International Security Assistance Act of 1978

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] International Security Assistance Act - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize the appropriation of up to $2,500,000 to the President for fiscal year 1979 for the emergency assistance contingency fund. Prohibits any agent or employee of the United States Government, as part of narcotics control efforts, from interrogating or being present during the interrogation of a United States person arrested abroad, unless the person arrested has consented in writing. Authorizes the appropriation for fiscal year 1979 of a specified sum for the international narcotics control program. Prohibits the use of any funds so appropriated for the purchase of weapons or ammunition. Bans security assistance, unless the President certifies that exceptional circumstances warrant the contrary, for the domestic intelligence or other law enforcement forces of a country engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights. Sets forth a similar prohibition with regard to assistance under the international military education and training program. Authorizes the appropriation of certain sums for fiscal year 1979 for military assistance, such assistance t…