arms sales policy

arms sales policy Sec. 202. (a) Section 1 of the Foreign Military Sales Act is amended by striking out the last paragraph and inserting tn lieu thereof the following new paragraphs: “It shall be the policy of the 1 unfed States to exert leadership in the world community to bring about arrangements for reducing the international trade in implements of war and to lessen the danger of outbreak of regional conflict and the burdens of armaments. United States programs for or procedures governing the export, sale, and grant of defense, articles and defense services to foreign countries and international organizations shall be administered in a manner which will carry out this policy. “It is the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to initiate multilateral discussions for the purpose of reaching agreements among the principal arms suppliers and arms purchasers and other countries with respect to the control of the international trade in armaments. It is further the sense of Congress that the President should work actively with all nations to cheek and control the international sale and distribution of conventional weapons of death and destruction and to encourage regional arms control arrangements. In furtherance of this policy, the President should undertake a concerted effort to convene an international conference of major arms-supplying and arms-purchasing nations which shall consider measures to limit conventional arms transfers in the interest of international peace and stability. “It is the sense of the Congress that the aggregate value of defense articles and defense services— “(1) which are sold under section 21 or section 22 of this Act; or 90 STAT. 735 “(2) which are licensed or approved for export under section 38 of this Art to, for the use, or for benefit of the armed forces, police, intelligence, or other internal security forces of a foreign country or international organization under a commercial sales contract; in any fiscal year should not exceed current levels.”. (b) (1) The President shall conduct a comprehensive study of the arms sales policies and practices of the United States Government, including policies mid practices with respect to commercial arms sales, in order to determine whether such policies and practices should be changed. Such study shall examine the rationale for arms sales to foreign countries, the benefits to the United States of such arms sales, the risks to world peace as a result of such anus sales, trends in arms sales by the United States and other countries, and steps which might be taken by the United States to provide for limitations on arms sales. In addition, such study shall include an evaluation of the impact of United States arms sales policies on the economic and social development of foreign countries and consideration of steps which might be taken by the United States to encourage the maximum use of the resources of the developing countries for economic and social development purposes. (2) Not later than the end of the one-year period beginning on the date of enactment, of this section, the President shall submit to the Congress a report setting forth in detail (A) the findings made and conclusions reached as a result of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection, together with such recommendations for legislation as the President deems appropriate, (B) the efforts made by the United States during the five years immediately preceding the submission of such report to initiate and otherwise encourage arms sales limitations, and (C) the efforts being made by the United States at the time of the submission of such report to initiate and otherwise encourage arms sales limitations in accordance with the policies stated in the amendment made by subsection (a) of this section.