Sec. 6403. Enhancement of congressional oversight of human rights in arms exports
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It is the sense of Congress that any letter of offer to sell, or any application for a license to export or transfer, defense articles or defense services controlled for export, regardless of monetary value, should take into account as part of its evaluation whether the Secretary of State has credible information, with respect to a country to which the defense articles or defense services are proposed to be sold, exported, or transferred, that— the government of such country on or after the date of enactment of this Act has been deposed by a coup d’etat or decree in which the military played a decisive role, and a democratically elected government has not taken office subsequent to the coup or decree; or a unit of the security forces of the government of such country— has violated international humanitarian law and has not been credibly investigated and subjected to a credible and transparent judicial process addressing such allegation; or has committed a gross violation of human rights, and has not been credibly investigated and subjected to a credible and transparent judicial process addressing such allegation, including, inter alia— torture; rape or sexual assault; ethnic cleansing of civilians; recruitment or use of child soldiers; unjust or wrongful detention; the operation of, or effective control or direction over, secret detention facilities; or extrajudicial killings or enforced disappearances, whether by military, police, or other security forces.
The Secretary of State shall also provide to the appropriate congressional committees the report described in section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2304(c) ) biannually for the period of time specified in subsection
(c)of this section regarding any country covered under subsection (a). Section 36(i) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2776(i) ) is amended by striking subject to the requirements of subsection
(b)at the joint request of the Chairman and Ranking Member and inserting subject to the requirements of this section at the request of the Chairman or Ranking Member .
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Enhancement of congressional oversight of human rights in arms exports
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