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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§2347g Records Regarding Foreign Participants

Title 22 › Chapter 32— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter II— MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES › Part V— International Military Education and Training › § 2347g

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create and keep a database of every foreign military or defense ministry civilian who takes part in education or training under this part after December 31, 2000. Each record must show the kind of training, the dates, whether the person finished it, and, when possible, notes about their later military or ministry job, current position, and location. The Secretary of State may ask each year for database information about names or units it submits for an annual report. The Secretary of Defense must provide available details and the Secretary of State may use them. If the Secretary of State tells Congress that someone in the database was involved in a violation of internationally recognized human rights, the Secretary of Defense must update the database with that finding and related information.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2347g

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(a)In order to contribute most effectively to the development of military professionalism in foreign countries, the Secretary of Defense shall develop and maintain a database containing records on each foreign military or defense ministry civilian participant in education and training activities conducted under this part after December 31, 2000. This record shall include the type of instruction received, the dates of such instruction, whether such instruction was completed successfully, and, to the extent practicable, a record of the person’s subsequent military or defense ministry career and current position and location.
(b)For the purposes of preparing the report required pursuant to section 2347h of this title, the Secretary of State may annually request the Secretary of Defense to provide information contained in the database, with respect to a list submitted to the Secretary of Defense by the Secretary of State, that contains the names of foreign personnel or military units. To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Defense shall provide, and the Secretary of State may take into account, the information contained in the database, if any, relating to the Secretary of State’s submission.
(c)If the Secretary of State determines and reports to Congress under section 2347h of this title that a foreign person identified in the database maintained pursuant to this section was involved in a violation of internationally recognized human rights, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the database is updated to contain such fact and all relevant information.

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2002—Pub. L. 107–228 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsecs. (b) and (c).

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22 U.S.C. § 2347g

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60