INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FORLATIN AMERICA

INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FORLATIN AMERICA Sec. 584. (a) Expanded IMET.—The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, should make every effort to ensure that approximately 30 percent of the funds appropriated in this Act for “International Military Education and Training” for the cost of Latin American participants in IMET programs will be disbursed for the purpose of supporting enrollment of such participants in expanded IMET courses. 111 STAT. 2437 (b) Civilian Participation.—The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, should identify sufficient numbers of qualified, non-military personnel from countries in Latin America so that approximately 25 percent of the total number of individuals from Latin American countries attending United States supported I MET programs and the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University are civilians. (c) Report.—Not later than twelve months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall report in writing to the appropriate committees of the Congress on the progress made to improve military training of Latin American participants in the areas of human rights and civilian control of the military. The Secretary shall include in the report plans for implementing additional expanded IMET programs for Latin America during the next three fiscal years.