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To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of…

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To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide for the establishment of a joint congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 10, 2001 Introduced by: McGovern, James P. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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May 29, 2001
Executive Comment Requested from DOD.
May 10, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
May 10, 2001
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Directs the Secretary of the Army to close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (Institute). Repeals statutory authority for the Institute. Prohibits any training or education facility from being established in the Department of Defense (DOD) for Latin American military personnel for ten months.

Establishes a joint congressional task force to assess appropriate education and training for DOD to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations.

What's happening now May 29, 2001

Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 15 Independent 1
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Sep 4, 2002
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 16, 2002
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 14, 2002
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jan 29, 2002
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Jan 29, 2002
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Jan 24, 2002
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jan 24, 2002
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 28, 2001
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Nov 1, 2001
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 17, 2001
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jul 10, 2001
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Jun 7, 2001
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Jun 5, 2001
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jun 5, 2001
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 5, 2001
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 23, 2001
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1810: To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide for the establishment of a joint congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1810/
MLA
"H.R. 1810: To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide for the establishment of a joint congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations, and for other purposes.." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1810/.
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H.R. 1810, 107th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1810/.
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[H.R. 1810: To repeal the statutory authority for the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (the successor institution to the United States Army School of the Americas) in the Department of Defense, to provide for the establishment of a joint congressional task force to conduct an assessment of the kind of education and training that is appropriate for the Department of Defense to provide to military personnel of Latin American nations, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-1810/)
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