Security Sector Governance Compacts Act

This bill directs the Secretary of State to create a Security Sector Governance Index that measures how foreign partner countries govern their military and security forces, including corruption, civilian oversight, and human rights records. Using the Index, each partner country would be placed in one of four tiers each year, and each tier would limit which types of U.S. security assistance the country can receive, with lethal equipment allowed only for tier three and four countries. The Secretary could waive these limits for strategically important partners, but a waiver could not last more than 5 consecutive years without a new law. The bill also allows multi-year Security Sector Governance Compacts with tier two and tier three countries, creates a Security Sector Compact Fund, and requires a review of countries that have been in tier four for 5 consecutive years.

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• Sara Jacobs Democrat sponsor
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