22 U.S.C. § 8422 — Authorization of assistance
submitted 17 years ago by Pub. L. 111-73 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 658 words · no verdicts yet
This section authorizes funding for 2010 through 2014 to train and equip Pakistan's military, mainly for counterinsurgency and counterterrorism work. It also authorizes a State Department exchange program to build support for civilian control of Pakistan's military and expresses Congress's support for Pakistani-led reconstruction in war-damaged areas.
(a) Congress authorizes whatever funds are needed for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for international military education and training for Pakistan, including expanded training known as "E-IMET." Congress intends that a substantial share of this money go toward courses in counterinsurgency* and civil-military relations.
(b) Congress also authorizes funds for those same years for the Foreign Military Financing program, to buy defense equipment, services, and training for Pakistan. A significant share of that money should go toward counterinsurgency and counterterrorism* activities, and Congress intends a significant majority of it to be used that way. Except for certain other laws listed in the text — including restrictions on aid to governments that took power through a military coup — the money authorized for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 can be made available despite any other law that might otherwise block it. Terms like "defense articles" and "defense services" carry the meanings given in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) Congress believes the United States should help Pakistan set up its own program — including through its military — to rebuild areas damaged by fighting.
(d) The Secretary of State may set up an exchange program pairing Pakistani military and civilian personnel with their counterparts from countries building stronger democracies, or from NATO member countries, to encourage respect for civilian control of the military. This program can include conferences, seminars, publications, and reimbursing foreign military participants' expenses. Nongovernmental organizations may help carry it out, and Congress authorizes funding for that purpose, along with the rest of the program, for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.; relating to international military education and training) for Pakistan, including expanded international military education and training (commonly known as “E–IMET”).
It is the sense of Congress that a substantial amount of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year should be used to pay for courses of study and training in counterinsurgency* and civil-military relations.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 for grant assistance under section 2763 of this title (relating to the Foreign Military Financing program) for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for Pakistan.
A significant portion of the amount made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be for the purchase of defense articles, defense services, and military education and training for activities relating to counterinsurgency and counterterrorism* operations in Pakistan.
It is the sense of Congress that a significant majority of funds made available to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year should be used for the purpose described in subparagraph (A).
Except as provided in sections 2753 and 2799aa–1 of this title, the second section 620J 1 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as added by Public Law 110–161) [22 U.S.C. 2378d], and any provision of an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs that restricts assistance to the government of any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree, and except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, amounts authorized to be made available to carry out paragraph (2) for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 are authorized to be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law.
In this section, the terms “defense articles”, “defense services”, and “military education and training” have the meaning given such terms in section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403).
It is the sense of Congress that the United States should facilitate Pakistan’s establishment of a program to provide reconstruction assistance, including through Pakistan’s military as appropriate, in areas damaged by combat operations.
The Secretary of State is authorized to establish an exchange program between—
military and civilian personnel of Pakistan; and
military and civilian personnel of countries determined by the Secretary of State to be in the process of consolidating and strengthening a democratic form of government; or
military and civilian personnel of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries,
in order to foster greater mutual respect for and understanding of the principle of civilian rule of the military.
The program authorized under paragraph (1) may include conferences, seminars, exchanges, and other events, distribution of publications and reimbursements of expenses of foreign military personnel participating in the program, including transportation, translation and administrative expenses.
Amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for a fiscal year are authorized to be made available for nongovernmental organizations to facilitate the implementation of the program authorized under paragraph (1).
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to carry out the program established by this subsection.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 111–73, title II, § 202, Oct. 15, 2009, 123 Stat. 2069.)
- 2009Enacted · Pub. L. 111-73 · 123 Stat. 2069
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