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(b) REPORT.-Section 40A(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2785(c)) is amended by inserting before the period the following: "and the numbers, range, and findings of end-use monitoring of United States transfers of small arms and light weapons".

(c) ANNUAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE REPORTS.-Section 655(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2415(b)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: “, including, in the case of defense articles that are firearms controlled under category I of the United States Munitions List, a statement of the aggregate dollar value and quantity of semiautomatic assault weapons, or spare parts for such weapons, the manufacture, transfer, or possession of which is unlawful under section 922 of title 18, United States Code, that were licensed for export during the period covered by the report".

(d) REPORT ON ARMS BROKERING.-Not later than June 30, 2003, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on activities of registered arms brokers, which shall discuss

(1) the role of such brokers in the United States and other countries;

(2) United States law, regulations, and policy regarding arms brokers;

(3) violations of the Arms Export Control Act;

(4) United States resources and personnel devoted to the monitoring of arms brokers;

(5) any needed changes in law, regulation, policy, or resources; and

(6) any implications for the regulation of arms brokers in other countries.

SEC. 1206. TREATMENT OF TAIWAN RELATING TO TRANSFERS OF
DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of the transfer or possible transfer of defense articles or defense services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), or any other provision of law, Taiwan shall be treated as though it were designated a major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(q)).

Subtitle B-International Military
Education and Training

SEC. 1211. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There is authorized to be appropriated to the President $85,000,000 for fiscal year 2003 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international military education and training).

SEC. 1212. HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS.

(a) ANNUAL REPORT.-Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

"SEC. 549. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT.

"(a) IN GENERAL.-Not later than March 1 of each year, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing, to the extent practicable, any involvement of a foreign military or defense ministry civilian participant in education and training activities under this chapter in a violation of internationally recognized human rights reported under section 116(d) of this Act subsequent to such participation.

"(b) FORM.-The report described in subsection (a) shall be in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.".

(b) RECORDS REGARDING FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS.-Section 548 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347g) is amended

(1) by striking "In" and inserting:

“(a) DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATABASE.—In”; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections: "(b) ANNUAL LIST OF FOREIGN PERSONNEL.-For the purposes of preparing the report required pursuant to section 549 of this Act, the Secretary of State may annually request the Secretary of Defense to provide information contained in the database, with respect to a list submitted to the Secretary of Defense by the Secretary of State, that contains the names of foreign personnel or military units. To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall provide, and the Secretary of State may take into account, the information contained in the database, if any, relating to the Secretary of State's submission.

"(c) UPDATING OF DATABASE.-If the Secretary of State determines and reports to Congress under section 549 of this Act that a foreign person identified in the database maintained pursuant to this section was involved in a violation of internationally recognized human rights, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the database is updated to contain such fact and all relevant information.".

SEC. 1213. PARTICIPATION IN POST-UNDERGRADUATE FLYING
TRAINING AND TACTICAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS.

Section 544 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347c) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

"(c)(1) The President is authorized to enter into cooperative arrangements providing for the participation of foreign and United States military and civilian defense personnel in post-undergraduate flying training and tactical leadership programs at training locations in Southwest Asia without charge to participating foreign countries, and without charge to funds available to carry out this chapter (notwithstanding section 632(d) of this Act). Such training must satisfy common requirements with the United States for post-undergraduate flying and tactical leadership training.

"(2) Cooperative arrangements under this subsection shall require an equitable contribution of support and services from each participating country. The President may waive the requirement for an equitable contribution of a participating foreign country if he determines that to do so is important to the national security interests of the United States.

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"(3) Costs incurred by the United States shall be charged to the current applicable appropriations accounts or funds of the participating United States Government agencies.".

Subtitle C-Assistance for Select Countries

SEC. 1221. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL AND EGYPT.

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR ISRAEL.-Section 513 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280) is amended

(1) in subsection (b)

(A) in paragraph (1)—

(i) by striking "2001 and 2002" and inserting "2002 and 2003"; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following new sentence: "Such funds are authorized to be made available on a grant basis as a cash transfer.";

(B) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) ADDITIONAL ESF ASSISTANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003.Only for fiscal year 2003, in addition to the amount computed under paragraph (2) for that fiscal year, an additional amount of $200,000,000 is authorized to be made available for ESF assistance for Israel, notwithstanding section 531(e) or 660(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for defensive, nonlethal, antiterrorism assistance, which amount shall be considered, for purposes of subsection (d), as an amount appropriated by an Act making supplemental appropriations.";

(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking "2001 and 2002" and inserting "2002 and 2003";

(3) in subsection (c)(3), by striking "Funds authorized" and all that follows through "later" and inserting: "Funds authorized to be available for Israel under subsection (b)(1) and paragraph (1) of this subsection for fiscal years 2002 and 2003 shall be disbursed not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2002, and not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2003, or October 31 of the respective fiscal year, whichever is later."; and

(4) in subsection (c)(4)

(A) by striking "fiscal year 2001" and inserting "fiscal years 2002 and 2003"; and

(B) by striking "$520,000,000"

"$520,000,000" and inserting "$535,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and not less than $550,000,000 for fiscal year 2003".

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR EGYPT.-Section 514 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280) is amended

(1) by striking "2001 and 2002" each place it appears and inserting "2002 and 2003"; and

(2) in subsection (e), by striking "Funds estimated" and all that follows through "and" at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting the following: "Funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt under subsection (c) during fiscal years 2002 and 2003 shall be disbursed to an interest-bearing account for Egypt

in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2002, and not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2003, or by October 31 of the respective fiscal year, whichever is later, provided that

"(1) withdrawal of funds from such account shall be made only on authenticated instructions from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service of the Department of Defense;

"(2) in the event such account is closed, the balance of the account shall be transferred promptly to the appropriations account for the Foreign Military Financing Program.".

SEC. 1222. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR GREECE AND TURKEY.

(a) IN GENERAL.-Of the amount made available for the fiscal year 2003 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.)

(1) $1,120,000 for fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for Greece; and

(2) $2,800,000 for fiscal year 2003 is authorized to be available for Turkey.

(b) USE FOR PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION. Of the amounts available under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2003, $500,000 of each such amount should be available for purposes of professional military education.

(c) USE FOR JOINT TRAINING.-It is the sense of Congress that, to the maximum extent practicable, amounts available under subsection (a) that are used in accordance with subsection (b) should be used for joint training of Greek and Turkish officers.

(d) REPEAL.-Effective October 1, 2002, section 512 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-280; 114 Stat. 856) is repealed.

SEC. 1223. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES.

(a) FMF FOR CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES.-Of the total amount made available for the fiscal year 2003 under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), the following amounts are authorized to be available on a grant basis for the following countries:

(1) THE BALTIC STATES.-For all of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, $22,000,000.

(2) BULGARIA.-For Bulgaria, $11,000,000.

(3) THE CZECH REPUBLIC.-For the Czech Republic,

$11,000,000.

(4) GEORGIA.-For Georgia, $7,000,000.

(5) HUNGARY.-For Hungary, $11,000,000.

(6) JORDAN.-For Jordan, $198,000,000.

(7) MALTA.-For Malta, $1,150,000.

(8) THE PHILIPPINES.-For the Philippines, $25,000,000.

(9) POLAND.-For Poland, $16,000,000.

(10) ROMANIA.-For Romania, $12,000,000.

(11) SLOVAKIA.- For Slovakia, $9,000,000.

(12) SLOVENIA.-For Slovenia, $5,000,000.

(b) IMET.-Of the amount made available for the fiscal year 2003 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance

114 Stat. 855, 858.

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Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.), the following amounts are authorized to be available for the following countries:

(1) THE BALTIC STATES.-For all of the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, $3,300,000.

(2) BULGARIA.-For Bulgaria, $1,370,000.

(3) THE CZECH REPUBLIC.-For the Czech Republic,

$1,900,000.

(4) GEORGIA.-For Georgia, $1,200,000.

(5) HUNGARY.-For Hungary, $1,900,000.

(6) JORDAN.-For Jordan, $4,000,000.

(7) MALTA.-For Malta, $350,000.

(8) THE PHILIPPINES. For the Philippines, $2,000,000.

(9) POLAND.-For Poland, $2,000,000.

(10) ROMANIA.-For Romania, $1,500,000.

(11) SLOVAKIA.-For Slovakia, $950,000.

(12) SLOVENIA.-For Slovenia, $950,000.

(c) REPEALS.-Sections 511 (a) and (b) and 515 of the Security Assistance Act of 2000 are repealed.

SEC. 1224. ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON.

(a) PROHIBITION.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $10,000,000 of the amounts made available for fiscal year 2003 or any subsequent fiscal year that are allocated for assistance to Lebanon under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the economic support fund) may not be obligated unless and until the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that

(1) the armed forces of Lebanon have been deployed to the internationally recognized border between Lebanon and Israel; and

(2) the Government of Lebanon is effectively asserting its authority in the area in which such armed forces have been deployed.

(b) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO FUNDS WITHHELD.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any funds withheld pursuant to subsection (a) may not be programmed in order to be used for a purpose other than for assistance to Lebanon until the last month of the fiscal year in which the authority to obligate such funds lapses.

Subtitle D-Excess Defense Article and
Drawdown Authorities

SEC. 1231. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.

(a) AUTHORITY.-Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during the fiscal year 2003 funds available to the Department of Defense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and transportation of excess defense articles transferred under the authority of section 516 of such Act to Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.

(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.-It is the sense of Congress that the authority provided under this section should be utilized only

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