Sec. 1228. TRACKING AND MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN IRAQ
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## SEC. 1228 TRACKING AND MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN IRAQ **[**[22 U.S.C. 2751 note](/us/usc/t22/s2751)**]** ###
(a)Export and Transfer Control Policy The President shall implement a policy to control the export and transfer of defense articles into Iraq, including implementation of the registration and monitoring system under subsection (c). ###
(b)Requirement to Implement Control System No defense articles may be provided to the Government of Iraq or any other group, organization, citizen, or resident of Iraq until the President certifies to the specified congressional committees that a registration and monitoring system meeting the requirements set forth in subsection
(c)has been established. ###
(c)Registration and Monitoring System The registration and monitoring system required under this subsection shall include— ####
(1)the registration of the serial numbers of all small arms to be provided to the Government of Iraq or to other groups, organizations, citizens, or residents of Iraq; ####
(2)a program of end-use monitoring of all lethal defense articles provided to such entities or individuals; and ####
(3)a detailed record of the origin, shipping, and distribution of all defense articles transferred under the Iraq Security Forces Fund or any other security assistance program to such entities or individuals. ###
(d)Review; Exemption ####
(1)Review The President shall periodically review the items subject to the registration and monitoring requirements under subsection
(c)to determine what items, if any, should no longer be subject to such registration and monitoring requirements. The President shall transmit to the specified congressional committees the results of each review conducted under this paragraph. ####
(2)Exemption The President may exempt an item from the registration and monitoring requirements under subsection
(c)beginning on the date that is 30 days after the date on which the President provides notice of the proposed exemption to the specified congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-1(a)). Such notice shall describe any controls to be imposed on such item under any other provision of law. ###
(e)Definitions In this section: ####
(1)Defense article The term “defense article” has the meaning given the term in section 644(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(d)). ####
(2)Small arms The term “small arms” means— #####
(A)handguns; #####
(B)shoulder-fired weapons; #####
(C)light automatic weapons up to and including .50 caliber machine guns; #####
(D)recoilless rifles up to and including 106mm; #####
(E)mortars up to and including 81mm; #####
(F)rocket launchers, man-portable; #####
(G)grenade launchers, rifle and shoulder fired; and #####
(H)individually-operated weapons which are portable or can be fired without special mounts or firing devices and which have potential use in civil disturbances and are vulnerable to theft. ####
(3)Specified congressional committees The term “specified congressional committees” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives; and #####
(B)the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. ###
(f)Effective Date ####
(1)In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall take effect 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. ####
(2)Exception The President may delay the effective date of this section by an additional period of up to 90 days if the President certifies in writing to the specified congressional committees for such additional period that it is in the vital interest of the United States to do so and includes in the certification a description of such vital interest.
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Sec. 1228
TRACKING AND MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES PROVIDED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN IRAQ
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