Sec. 404. PROHIBITION
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## SEC. 404 PROHIBITION **[**[22 U.S.C. 2370c-1](/us/usc/t22/s2370c-1)**]** ###
(a)In General Subject to subsections
(b)through (f), the authorities contained in sections 516, 541, and 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j, 2347, and 2348) or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) may not be used to provide assistance to, and no licenses for direct commercial sales of military equipment may be issued to, the government of a country thatis clearly identified, pursuant to subsection (b), for the most recent year preceding the fiscal year in which the authorities or license would have been used or issued in the absence of a violation of this title, as having governmental armed forces, police, or other security forces, or government-supported armed groups, including paramilitaries, militias, or civil defense forces, that recruit or use child soldiers. ###
(b)Identification and Notification to Countries in Violation of Standards ####
(1)Publication of list of foreign governments The Secretary of State shall include a list of the foreign governments that have violated the standards under this title and are subject to the prohibition in subsection
(a)in the report required under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)). ####
(2)Notification #####
(A)In general Not later than 45 days after the date on which each report is submitted under section 110(b) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7107(b)), the Secretary of State shall formally notify each government included in the list under paragraph
(1)that such government is included in such list. #####
(B)Congressional notification As soon as practicable after making all of the notifications required under subparagraph
(A)with respect to a report, the Secretary of State shall notify the appropriate congressional committees that the requirements of subparagraph
(A)have been met. ###
(c)National Interest Waiver ####
(1)Waiver The President may waive the application to a country of the prohibition in subsection
(a)if the President determines that such waiver is in the national interest of the United States and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country is taking effective and continuing steps to address the problem of child soldiers. ####
(2)Publication and notification Not later than 45 days after each waiver is granted under paragraph (1), the President shall notify the appropriate congressional committees of the waiver and the justification for granting such waiver. ###
(d)Reinstatement of Assistance The President may provide to a country assistance otherwise prohibited under subsection
(a)upon certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that the government of such country— ####
(1)has implemented measures that include an action plan and actual steps to come into compliance with the standards outlined in section 404(b); and ####
(2)has implemented policies and mechanisms to prohibit and prevent future government or government-supported use of child soldiers and to ensure that no children are recruited, conscripted, or otherwise compelled to serve as child soldiers. ###
(e)Exception for Programs Directly Related To Addressing the Problem of Child Soldiers or Professionalization of the Military ####
(1)In general The President may provide assistance under section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347) through the Defense Institute for International Legal Studies or the Center for Civil-Military Relations at the Naval Post-Graduate School, and may provide nonlethal supplies (as defined in section 2557(d)(1)(B) of title 10, United States Code), to a country subject to the prohibition under subsection
(a)upon certifying to the appropriate congressional committees that— #####
(A)the government of such country is taking reasonable steps to implement effective measures to demobilize child soldiers in its forces or in government-supported paramilitaries and is taking reasonable steps within the context of its national resources to provide demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration assistance to those former child soldiers; and #####
(B)the assistance provided by the United States Government to the government of such country will go to programs that will directly support professionalization of the military. ####
(2)Limitation The exception under paragraph
(1)may not remain in effect for a country for more than 5 years. ###
(f)Exception for Peacekeeping Operations The limitation set forth in subsection
(a)that relates to section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to programs that support military professionalization, security sector reform, heightened respect for human rights, peacekeeping preparation, or the demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers.
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