitimate before internal security ; and by inserting , provided that such defense articles and defense services will not present a significant risk of being used to violate international humanitarian law or internationally recognized human rights after such friendly countries .
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