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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 12 

To provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 

Mr. COATS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign 

recipients. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Naval Vessel Transfer 

5 Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOR7 EIGN RECIPIENTS. 

8 (a) TRANSFERS BY GRANT.—The President is au9 thorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant 

10 basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

11 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), as follows: 


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1 (1) MEXICO.—To the Government of Mexico, 

2 the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile 

3 frigates USS CURTS (FFG–38) and USS 

4 MCCLUSKY (FFG–41). 

5 (2) THAILAND.—To the Government of Thai6 land, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided 

7 missile frigates USS RENTZ (FFG–46) and USS 

8 VANDEGRIFT (FFG–48). 

9 (b) TRANSFER BY SALE.—The President is author10 ized to transfer the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class 

11 guided missile frigates USS TAYLOR (FFG–50), USS 

12 GARY (FFG–51), USS CARR (FFG–52), and USS 

13 ELROD (FFG–55) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural 

14 Representative Office of the United States (which is the 

15 Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 

16 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))) 

17 on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Con18 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2761). 

19 (c) ALTERNATIVE TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Not20 withstanding the authority provided in subsections (a) and 

21 (b) to transfer specific vessels to specific countries, the 

22 President is authorized, subject to the same conditions 

23 that would apply for such country under this Act, to trans24 fer any vessel named in this Act to any country named 

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1 ferred to such country does not exceed the total number 

2 of vessels authorized for transfer to such country by this 

3 Act. 

4 (d) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF

5 TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value 

6 of a vessel transferred to another country on a grant basis 

7 pursuant to authority provided by subsection (a) or (c) 

8 shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess 

9 defense articles transferred in any fiscal year under sec10 tion 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

11 2321j). 

12 (e) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 

13 the United States in connection with a transfer authorized 

14 by this section shall be charged to the recipient notwith15 standing section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

16 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 

17 (f) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED

18 STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac19 ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 

20 transfer of a vessel under this section, that the recipient 

21 to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or re22 furbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel 

23 joins the naval forces of that recipient, performed at a 

24 shipyard located in the United States, including a United 

25 States Navy shipyard. 


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1 (g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

2 transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 

3 of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enact4 ment of this Act. 

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