UNION CALENDAR NO. 160 H.R. 2760

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• Publication Date: June 14, 1983
• Content Type: REGULATION

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Union Calendar No. 160
98TH CONGRESS R
? R. 2760
ST SESSION
[Report No. 98-122, Parts 1 and II]
To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983 to prohibit
United States support for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua
and to authorize assistance, to be openly provided to governments of coun-
tries in Central America, to interdict the supply of military equipment from
Nicaragua and Cuba to individuals, groups, organizations, or movements
seeking to overthrow governments of countries in Central America.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 27, 1983
Mr. BOLAND (for himself and Mr. ZABLOCKI) introduced the following bill; which
was referred jointly to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs
MAY 13, 1983
Reported from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence with amendments
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JUNE 14, 1983
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with amendments, committed to
the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered
to be printed
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A BILL
To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1983 to prohibit United States support for military or para-
military operations in Nicaragua and to authorize assist-
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ance, to be openly provided to governments of countries in
Central America, to interdict the supply of military equip-
ment from Nicaragua and Cuba to individuals, groups, orga-
nizations, or movements seeking to overthrow governments
of countries in Central America.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1983
4 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
5 title:
6 "TITLE VIII?PROBIBITION ON COVERT ASSIST-
7 ANCE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN NICA-
8 RAGUA; AUTHORIZATION OF OVERT INTER-
9 DICTION ASSISTANCE
10 "PROHIBITION ON COVERT ASSISTANCE FOR MILITARY
11 OPERATIONS IN NICARAGUA
12 "SEC. 801. (a) None of the funds appropriated for fiscal
13 year 1983 or 1984 for the Central Intelligence Agency or
14 any other department, agency, or entity of the United States
15 involved in intelligence activities may be obligated or expend-
16 ed for the purpose or which would have the effect of support-
17 ing, directly or indirectly, military or paramilitary operations
18 in of against Nicaragua by any nation, group, organization,
19 movement, or individual.
20 ("(b)] This .ecitiof} shall take effect 46 ilay.R after the
21 date of eftaetfneftt of this cction
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1 This section shall take effect upon the date prescribed in
2 the classified annex to the Committee report accompanying
3 this bill.
4 "(b) This section shall take effect upon the
5 date prescribed in the classified annex to the
6 report of the Permanent Select Committee on In-
7 telligence of the House of Representatives to ac-
8 company the bill H.R. 2760 (98th Congress).".
9 "AUTHORIZATION OF OVERT INTERDICTION ASSISTANCE
10 "SEC. 802. (a) The Congress finds that-
11 "(1) in the absence of a state of declared war, the
12 provision of military equipment to individuals, groups,
13 organizations, or movements seeking to overthrow gov-
14 ernments of countries in Central America violates in-
15 ternational treaty obligations, including the Charter of
16 the United Nations, the Charter of the Organization of
17 American States, and the Rio Treaty of 1949; and
18 "(2) such activities by the Governments of Cuba
19 and Nicaragua threaten the independence of El Salva-
20 dor and threaten to destabilize the entire Central
21 American region, and the Governments of Cuba and
22 Nicaragua refuse to cease those activities.
23 "(b) The President is authorized to furnish assistance,
24 on such terms and conditions as he may determine, to the
25 government of any friendly country in Central America in
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1 order to provide such country with the ability to prevent use
2 of its territory, or to prevent to the extent permitted
3 by international law the use of international territory, for
4 the transfer of military equipment from or through Cuba or
5 Nicaragua or any other country or agents of that country or
6 any other country or agents of that country to any
7 individual, group, organization, or movement which the
8 President determines seeks to overthrow the government of
9 such friendly country or the government of any other country
10 in Central America. Assistance under this section shall be
11 provided openly, and shall not be provided in a manner which
12 attempts to conceal United States involvement in the provi-
13 sion of such assistance.
14 "(c) Assistance may be provided to a friendly friendly
15 foreign country under this section only if that country has
16 agreed that it will not use any assistance provided by the
17 United States under this section, the Foreign Assistance Act
18 of 1961, or the Arms Export Control Act to destabilize or
19 overthrow the government of any country in Central America
20 and will not make any such assistance available to any
21 nation, individual, group, organization, or movement which
22 seeks to destabilize or overthrow any such government.
23 "(d) At least 15 days before providing assistance to a
24 foreign country under this section, the President shall submit
25 an unclassified report which describes the proposed assist-
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1 ance to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to
2 the chairman of the appropriate committees of the Senate.
3 "(e) There is authorized to be appropriated to the Presi-
4 dent to carry out this section $30,000,000 for the fiscal year
5 1983 and $50,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984. U.]
6 "(f) Funds to carry out this section shall be
7 made available for any friendly country in Central
8 America only for the purpose of interdicting the
9 transfer of military equipment to any country in
10 Central America.".
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98TH CONGRESS H
1ST SESSION
Union Calendar No. 160
. R. 2760
[Report No. 98-122, Parts I and II]
A BILL
To amend the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1983 to prohibit United States support
for military or paramilitary operations in Nicaragua
and to authorize assistance, to be openly provided
to governments of countries in Central America, to
interdict the supply of military equipment from
Nicaragua and Cuba to individuals, groups, organi-
zations, or movements seeking to overthrow gov-
ernments of countries in Central America.
JUNE 14, 1983
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with
amendments, committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered
to be printed
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