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 repeal the President's authority to reduce or waive charges for the use of plant and production equipment and nonrecurring research, development, and production costs pursuant to coproduction arrangements for foreign procurement in the United States of defense articles and services. Authorizes the President to sell or contract to sell design or construction services to eligible countries or international organizations if the United States is paid in full in advance for the costs of furnishing such services. Makes such sales subject to the statutory provisions applicable to defense articles and services. Requires the President to certify information to Congress concerning any letter of offer to sell any design and construction services for $200,000,000 or more. Authorizes appropriations for foreign military sales for fiscal year 1981. Stipulates that credits and loan guaranties 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. Sets a ceiling on the amounts which may be made available for the Philippines and for Thailand. Exempts Israel from specified credit and loan guarantees 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, and Turkey are required to begin repayment of the principal of loans guaranteed to finance credit sales of defense articles and services. Requires the President to submit written certification to Congress concerning the transfer of defense articles and services only if such transfer involves major defense articles or services valued above specified amounts to countries other than Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Exempts letters of offer to sell and applications for licenses to export defense articles and services to such nations from certification requirements. Raises the ceiling on arms sales which are required to be sold under the Arms Export Control Act in order to be issued an export license. 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, 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. Requires a human rights program to be included in the curriculum of programs receiving such funds. Makes such program a prerequisite for completion of all other courses. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning specific measures taken to implement such program. Includes the additional costs of furnishing such training within the definition of "value." Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require purchasers of training who are concurrently receiving training assistance to pay such additional costs. 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 guaranties under the Arms Export Control Act, as well as furnish assistance, without regard to statutory limitations if to do so is vital to U.S. security. Prohibits the expenditure of appropriated funds for foreign intelligence operations unless the President, prior to the initiation of such operation, reports a description and scope of such operation to the House and Senate Select Committees on Intelligence (presently such reports are required to be submitted in a timely fashion to the appropriate congressional committees). Permits the President to defer, for the shortest practicable period, such prior reporting in extraordinary circumstances or to avoid unreasonable risks. Title II: Economic Support Fund - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Economic Support Fund. Prohibits the use of such funds for nuclear facilities in a foreign country, unless the President certifies to Congress that such use is indispensable to the achievement of U.S. nonproliferation objectives. Repeals the Fund's regional programs. Earmarks specified amounts for Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and special requirements in the Middle East. Prohibits making funds available for Syria, unless the President certifies to Congress that Syria is making good faith efforts towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East and such funds will serve the peace process in the Middle East. Makes specified amounts available to Jordan for the Maqarin Dam and Jordan Valley Irrigation System and for other development programs. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning the obligation of funds for Middle East special requirements. Provides for a congressional veto of such proposed use. Makes specified amounts available for emergency uses to promote economic or political stability. Limits the amount which may be used for Mozambique. 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; (3) education and human resources development; (4) development of indigenous energy resources (with a specified amount for survey work and exploration for potential oil, natural gas, and coal reserves in developing countries which are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries); (5) human rights promotion; (6) Sahel development program; (7) international organizations and programs; (8) reimbursable development programs; and (9) the Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation. Declares that energy production from renewable decentralized sources and energy conservation are vital elements in the development process. Authorizes cooperative programs to include research and development of suitable energy technologies, analysis of energy uses, needs and resources, training and institutional development, and scientific interchange. Stipulates that prohibitions on assistance to countries shall not be construed to prohibit the continuation of assistance to private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives. Directs the President to take into consideration whether such continued support is in the U.S. national interest. Stipulates that prohibitions on assistance to countries shall not be construed to prohibit the continuation of assistance to private and voluntary organizations and cooperatives. Directs the President to take into consideration whether such continued support is in the U.S. national interest. 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. Urges the President to use appropriated funds for fiscal year 1981 for bilateral development assistance in the eastern Caribbean countries. Directs the President to report to Congress on the implementation of such assistance. 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 limitations on the amount which may be contributed to the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control); (3) international disaster assistance; and (4) the rehabilitation and resettlement needs of displaced persons and other victims of civil strife in Africa in ways not generally provided by existing refugee relief agencies. Amends the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981, to increase the authorization of appropriations for migration and refugee assistance for fiscal year 1981. Authorizes the President to transfer up to a specified amount from other accounts for international disaster assistance. Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should encourage Indonesia to allow: (1) increased access to East Timor by international relief agencies and international journalists; and (2) free emigration from East Timor. Amends the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to authorize the President to transfer up to 15 percent of available funds between the titles of such Act. Title V: African Development Foundation - African Development Foundation Act - Establishes the African Development Foundation to strengthen the bonds of friendship between the people of Africa and the United States and to assist in the development of Africa. Requires such Foundation to cooperate with indigenous organizations representative of Africa and other private, regional, and international organizations. Authorizes such Foundation to make grants, loans, and loan guarantees (not to exceed $250,000 in total) to African entities for developmental purposes. Requires the Foundation to give priority to community self-help projects with the maximum feasible participation of the poor. Sets forth the corporate powers of such Foundation. Sets forth conflict-of-interest provisions. Exempts such Foundation from Federal, State, or local taxation. Provides for the appointment of a Board of Directors to manage such Foundation. Requires the Board to consult with an advisory council composed of individuals knowledgeable about development activities in Africa. Makes any spending authority effective only to the extent provided in advance in appropriation Acts. Earmarks a specified portion of the fiscal year 1981 authorization of appropriations for development assistance for this title. Title VI: Peace Corps - Amends the Peace Corps Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1981 for the Peace Corps and for any necessary increases. Title VII: Miscellaneous Provisions - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 to prohibit assistance to countries causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons. Directs the Comptroller General to report on the audits of funds administered by international organizations to the President and Congress. Directs the President to seek the establishment of external, professionally qualified groups to evaluate and audit the programs and activities of the United Nations and its affiliated organizations (presently calls for a single professionally qualified group to evaluate). Provides for the auditing of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank. Requires the Comptroller General to include an evaluation of such reports submitted to Congress and the President. Requires the Secretary of State to submit the annual reports to Congress on U.S. contributions to international organizations within nine months after the fiscal year to which they relate or, in the case of fiscal year 1978, by December 31, 1980. Directs the President to submit semiannual reports to Congress listing all voluntary U.S. contributions to international organizations. Allows 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. 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. Expresses the sense of Congress concerning: (1) the effectiveness of the Interagency Group on Human Rights and Foreign Assistance; (2) the commitment to peace of the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (3) the responsibility of Jordan to act in good faith to achieve peace in the Middle East in order to receive foreign assistance under this Act. Directs the President to report to Congress regarding the economic conditions prevailing in Egypt, Israel, Portugal, and Turkey which may affect their international debt obligations and economic stability.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 17 December 1980

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• Conference report filed in House

  summary · EN · 20 November 1980

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 17 June 1980

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 5 June 1980

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 26 March 1980

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