Sec. 1349. Prohibition on exports of items used for crowd control purposes to Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 2032, the Secretary of State shall make a determination as to whether Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron has committed gross violations of human rights. If the Secretary of State determines under subsection
(a)that Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron has committed gross violations of human rights, then— none of the funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be used to authorize, provide, or facilitate the delivery of covered items to Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron; and the President shall prohibit the issuance of licenses to export covered items to Colombia’s Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron. In this section, the term covered items includes firearms, tanks, tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, foam rounds, bean bag rounds, pepper balls, water cannons, handcuffs, shackles, stun guns, tasers, or any other item that may be used for purposes of crowd control.