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Latin America Security Promotion Act

Introduced: July 31, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jul 31, 1997
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Latin America Security Promotion Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should work with our Latin American allies to institute a two-year regional moratorium on their acquisition of attack, bomber, or fighter aircraft; (2) such moratorium will provide an opportunity for the Latin American governments to begin to negotiate a conventional arms restraint regime that would meet their security concerns without spending scarce economic resources or sparking an arms race; and (3) the President should urge aircraft supplier nations to comply with such moratorium.

Prohibits the sale, lease, or other transfer of any attack, bomber, or fighter aircraft to a Latin American country, except during a presidentially determined emergency involving vital U.S. national interests.

What's happening now July 31, 1997

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 12, 1998
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 17, 1997
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 31, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2345: Latin America Security Promotion Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2345/
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"H.R. 2345: Latin America Security Promotion Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2345/.
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H.R. 2345, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-2345/.
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