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[CITE: 22USC2291-5]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
                 SUBCHAPTER I--INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 
               Part VIII--International Narcotics Control
 
Sec. 2291-5. Provision of nonlethal equipment to foreign law 
        enforcement organizations for cooperative illicit narcotics 
        control activities
        

(a) In general

    (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Administrator of the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
may transfer or lease each year nonlethal equipment to foreign law 
enforcement organizations for the purpose of establishing and carrying 
out cooperative illicit narcotics control activities.
    (2)(A) The Administrator may transfer or lease equipment under 
paragraph (1) only if the equipment is not designated as a munitions 
item or controlled on the United States Munitions List pursuant to 
section 2778 of this title.
    (B) The value of each piece of equipment transferred or leased under 
paragraph (1) may not exceed $100,000.

(b) Additional requirement

    The Administrator shall provide for the maintenance and repair of 
any equipment transferred or leased under subsection (a) of this 
section.

(c) Notification requirement

    Before the export of any item authorized for transfer under 
subsection (a) of this section, the Administrator shall provide written 
notice to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives in 
accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
under section 2394-1 of this title.

(d) Sense of Congress

    It is the sense of Congress that--
        (1) all United States law enforcement personnel serving in 
    Mexico should be accredited the same status under the Vienna 
    Convention on Diplomatic Immunity as other diplomatic personnel 
    serving at United States posts in Mexico; and
        (2) all Mexican narcotics law enforcement personnel serving in 
    the United States should be accorded the same diplomatic status as 
    Drug Enforcement Administration personnel serving in Mexico.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. C, title VIII, Sec. 843, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 
2681-704.)

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Western Hemisphere Drug 
Elimination Act, and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.