Sec. 405. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY TRAINING

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## SEC. 405 ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY TRAINING ###

(a)Training for the Royal Ulster Constabulary No funds authorized to be appropriated by this or any other Act may be used to support any training or exchange program conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other Federal law enforcement agency for the Royal Ulster Constabulary (in this section referred to as the “RUC”) or RUC members until the President submits to the appropriate congressional committees the report required by subsection

(b)and the certification described in subsection (c)(1). ###

(b)Report on Past Training Programs The President shall report on training or exchange programs conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other Federal law enforcement agencies for the RUC or RUC members during fiscal years 1994 through 1999. Such report shall include— ####

(1)the number of training or exchange programs conducted during the period of the report; ####

(2)the number and rank of the RUC members who participated in such training or exchange programs in each fiscal year; ####

(3)the duration and location of such training or exchange programs; and ####

(4)a detailed description of the curriculum of the training or exchange programs. ###

(c)Certification Regarding Future Training Activities ####

(1)In general The certification described in this subsection is a certification by the President that— #####

(A)training or exchange programs conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation or other Federal law enforcement agencies for the RUC or RUC members are necessary to— ######

(i)improve the professionalism of policing in Northern Ireland; and ######

(ii)advance the peace process in Northern Ireland; #####

(B)such programs will include in the curriculum a significant human rights component; #####

(C)vetting procedures have been established in the Departments of State and Justice, and any other appropriate Federal agency, to ensure that training or exchange programs do not include RUC members who there are substantial grounds for believing have committed or condoned violations of internationally recognized human rights, including any role in the murder of Patrick Finucane or Rosemary Nelson or other violence or serious threat of violence against defense attorneys in Northern Ireland; and #####

(D)the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland are committed to assisting in the full implementation of the recommendations contained in the Patten Commission report issued September 9, 1999. ####

(2)Fiscal year 2001 application The President shall make an additional certification under paragraph

(1)before any Federal law enforcement agency conducts training for the RUC or RUC members in fiscal year 2001. ####

(3)Application to successor organizations The provisions of this subsection shall apply to any successor organization of the RUC. ## Subtitle B Russian and Ukrainian Business Management Education