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HR 4021 108th Congress House International Affairs Armed Forces and National Security Arms control Arms control agreements Arms sales Ballistic missiles Biological warfare Chemical warfare Congress Congressional oversight Congressional reporting requirements Conventional weapons Export controls Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Military assistance Military technology Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons President and foreign policy

To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that only countries that have a democratic form of government and that support United States nonproliferation objectives may be designated as major non-NATO allies for purposes of that Act and the Arms Export Control Act.

Introduced: March 24, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Mar 24, 2004
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to state that the President may designate a country as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms Export Control Act only if: (1) the country has a democratic form of government; (2) the country participates with the United States in specified and other international agreements or arrangements that restrict the export of chemical, biological, nuclear and other weapons, delivery systems, and related dual use components, and (3) the President notifies Congress prior to designation that the country meets such requirements

Directs the President to notify Congress prior to terminating any such designation.

What's happening now March 24, 2004

Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

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