C10.15.1. Charges for Course Cancellations or Withdrawals. For certain dedicated (all international) and contract courses, a 100 percent penalty is charged for cancellation unless filled by another student. For all other courses, if the country requests cancellation or rescheduling less than 60 days prior to the course start date, the country’s IMET program (or other grant program) or FMS case is charged 50 percent unless filled by another student. Exceptions are as follows:

C10.15.1.1. A country whose IMS does not complete a course of instruction is also charged a proportionate share of the tuition rate. Implementing Agency (IA) assesses late cancellation charges for all DLIELC training lines that are canceled within the 60-day period and determine all other applicable penalty charges. The training line funding status has no bearing on whether the cancellation charge applies.

C10.15.1.2. The cancellation penalty is not applied when the cancellation is due to decisions by the United States, (i.e., sanctions, deletion or rescheduling of classes), the cancellation is due to unavoidable circumstances within the country (i.e., national disaster), or the quota is used by the United States or another country. If the cancelation of a course is due to a delay of issuance of the IMS visa, and it is determined by the SCO that the visa was applied for within the time specified by the visa section at the U.S. Embassy, no cancellation charge will be applied. These charges are reflected for each cancelled course assessed a cancellation penalty and the respective training line will be annotated with the code “FO” in the Training Line Status column to indicate forfeiture and that a penalty fee was charged.

C10.15.2. Sanctions. Foreign Assistance Act (FAA), section 620(q) (22 U.S.C. 2370(q)) sanctions are triggered when a country is in default more than six calendar months in payments to the United States of principal or interest on any loan made under the FAA. The sanction does not impact use of FMF appropriations (FMS Credit funds, both repayable and non-repayable). The Brooke Amendment, found in yearly foreign operations appropriations acts, and triggered when a country is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year in payments to the United States of principal or interest on any loan pursuant to a program for which funds were appropriated for that act. The Brooke Amendment does impact the use of FMS Credit funds (both repayable and non-repayable). IMET is impacted by Section 620(q) of the FAA, and the Brooke Amendment sanctions. DoS will advise DSCA (Programs Directorate) when these sanctions are waived.

C10.15.2.1. For the purposes of the Brooke Amendment sanctions, an IMET-funded course begins on the report date specified in the Standardized Training List (STL). Sequential training (proceeding to the next scheduled course) is reviewed by the DSCA (Operations, Programs, and Strategy Directorates) on a case-by-case basis. If the IMET-funded course costs have been obligated before the effective date of the Brooke Amendment sanctions, the student is permitted to begin training. If course costs have not been obligated before the effective date of the Brooke Amendment sanction, the student is not permitted to begin the course. If sanctions are lifted, these students can be considered for late admittance or admittance to the next available course of study or training program.

C10.15.2.2. IMET-funded Mobile Training Teams (MTTs) and Language Training Detachments (LTDs) may not be dispatched or extended beyond their scheduled termination date, if under sanctions.

C10.15.2.3. IMET-funded training aids may not be issued from supply nor placed on contract by the supplying agency, if under sanctions.