§2785 End-use Monitoring of Defense Articles and Defense Services

Summary

The President must set up a program to check how defense items and related services that the United States sells, leases, or exports are actually used. The program must, when possible, follow the same risk-based standards used in the “Blue Lantern” checks. It must make sure recipients follow U.S. rules about use, transfer, and security, and that the items are used for their intended purposes. The program must pay special attention to items with sensitive technology, things easily stolen or misused, or items whose misuse would have big consequences. It must also work to stop diversion of technology, including by reverse engineering. Within 6 months after July 21, 1996, and every year after that as part of the annual congressional presentation documents under section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act, the President must send Congress a report on what was done. The report must include detailed costs and personnel numbers for the monitoring program and the counts, range, and findings for end-use checks of U.S. transfers of small arms and light weapons. Transfers to third countries or other third parties are covered by the program.