International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act

(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 6884 passed in lieu)

International Security Assistance Arms Export Control Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act to authorize the appropriation of $5,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 for use by the President as an emergency contingency fund. Authorizes the appropriation of $39,000,000 for international narcotics control in fiscal year 1978 of which not less than $12,500,000 will be expended for narcotics control programs in Mexico.

Authorizes a loan of $300,000,000 to Portugal for the purpose of balance of payments support.

Authorizes the appropriation of $230,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 for military assistance to the following countries: (1) Greece, (2) Portugal, (3) Spain, (4) Turkey, (5) Jordan, (6) Indonesia, (7) the Philippines, and (8) Thailand. Limits any increase in the amounts specified for the above countries to ten percent, if such an increase is considered necessary by the President. Authorizes the appropriation of $4,350,000 in fiscal year 1978 for supply operations in connection with the termination of military assistance in the following countries: (1) Korea (2) Bolivia, (3) Dominican Republic, (4) El Salvador, (5) Guatemala, (6) Panama, and (7) Honduras.

Authorizes an additional $270,000,000 worth of ammunition, howitzers, mortars and recoilless rifles to be designated as War Reserve Stocks, Allies, for fiscal year 1978. Earmarks all stocks in 1978 for the use of South Korea.

Authorizes, with certain limitations, the assignment of members of the armed forces to serve under the direction of the Chief of a U.S. Diplomatic Mission to perform necessary management functions with respect to military assistance and education, and to sales and credits with regard to arms exports.

States that military assistance advisory groups of seven or more may be maintained in fiscal year 1978 in the following countries: (1) Brazil, (2) Greece, (3) Indonesia, (4) Iran, (5) Jordan, (6) Kuwait, (8) Liberia, (9) Morocco, (10) Panama, (11) the Philippines, (12) Portugal, (13) Saudi Arabia, (14) Spain, (15) Thailand, (16) Turkey, and (17) Zaire. Maintains the authority for the assignment of up to six members of the armed forces to a Chief of a Diplomatic Mission for security assistance functions. Places a limitation of 900 on the total number of military personnel authorized for assignments to advisory groups and Diplomatic Missions.

Prohibits defense attaches from performing military assistance functions, except where the President determines that such performance is more economic and efficient. Limits the number of attaches authorized for assignment pursuant to a Presidential determination.

Exempts the countries in southern Africa from the twelve country ceiling for security supporting assistance set forth in the Foreign Assistance Act.

Authorizes the appropriation of $1,875,000,000 for security supporting assistance programs in fiscal year 1978 for the following countries: (1) Israel, (2) Egypt, (3) Jordan, (4) Syria, (5) Lebanon, (6) Zaire, (7) Zambia, (8) Swaziland, (9) Botswana, (10) Cyprus, and (11) Lesotho.

States the sense of Congress that the U.S. should support an internationally recognized constitutional settlement of the conflict Zimbabwe leading promptly to majority rule.

Authorizes the appropriation of $1,000,000 for a study of the development requirements of southern Africa.

Directs the Secretary of State to convene a special inter-agency task force to reconsider the strategy behind the Agency for International Development's effort in Egypt. Focuses the review upon the feasibility of shifting the AID effort from large public sector capital projects to smaller private or agricultural sector projects.

Authorizes the appropriation of $30,000,000 in fiscal year 1978 for military education and training in foreign countries.

Authorizes the appropriation of such sums as are necessary in fiscal year 1978 to carry out defense cooperation agreements with Greece and Turkey. Specifies that grant assistance to Turkey remains suspended, pending Congressional approval of the defense cooperation agreement with such country, or compliance with the conditions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Raises the Foreign Military Sales ceiling applicable to Turkey from $125,000,000 to $&175,000,000.

Prohibits, subject to Presidential waiver, military assistance and training Foreign Military Sales credits and sales, and deliveries of military equipment financed by the U.S. Government to Ethiopia or Argentina.

Prohibits recipients of U.S. economic or military assistance from delivering nuclear reprocessing equipment, material or technology to another country, or receiving such materials from another country. Extends the coverage of such provisions to nuclear detonations by other than nuclear-weapon states as defined by the treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

Authorizes the appropriation of $37,200,000 in fiscal year 1978 for the Middle East Special requirements fund.

Repeals the prohibition in the Arms Export Control Act relating to the recently changed 12 mile fishing limit.

Exempts from the prior notification to Congress requirement in the case of third party transfers of defense articles and services sold under this Act, the transfer of such articles and services used exclusively for maintenance and repair.

Directs the President to prepare a report by March 15, 1978, on the impact of U.S. arms sales and transfers on defense readiness and national security.

Authorizes a foreign military sales credit and guarantee program of $2,104,500,000 for fiscal year 1978.

Exempts Australia, Japan and New Zealand from the $25,000,000 ceiling for commercial arms sales under the Arms Export Control Act.

Extends, until January 15, 1978, the due date of the Executive branch report required by the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

Reaffirms that the U.S. policy of restraint in arms transfers shall not impair Israel's deterrent strength or undermine the military balance in the Middle East.

Directs the President to terminate all sales, credits or guaranties under the Arms Export Control Act to any government which grants sanctuary to international terrorists.

Requires the President to notify the House Committee on International Relations and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations at the time he submits a letter of offer to sell arms to a non-NATO country.

Prohibits, during fiscal year 1978, any assistance to Zaire which would augment any military operations in such country, unless the President determines that such aid would be in the national security interests of the U.S.

Prohibits assistance to Mozambique, Tanzania, Angola and Zambia, unless the President determines that such assistance would further the foreign policy interests of the U.S.

Directs the President to prepare a report on the current and future status of arms sales to Iran and Saudi Arabia, and to submit such report to Congress by February 15, 1978.

Directs the President in providing regulations for control of exports of major defense articles and significant combat equipment to consider whether the subject items an lethal or nonlethal.