Sec. 1725. Certification and reports on South Africa
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, shall certify to the appropriate congressional committees and release publicly an unclassified determination explicitly stating whether South Africa has engaged in activities that undermine United States national security or foreign policy interests. The certification required under paragraph
(1)shall be accompanied by an unclassified report, with a classified annex if the President considers such as necessary, providing a justification for the determination made pursuant to such paragraph. The President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the United States Ambassador to South Africa, and the heads of such other Federal departments and agencies that play a substantial role in United States relations with South Africa, shall conduct a review of the bilateral relationship between the United States and South Africa. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the findings of the review required by paragraph (1). Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on United States defense cooperation with the Government of South Africa. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall also include the following: An overview of United States defense cooperation with the Government of South Africa, including military exercises, arms sales, and international military education and training. An assessment of defense cooperation between the Government of South Africa and the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Government of the People’s Republic of China, and the Government of the Russian Federation. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be transmitted in an unclassified form and may contain a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.