International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980

Summary

International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 - Title I: Military and Related Assistance Programs - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to prohibit personnel performing defense services only from giving training and advice that may engage U.S. personnel in combat activities (current law prohibits giving any training, advice, or other assistance regarding combat activities). Requires the President to report to Congress if significant hostilities involve a country in which U.S. personnel are performing defense services. Authorizes the President to enter into agreements for cooperative reciprocal training with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Repeals current provisions which require ten percent of the principal amount of arms sales guarantees to be reserved, effective October 1, 1980. Provides for the present reserve to remain available. Directs the President to report to Congress whenever the reserve falls below a specified amount. Credits amounts received from foreign governments and international organizations for claims to such reserve after claims based on such guarantees have been paid. Requires annual reports to Congress concerning such reserve. Authorizes appropriations for foreign military sales for fiscal year 1981. Stipulates that credits and loan guarantees may be made only to the extent provided in advance in appropriations acts. Establishes separate ceilings on the total amount of credit and of loan guarantees authorized to be extended for fiscal year 1981. Increases the amount earmarked for Israel. Makes a specified amount available only for the costs of relocating Israeli forces from the Sinai. Earmarks a specified amount for Korea. Exempts Israel from specified credit and loan guarantee restrictions for fiscal year 1981. Releases Israel from a specified amount of its contractual liability to repay the United States. Grants a ten year grace period before Egypt, the Sudan, Greece, and Turkey are required to begin repayment of the principal of loans guaranteed to finance credit sales of defense articles and services. Repeals: (1) the ceiling on arms sales which require an export license; and (2) time limits by which the President must report to Congress concerning certain applications for an export license. Provides for a congressional veto of a proposed export license unless the President states that an emergency exists. Authorizes the President to require exporters to keep the President informed of arms sale negotiations. Requires that information on licensed commercial exports be included in the annual Arms Sales Proposal. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning the transfer to third countries of specified defense articles and services before consenting to such transfer. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the President to furnish military assistance to friendly countries or international organizations by transferring authorized funds for specified recipients to be used to meet obligations of such recipients for payment for arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for military assistance with specified limitations on amounts for Portugal, Spain, Sudan, and the Philippines. Increases the aggregate value of the drawdown of defense articles from Defense Department stocks, defense services, and military education and training authorized in emergencies. Extends the authority to furnish military assistance until September 30, 1982 or for five years after such assistance is authorized. Decreases the value of additions of defense articles to stockpiles in foreign countries during fiscal year 1981. Revises the list of foreign countries to which the President is authorized to assign members of the U.S. Armed Forces to manage security assistance programs by deleting Iran and Kuwait and adding Egypt. Permits the number of defense attaches performing overseas management functions to exceed by up to six the number of attaches authorized on December 31, 1979. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for international military education and training. Includes the additional costs of furnishing such training within the definition of "value". Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for peacekeeping operations. Repeals the provision creating the Middle East special requirements fund. Permits the President to make sales, extend credit, or issue guarantees under the Arms Export Control Act, as well as furnish assistance, without regard to statutory limitations if the President notifies the appropriate congressional committees that to do so is vital to U.S. security. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Economic Support Fund. Earmarks specified amounts for Egypt and Israel, all of which are to be provided on a grant basis (currently two-thirds are provided on a grant basis). Earmarks specified amounts for: (1) development programs on the West Bank and in Gaza; (2) Southern Africa programs (repeals current restrictions); (3) Cyprus relief; (4) Turkey (two-thirds to be provided on a grant basis); (5) Portugal; and (6) Sudan. Title III: Development Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for: (1) agriculture, rural development, and nutrition; (2) population planning and health programs (with a specified amount for population activities of the World Health Organization and the United Nations); (3) education and human resources development; (4) development of indigenous energy resources; (5) environmental programs; (6) Sahel development program; (7) international organizations and programs (with a specified amount for the U.N. Environmental Program); and (8) reimbursable development programs. Revises the congressional policy regarding the use of private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives in overseas development to urge simplified procedures for the approval of programs to be carried out by such organizations. Stipulates that prohibitions on assistance to countries shall not be construed to prohibit the continuation of assistance to such organizations. Directs the President to take into consideration whether such continued support is in the U.S. national interest and to report to Congress regarding the reasons. Decreases the amount due and payable during fiscal year 1981 to the United States from relatively least developed countries on development loans. Permits expenses for orderly termination of programs to include funds to enable students abroad to complete their training. Title IV: Other Assistance Programs - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for: (1) American schools and hospitals abroad; (2) international narcotics control (with specified amounts of Pakistani currencies and credits available for assistance to Pakistan in addition to funds otherwise available); and (3) international disaster assistance. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) support relief operations in East Timor; (2) assist in reuniting families separated by recent developments in East Timor; (3) encourage Indonesia to allow access to East Timor by international journalists; and (4) reaffirm U.S. policy and increase funds to support the goal of reducing postharvest losses of food in developing countries. Title V: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Peace Corps and for any necessary increases. Increases the maximum amount authorized to meet unforeseen emergencies. Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to delete provisions providing for: (1) an Associate Director for International Operations within ACTION; (2) Peace Corps representatives on the National Voluntary Service Advisory Council; and (3) advice and review by such Council of the Peace Corps. Title VI: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to allow foreign assistance funds to be used to procure agricultural products outside the United States when the domestic price is less than parity if the commodity can not reasonably be procured in the United States in fulfillment of the objectives of a particular assistance program. Prohibits the use of foreign aid for procurement of construction or engineering services from advanced developing countries which are internationally competitive. Replaces the Auditor General with an Inspector General. Makes such Inspector General responsible for security activities, as well as audit and investigative activities, of the agency administering development assistance and, to the extent requested, the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. Gives the Inspector General subpoena power. Sets forth additional duties of the Inspector General. Authorizes the Inspector General to investigate employee complaints concerning the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. Permits economic support funds to be used to pay shipping differentials resulting from the use of U.S.-flag vessels. Authorizes appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the operating expenses for administering the international development programs. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning: (1) leases of defense property to foreign governments for more than six months; (2) the military capabilities and deployment of Soviet military personnel in Cuba; and (3) Soviet military assistance to Cuban armed forces.

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• Indefinitely postponed in Senate

  summary · EN · 17 June 1980

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 15 May 1980

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