A bill to promote limitations on conventional arms transfers, to improve congressional oversight of conventional arms transfers, and for other purposes.
Conventional Arms Transfer Control Act - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to: (1) reaffirm the U.S. commitment to self-restraint through selective conventional arms transfers to developing nations and through a commitment to qualitative guidelines for conventional arms transfers; (2) declare that the United States and the Soviet Union should begin negotiations to resume the conventional arms transfer talks; (3) declare the United States should begin discussions with other arms-supplying nations to limit conventional arms transfers to developing nations and establish guidelines for such transfers; and (4) declare the United States should begin conventional arms transfer discussions between nations selling conventional weapons and nations purchasing such weapons to limit such arms transfers. Directs the President to report to the Congress on actions taken to meet such objectives.
Directs the President to submit a report to the Congress, within six months, on U.S. policies concerning exports of conventional arms and possible approaches to developing multilateral limitations on conventional arms transfers.
Adds information which the President must include in the annual report to the Congress on arms sales. Changes due dates on certain portions of such report.
Increases the scope of the quarterly defense requirement surveys submitted by the President to the Congress to include defense requirement surveys, site surveys, general surveys, engineering assessment surveys and other surveys.
Requires the President to notify the Congress of specified information relating to sensitive technology that is being offered in an arms sale.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on Arms Control, International Security and Science.
Executive Comment Requested from State, Arms Control & Disarm Agcy.
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