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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4739 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide for better monitoring and verification of the use of defense articles... · Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Required assessment of risk of exported weapons being used to violate principles of human rights or the law of armed conflict

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Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1) ) is amended— in subparagraph (O), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in subparagraph (P), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by inserting after subparagraph
(P)the following new subparagraph: an assessment of the risk of the defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services to be offered being used to violate principles of human rights or the law of armed conflict, prepared by the Secretary of State through the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence. . Section 36(c)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(1) ) is amended— by striking and
(C)and inserting
(C); and by inserting after items to be exported the following: , and
(D)an assessment of the risk of the items being used to violate principles of human rights or the law of armed conflict, prepared by the Secretary of State through the Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence .
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