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 112 STAT. 2681-215 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (ii) the level and degree of participation, if any, of • members of the Government or armed forces of Indonesia in the riots. (B) An assessment of the actions taken by the Government of Indonesia to investigate the May 1998 riots in Indonesia, bring the perpetrators of the riots to justice, and ensure that similar riots do not recur. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 22 USC 2753 SEC. 594. (a) NOTIFICATION. — No less than 15 days prior to note. the export to any country identified pursuant to subparagraph (C) of any lethal defense article or service in the amount of $14,000,000 or less, the President shall provide a detailed notification to the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International Relations of the House of Representatives. (b) CONTENT OF NOTIFICATION.— A detailed notification transmitted pursuant to subparagraph (a) shall include the same type and quantity of information required of a notification submitted pursuant to section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)). (c) COUNTRIES DEFINED. —This section shall apply to any country that is— (1) identified in section 521 of the annual appropriations Act for Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, or a comparable provision in a subsequent appropriations Act; or (2) currently ineligible, in whole or in part, under an annual appropriations Act to receive funds for International Militsiry Education and Training or under the Foreign Military Financing Program, excluding high-income countries as defined pursuant to section 546(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (d) EXCLUSIONS.—Information reportable under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 is excluded from the requirements of this section. SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING THE MURDER OF FOUR AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR SEC. 595. (a) FINDINGS.— Congress makes the following findings— (1) the December 2, 1980 brutal assault and murder of four American churchwomen by members of the Salvadoran National Guard was covered up and never fully investigated; (2) on July 22 and July 23, 1998, Salvadoran authorities granted three of the National Guardsmen convicted of the crimes early release from prison; (3) the United Nations Truth Commission for El Salvador determined in 1993 that there was sufficient evidence that the Guardsmen were acting on orders from their superiors; (4) in March 1998, four of the convicted Guardsmen confessed that they acted after receiving orders from their superiors; (5) recently declassified documents from the State Department show that United States Government officials were aw£u*e of information suggesting the involvement of superior officers in the murders;

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