Foreign Relations Bill
To
prohibit United States assistance and commercial arms exports to countries and
entities supporting international terrorism.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT
TITLE.
This Act may be cited as
the `International Cooperative Antiterrorism Act of 2002'.
SEC. 2.
FINDINGS.
(1) The use of terrorism is
detestable and an illegitimate means of political
expression.
(2) International terrorist
organizations pose a direct threat to the United States, and this threat is
becoming more acute and more difficult to prevent.
(4) The prosecution of the
war against international terrorist organizations must continue until those
organizations and the threat they pose to the people and interests of the United
States are eliminated.
(5) The United States can
only win the war on terrorism if it receives cooperation from other countries
and entities.
(9) The promotion of
terrorism, intolerance, and virulent anti-Americanism in state-owned media and
state-controlled education systems is abhorrent and poses a long-term threat to
the safety and security of the United States as well as the community of
nations.
(13) Countries
demonstrating indifference to or providing actual endorsement of international
terror as a legitimate political tool make a direct threat to the security
interests of the United States.
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION ON
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE AND COMMERCIAL ARMS EXPORTS.
(a) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE- No United States assistance, other than humanitarian assistance and cooperative nonproliferation and counterproliferation programs, may be provided to any country or entity if the President determines that such country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in the global war against international terrorism.
(b) COMMERCIAL ARMS
EXPORTS- No license for the export of an item on the United States Munitions
List to any country or entity may be issued if the President determines that
such country or entity is not making a maximum effort to be fully cooperative in
the global war against international terrorism.
SEC. 6. PRESIDENTIAL
WAIVER.
United States assistance or
exports prohibited by section 4 may be provided to a country or entity described
in that section if the President--
(1) determines that
permitting such assistance or exports is essential to the national security
interests of the United States.
SEC. 7.
DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(2) FULLY COOPERATIVE IN
THE GLOBAL WAR AGAINST INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM- The term `fully cooperative in
the global war against international terrorism' means a country or entity that
is--
(A) preventing the
financing of terrorism, including preventing--
(i) direct financial
payments to any terrorist organization;
(iii) any person from soliciting funds or items of value for a terrorist group; and
(iv) any humanitarian or
other nongovernmental organization from providing financial support to terrorist
organizations;
(B) sharing intelligence
information with the United States, including--
(i) releasing information
to the United States related to any terrorist
organization;
(ii) cooperating in
investigations conducted by the United States; and
(iii) providing, to the
extent possible, individuals suspected of or supporting terrorist organizations
to United States investigators; and
(C) acting against
terrorist organizations, including--
(i) preventing terrorist
organizations from committing or inciting to commit terrorist acts against the
United States or its interests overseas;
(ii) preventing terrorist organizations from operating safe houses or providing transportation, communication, false documentation, identification, weapons (including chemical, biological, or radiological weapons), explosives, or training to terrorists; and