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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4429

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 25 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

AN ACT

To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign

countries.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO

4 CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

5 (a) ARGENTINA.—The Secretary of the Navy is au6 thorized to transfer to the Government of Argentina the

7 ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class tank landing ship LA MOURE

8 COUNTY (LST 1194). Such transfer shall be on a lease

9 basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act

10 (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).
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1 (b) AUSTRALIA.—The Secretary of the Navy is au2 thorized to transfer to the Government of Australia the

3 ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class tank landing ships SAGINAW (LST

4 1188) and FAIRFAX COUNTY (LST 1193). Such trans5 fers shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms

6 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the for7 eign military sales program).

8 (c) BRAZIL.—The Secretary of the Navy is author9 ized to transfer to the Government of Brazil the ‘‘NEW10 PORT’’ class tank landing ship CAYUGA (LST 1186)

11 and the ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigates MILLER (FF 1091) and

12 VALDEZ (FF 1096). Such transfers shall be on a lease

13 basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act

14 (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

15 (d) CHILE.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized

16 to transfer to the Government of Chile the ‘‘NEWPORT’’

17 class tank landing ships FREDERICK (LST 1184) and

18 SAN BERNARDINO (LST 1189). Such transfers shall

19 be on a lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export

20 Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

21 (e) MALAYSIA.—The Secretary of the Navy is author22 ized to transfer to the Government of Malaysia the

23 ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class tank landing ship SPARTANBURG

24 COUNTY (LST 1192). Such transfer shall be on a lease
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1 basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act

2 (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

3 (f) MOROCCO.—The Secretary of the Navy is author4 ized to transfer to the Government of Morocco the ‘‘NEW5 PORT’’ class tank landing ship BRISTOL COUNTY

6 (LST 1198). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under

7 section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22

8 U.S.C. 2321j; relating to transfers of excess defense arti9 cles).

10 (g) SPAIN.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized

11 to transfer to the Government of Spain the ‘‘NEWPORT’’

12 class tank landing ships HARLAN COUNTY (LST 1196)

13 and BARNSTABLE COUNTY (LST 1197). Such trans14 fers shall be on a lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms

15 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

16 (h) TAIWAN.—The Secretary of the Navy is author17 ized to transfer to the Coordination Council for North

18 American Affairs (which is the Taiwan instrumentality

19 designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Rela20 tions Act) the ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class tank landing ships

21 SCHENECTADY (LST 1185), BOULDER (LST 1190),

22 and RACINE (LST 1191). Such transfers shall be on a

23 lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control

24 Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).
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1 (i) VENEZUELA.—The Secretary of the Navy is au2 thorized to transfer to the Government of Venezuela the

3 ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class tank landing ships PEORIA (LST

4 1183 and TUSCALOOSA (LST 1187). Such transfers

5 shall be on a lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Ex6 port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

7 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION TO

8 CONGRESS.

9 The following provisions do not apply with respect to

10 the transfers authorized by this Act:

11 (1) In case of a grant under section 516 of the

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, subsection (c) of

13 that section and any similar provision.

14 (2) In the case of a sale under section 21 of the

15 Arms Export Control Act, section 525 of the For16 eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related

17 Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law

18 103–87) and any similar, successor provision.

19 (3) In the case of a lease under section 61 of

20 the Arms Export Control Act, section 62 of that Act

21 (except that section 62 of that Act shall apply to any

22 renewal of the lease).
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1 SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.

2 Any expense of the United States in connection with

3 a transfer authorized by this Act shall be charged to the

4 recipient.

5 SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

6 The authority granted by section 1 of this Act shall

7 expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the

8 date of the enactment of this Act, except that leases en9 tered into during that period under section 1 may be re10 newed.

11 SEC. 5. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF VESSELS IN THE

12 UNITED STATES.

13 It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of

14 the Navy should request that each country to which a

15 naval vessel is transferred under this Act have such repair

16 or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the ves17 sel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at

18 shipyards located in the United States, including United

19 States navy shipyards.

Passed the House of Representatives May 23, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.