Cooperative Proliferation Detection, Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of 2006 - Title I: Proliferation Assistance Coordination - Cooperative Proliferation Detection and Interdiction Assistance Act of 2006 - (Sec. 103) Authorizes the President to establish a program to provide assistance to friendly foreign countries for proliferation detection and interdiction activities and for developing complementary capabilities (program).
Directs the President to submit a proliferation and interdiction assistance report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives (Committees).
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require that the President ensure, as of FY2007, that at least 25% of nonproliferation and export control assistance is provided for transit interdiction of cargo to non-state actors and states of proliferation concern.
Authorizes the President, to promote cooperation regarding the interdiction of weapons of mass destruction and related materials and delivery systems, to conclude agreements (including reciprocal maritime agreements) with other countries to prevent the transportation of such items to states and non-state actors of proliferation concern.
Directs the Secretary of State to notify the Committees after determining a friendly country to be eligible for priority program assistance.
Requires that at least 25% of FY2007 assistance for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs and activities be made available to establish the program, unless otherwise notified as provided for under the Act.
Title II: Conventional Arms Disarmament - Conventional Arms Disarmament Act of 2006 - (Sec. 203) States that it is U.S. policy to assist other governments in safeguarding or eliminating stocks of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) and other conventional weapons, including tactical missile systems, that pose a proliferation, local or regional security, or humanitarian threat.
(Sec. 204) Authorizes the Secretary to carry out an accelerated global program to secure or eliminate stocks of MANPADS, other conventional weapons, tactical missile systems, and related equipment and facilities that pose a proliferation threat. Sets forth program elements, including: (1) demining activities; (2) elimination or securing of MANPADS and other conventional weapons; (3) assistance for the safe handling and proper storage of MANPADS and other conventional weapons; and (4) cooperative programs with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other international organizations for the safe handling and proper storage or elimination of MANPADS and other conventional weapons.
(Sec. 205) Directs the Secretary to report to the Committees on conventional arms threat reduction.
Title III: General Authorities - (Sec. 301) Authorizes the President to establish a consolidated Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs Account for the purpose of carrying out specified nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities.
(Sec. 302) Authorizes appropriations to the President beginning in FY2007 for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities. Obligates specified FY2007 amounts for: (1) nonproliferation and export control assistance; and (2) clearance of unexploded ordnance, destruction of small arms and light weapons, MANPADS, and other conventional weapons, including tactical missile systems and associated ammunition, and related activities.
States that: (1) such activities may be implemented through nongovernmental and international organizations; (2) appropriated amounts are authorized to remain available until September 30, 2008; and (3) funds authorized under this title are in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes.
Authorizes appropriations for administrative expenses.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2566 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2566
To provide for coordination of proliferation interdiction activities
and conventional arms disarmament, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 6, 2006
Mr. Lugar (for himself and Mr. Obama) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
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A BILL
To provide for coordination of proliferation interdiction activities
and conventional arms disarmament, and for other purposes.
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 ``Cooperative Proliferation Detection,
Interdiction Assistance, and Conventional Threat Reduction Act of
2006''.
TITLE I--PROLIFERATION ASSISTANCE COORDINATION
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Cooperative Proliferation
Detection and Interdiction Assistance Act of 2006''.
SEC. 102. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On May 31, 2003, at Wawel Royal Castle, Krakow, Poland,
the United States and its allies announced a new effort to
fight proliferation called the Proliferation Security
Initiative. The Proliferation Security Initiative enhances
cooperation among states employing legal means to search planes
and ships carrying suspect cargo and to seize illegal weapons
or missile technologies to keep the world's most destructive
weapons away from our shores and out of the hands of our common
enemies.
(2) Since its inception in 2003, more than 70 countries
have participated in or provided support for the Proliferation
Security Initiative.
(3) The Proliferation Security Initiative has led to the
negotiation of bilateral ship boarding agreements designed to
facilitate the interdiction of weapons of mass destruction and
related materials and means of delivery.
(4) Security Council Resolution 1540, adopted unanimously
by the United Nations Security Council on April 28, 2004, calls
on all countries to take cooperative action to prevent
trafficking in weapons of mass destruction, related materials,
and means of delivery and dual-use items of proliferation
concern.
(5) Security Council Resolution 1540 provides a basis for
developing an internationally accepted practice regarding
criminalization of the trafficking of weapons of mass
destruction, related materials and means of delivery.
(6) The Report of the United Nations Secretary General's
High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges, and Change, dated
September 23, 2003, found that ``[r]ecent experience of the
activities of the A.Q. Khan network has demonstrated the need
for and the value of measures taken to interdict the illicit
and clandestine trade in components for nuclear programs''.
(7) The Report also welcomes ``the voluntary Proliferation
Security Initiative, under which more and more states are
cooperating to prevent illicit trafficking in nuclear,
biological, and chemical weapons''.
(8) There have been a number of air, land, and sea
interdiction training exercises conducted under the
Proliferation Security Initiative.
(9) The United States provides foreign assistance to many
countries participating in the Proliferation Security
Initiative, including the following types of assistance:
(A) International narcotics control under chapter 8
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
(B) Border control assistance under section 499C of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2296c).
(C) Military assistance, education, and training
under chapters 2, 3, and 5 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
(D) Antiterrorism assistance under chapter 8 of
part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2291 et seq.).
(E) Nonproliferation and export control assistance
under chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2934bb et seq.).
(F) Activities carried out under sections 503 and
504 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5853 and
5854).
(10) Many countries participating in the Proliferation
Security Initiative also are provided defense articles and
services and foreign military sales under the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), a purpose of which, as
specified in section 4 of the Act (22 U.S.C. 2754), is to
prevent or hinder the proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction and the means of delivering such weapons.
(11) Congress has specifically authorized the President to
provide countries with proliferation interdiction assistance
under chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394bb et seq.), which provides that--
(A) the President should ensure that not less than
\1/4\ of the assistance provided under such chapter is
expended for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities
of friendly countries to detect and interdict
proliferation-related shipments of cargo that originate
from, and are destined for, other countries; and
(B) priority should be given to any friendly
country that has been determined by the Secretary of
State to be a country frequently transited by
proliferation-related shipments of cargo.
(12) Many executive agencies and departments currently
furnish assistance to nations participating in the
Proliferation Security Initiative, including the following:
(A) Nunn-Lugar/Cooperative Threat Reduction
programs carried out under the Soviet Nuclear Threat
Reduction Act of 1991 (title II of Public Law 102-228;
22 U.S.C. 2551 note) and the Cooperative Threat
Reduction Act of 1993 (title XII of Public Law 103-160;
22 U.S.C. 5951 note).
(B) Ongoing programs and activities of the
Department of Energy authorized under subtitle C of
title XXXI of division C of the Ronald W. Reagan
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005
(Public Law 108-375).
(C) Other programs assisting friendly foreign
countries in law enforcement, regulatory, and
operational capabilities to enhance the potential of
such countries in interdicting weapons of mass
destruction, related materials and means of delivery,
and any dual-use items of proliferation concern.
(13) While statutory authority exists to assist friendly
foreign countries in meeting the threat posed by the
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, related materials
and means of delivery, and dual-use items of proliferation
concern, mechanisms for coordinating within the executive
branch programs and assistance implemented under those
authorities should be employed fully in order to ensure the
most effective use of United States assistance to train and
equip friendly foreign countries to deal with this threat.
SEC. 103. PROLIFERATION INTERDICTION SUPPORT PROGRAM.
(a) Program.--Consistent with section 583 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349bb-2), as amended by subsection (c), the
President is authorized to carry out a program to provide assistance to
friendly foreign countries for proliferation detection and interdiction
activities and for developing complementary capabilities.
(b) Report on Existing Proliferation Detection and Interdiction
Assistance.--
(1) Report required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit
to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives a report on proliferation and interdiction
assistance.
(2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) specify in detail, including program cost, on a
country-by-country basis, the assistance being provided
by the Department of State to train and equip personnel
in friendly foreign countries in the detection and
interdiction of proliferation-related shipments of
weapons of mass destruction, related materials and
means of delivery, and dual-use items of proliferation
concern; and
(B) specify, on an agency-by-agency basis, funding
that is being transferred by the Department of State to
other executive agencies to carry out such programs.
(c) Interdiction Assistance Amendments.--Section 583 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2349bb-2) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``should ensure that'' and
inserting ``shall ensure that, beginning in fiscal year
2007,'';
(B) by striking ``expended'' and inserting
``obligated''; and
(C) by striking ``that originate from, and are
destined for, other countries'' and inserting ``to
states and non-state actors of proliferation concern'';
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
``(c) Cooperative Agreements.--In order to promote cooperation
regarding the interdiction of weapons of mass destruction and related
materials and delivery systems, the President is authorized to conclude
agreements, including reciprocal maritime agreements, with other
countries to facilitate effective measures to prevent the
transportation of such items to states and non-state actors of
proliferation concern.
``(d) Determination and Notice to Congress.--The Secretary of State
shall notify the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives in
writing not more than 30 days after making a determination that any
friendly country has been determined to be a country eligible for
priority consideration of any assistance under subsection (b). Such
determination shall set forth the reasons for such determination, and
may be submitted in classified and unclassified form, as necessary.''.
(d) Fiscal Year 2007 Assistance.--Not less than \1/4\ of the amount
made available for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and
related programs and activities for fiscal year 2007 shall be made
available to establish the program under subsection (a), unless
otherwise notified for nonproliferation or counterproliferation
purposes pursuant to section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2394-1).
TITLE II--CONVENTIONAL ARMS DISARMAMENT
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE.
This title may be cited as the ``Conventional Arms Disarmament Act
of 2006''.
SEC. 202. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The global proliferation of man-portable air defense
systems (MANPADS) and other conventional weapons, including
tactical missile systems, poses a direct threat to the national
security of the United States.
(2) The use of MANPADS and other conventional weapons by
terrorists and insurgent groups continues to hamper United
States efforts to achieve peace and security in Iraq and
Afghanistan.
(3) The proliferation of conventional weapons, including
tactical missile systems, provides many regimes with a means of
income and threatens international peace and security.
(4) The Government Accountability Office has estimated that
there are between 500,000 and 750,000 MANPADS in the world.
(5) Many countries that possess stocks of MANPADS and other
conventional weapons, including tactical missile systems, no
longer require such weapons for their own security or self
defense, but do not possess the means for the elimination or
safeguarding of such systems.
(6) There is currently no single United States program
designed to promote efforts in other countries related to
conventional arms threat reduction.
(7) The proliferation of conventional weapons in developing
countries that have experienced civil conflict threatens
political stability and economic development in those countries
and neighboring countries.
(8) Land mines left over from past conflicts continue to
pose a humanitarian threat and a barrier to economic
development in many countries around the world.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) where appropriate, the United States Government should
provide assistance to countries seeking to secure, remove, or
eliminate stocks of MANPADS, other conventional weapons,
including tactical missile systems that pose a proliferation
threat; and
(2) given the clear links between global networks of
terrorism and networks of the illicit trade in conventional
weapons, the United States Government should place consistent,
broad, and continued emphasis on combating the proliferation of
MANPADS and other conventional weapons, including tactical
missile systems, within the broader nonproliferation strategy
of the United States.
SEC. 203. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to assist the governments of
other countries in safeguarding or eliminating stocks of MANPADS and
other conventional weapons, including tactical missile systems, that
pose a proliferation, local or regional security, or humanitarian
threat.
SEC. 204. GLOBAL PROGRAM FOR THE SAFEGUARDING AND ELIMINATION OF
CONVENTIONAL ARMS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State is authorized to carry out
an accelerated global program to secure, remove, or eliminate stocks of
MANPADS, small arms and light weapons, stockpiled munitions, abandoned
ordnance, and other conventional weapons, including tactical missile
systems (hereafter in this Act referred to as ``MANPADS and other
conventional weapons''), as well as related equipment and facilities,
that are determined by the Secretary to pose a proliferation threat.
(b) Program Elements.--The program authorized under subsection (a)
may include the following activities:
(1) Humanitarian demining activities.
(2) Programs for the elimination or securing of MANPADS.
(3) Programs for the elimination or securing of other
conventional weapons.
(4) Programs to assist countries in the safe handling and
proper storage of MANPADS and other conventional weapons.
(5) Cooperative programs with the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and other international organizations to assist
countries in the safe handling and proper storage or
elimination of MANPADS and other conventional weapons.
(6) The utilization of funds for the elimination or
safeguarding of MANPADS and other conventional weapons.
(7) Programs for the security and safeguarding of MANPADS
and other conventional weapons.
(8) Actions to ensure that equipment and funds, including
security upgrades at locations for the storage or disposition
of MANPADS and other conventional weapons and related equipment
that are determined by the Secretary of State to pose a
proliferation threat, continue to be used for authorized
purposes.
SEC. 205. REPORT ON CONVENTIONAL ARMS THREAT REDUCTION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the
Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and
the Committees on International Relations and Appropriations of the
House of Representatives a report on conventional arms threat
reduction.
(b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall
include the following information:
(1) A description of prior efforts of the Department of
State regarding conventional arms threat reduction.
(2) A description, on a country-by-country basis, of the
implementation of a global strategy for the elimination or
safeguarding of MANPADS and other conventional weapons,
including, to the extent possible, a prioritization of such
elimination and safeguarding efforts with respect to the
proliferation sensitivity of such weapons in each country and
their potential impact on local and regional security.
(3) An evaluation of the extent to which activities under
this title and other United States Government programs are
integrated to ensure that the conventional arms threat
reduction efforts of the United States are consistent with
United States policy and goals in countries receiving
assistance through such activities.
(4) A description of the scope and nature of other
complementary United States programs related to conventional
arms threat reduction, including tactical missile systems.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be in
unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
TITLE III--GENERAL AUTHORITIES
SEC. 301. PERMANENT AUTHORITY FOR THE NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM,
DIMINING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS ACCOUNT.
The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end of part II the following new chapter:
``CHAPTER 10--AUTHORIZATION FOR NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM,
DEMINING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
``SEC. 591. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNT AUTHORIZATION.
``(a) Authority.--The President is authorized to establish a
consolidated Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related
Programs Account for the purpose of carrying out nonproliferation,
anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities under--
``(1) chapter 8 of part II of this Act;
``(2) chapter 9 of part II of this Act;
``(3) chapter 6 of part II of this Act and section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) for demining
activities, clearance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction
of small arms and light weapons, other conventional weapons,
associated ammunition, and related activities, except that,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, activities may be
implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations, and related activities;
``(4) section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C.
5854) for programs under the Nonproliferation and Disarmament
Fund to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating
to nonproliferation and disarmament and related activities,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including, when in
the national security interests of the United States,
assistance for international organizations and countries other
than the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
``(5) section 301 of this Act.''.
SEC. 302. FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007.
(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated to the President for fiscal year 2007 $524,430,000 and
such sums as may be necessary for each fiscal year thereafter for the
consolidated Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related
Programs authorized by section 591 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as added by section 301, for the purpose of carrying out
nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and
activities.
(b) Specification of Certain Amounts.--Of the amount authorized to
be appropriated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2007, the
following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the following
purposes:
(1) Not less than $95,050,000 to carry out activities under
chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2349bb et seq.);
(2) Not less than $33,600,000 to carry out activities under
chapter 6 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2349bb et seq.), and section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), for clearance of unexploded
ordnance, the destruction of small arms and light weapons,
MANPADS, and other conventional weapons, including tactical
missile systems and associated ammunition, and related
activities. Such activities may be implemented through
nongovernmental and international organizations notwithstanding
any other provision of law.
(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated under subsection
(a) are authorized to remain available until September 30, 2008.
(d) Administrative Expenses.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses
related to activities under subsection (b)(2). Such amount shall be in
addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes.
(e) Amounts in Addition to Other Authorized Funds.--Amounts
authorized to be appropriated under this section and section 301 are in
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3228-3229)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Lugar with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 456.
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