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HR 4874 105th Congress House

International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act

Official title: To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the Arms Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are prohibited from rec… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the Arms Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are prohibited from receiving international military education and training or any other military assistance or arms transfers.

Introduced: October 21, 1998 Introduced by: Smith, Christopher H. Republican · New Jersey See on congress.gov
International Affairs American military assistanceArmed Forces and National SecurityArms controlArms sales
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit the sale, lease, loan, or grant of defense services or training (including Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET)) to any foreign country that is prohibited or restricted from receiving international military education and training (IMET), or other military assistance or arms transfers.

Permits a foreign country that is eligible to receive only expanded IMET, and is not prohibited from receiving any other military assistance or arms transfers, to receive defense services and training if it provides for training of civilian officials and military officers of the armed forces on military justice, international human rights standards, and the proper role of such forces in a democratic society.

Permits a foreign country otherwise prohibited or restricted from receiving IMET or any other military assistance or arms transfers to receive defense services and training substantially unrelated to the prohibited military assistance or arms transfers, provided the President makes a specified certification to the Congress.

Authorizes the President to waive any prohibition under this Act with respect to a foreign country upon certification to the Congress that it is important to the national security of the United States.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4874: International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4874/
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"H.R. 4874: International Military Training Transparency and Accountability Act." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4874/.
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H.R. 4874, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-4874/.
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