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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1683 

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

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 12, 2013 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself and Mr. CORKER) 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, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES 

4 DEFINED. 

5 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means— 

7 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 

8 Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 

10 House of Representatives. 


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1 TITLE I—TRANSFER OF EXCESS 

2 UNITED STATES NAVAL VESSELS 

3 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Act of 2013’’. 

6 SEC. 102. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOR7 EIGN RECIPIENTS. 

8 (a) TRANSFERS BY GRANT.— 

9 (1) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized 

10 to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant 

11 basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance 

12 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), subject to paragraph 

13 (2), as follows: 

14 (A) MEXICO.—To the Government of Mex15 ico, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guid16 ed missile frigates USS CURTS (FFG–38) and 

17 USS MCCLUSKY (FFG–41). 

18 (B) THAILAND.—To the Government of 

19 Thailand, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY 

20 class guided missile frigates USS RENTZ 

21 (FFG–46) and USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG– 

22 48). 

23 (b) TRANSFER BY SALE TO THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC

24 AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE

25 UNITED STATES.—The President is authorized to transfer 


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1 the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frig2 ates USS TAYLOR (FFG–50), USS GARY (FFG–51), 

3 USS CARR (FFG–52), and USS ELROD (FFG–55) to 

4 the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office 

5 in the United States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality 

6 designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Rela7 tions Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))) on a sale basis under sec8 tion 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761). 

9 (c) TRANSFER TO PAKISTAN BY GRANT UPON CER10 TIFICATIONS.— 

11 (1) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized 

12 in each of fiscal years 2014 through 2016 to trans13 fer to the Government of Pakistan one of the OLI14 VER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frig15 ates USS KLAKRING (FFG–42), USS DE WERT 

16 (FFG–45), and USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY 

17 (FFG–49) on a grant basis under section 516 of the 

18 Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j), 15 days 

19 after certifying to the appropriate congressional 

20 committees that the Government of Pakistan is— 

21 (A) cooperating with the United States 

22 Government in counterterrorism efforts against 

23 the Haqqani Network, the Quetta Shura 

24 Taliban, Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Jaish-e-Moham25 med, al Qaeda, and other domestic and foreign 


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1 terrorist organizations, including taking con2 crete and measurable steps to— 

3 (i) end Government of Pakistan sup4 port for such groups; 

5 (ii) prevent such groups from basing 

6 and operating in Pakistan; and 

7 (iii) prevent such groups from car8 rying out cross-border attacks into neigh9 boring countries; 

10 (B) not supporting terrorist activities 

11 against United States or coalition forces or 

12 United States citizens in Afghanistan or else13 where, or any organizations planning, con14 ducting, or advocating such activities; 

15 (C) taking concrete and measurable steps 

16 to dismantle improvised explosive device (IED) 

17 networks and interdict precursor chemicals used 

18 in the manufacture of IEDs; 

19 (D) not engaging in, and taking concrete 

20 and measurable steps to prevent the prolifera21 tion of nuclear-related material, equipment, 

22 technology, and expertise; 

23 (E) issuing visas in a timely manner for 

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1 rorism efforts, assistance programs, and De2 partment of State operations in Pakistan; 

3 (F) providing humanitarian organizations 

4 access to detainees, internally displaced per5 sons, and other Pakistani civilians affected by 

6 the conflict; 

7 (G) taking steps towards releasing Dr. 

8 Shakil Afridi from prison and clearing him of 

9 all charges; and 

10 (H) ensuring that the military and intel11 ligence agencies of the Government of Pakistan 

12 are not intervening into political and judicial 

13 processes in Pakistan. 

14 (2) WAIVER.— 

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The President may 

16 waive the certification requirements under para17 graph (1) in any of fiscal years 2014 through 

18 2016 if the President determines, and notifies 

19 the appropriate congressional committees, that 

20 it is in the national security interests of the 

21 United States to waive such requirement. 

22 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE OF WAIVER.—The 

23 waiver shall become effective 45 days after the 

24 President provides to the appropriate congres25 sional committees a report detailing the reasons 


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1 for making the determination and an analysis 

2 of the degree to which the actions of the Gov3 ernment of Pakistan do or do not satisfy the 

4 criteria in subparagraphs (A)–(H) of paragraph 

5 (1). 

6 (d) ALTERNATIVE TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Not7 withstanding the authority provided in subsections (a), 

8 (b), and (c) to transfer specific vessels to specific coun9 tries, the President is authorized to transfer any vessel 

10 named in this title to any country named in this section, 

11 subject to the same conditions that would apply for such 

12 country under this section, such that the total number of 

13 vessels transferred to such country does not exceed the 

14 total number of vessels authorized for transfer to such 

15 country by this section. 

16 (e) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF

17 TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value 

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

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

20 shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess 

21 defense articles transferred in any fiscal year under sec22 tion 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

23 2321j). 

24 (f) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 

25 the United States in connection with a transfer authorized 


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1 by this section shall be charged to the recipient notwith2 standing section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

3 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 

4 (g) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED

5 STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac6 ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 

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

8 to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or re9 furbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel 

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

11 shipyard located in the United States. 

12 (h) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

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

14 of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enact15 ment of this Act. 

16 TITLE II—ADDITIONAL 

17 PROVISIONS 

18 SEC. 201. ENHANCED CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT OF 

19 ARMS SALES, INCLUDING TO THE MIDDLE 

20 EAST. 

21 Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

22 U.S.C. 2776) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(i) PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF SHIPMENT OF ARMS.— 

25 At least 30 days prior to a shipment of defense articles 


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1 subject to the requirements of this section at the request 

2 of the Chairman or Ranking Member of the Committee 

3 on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on 

4 Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the 

5 President shall provide notification of such pending ship6 ment, in unclassified form, with a classified annex as nec7 essary, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Sen8 ate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 

9 of Representatives.’’. 

10 SEC. 202. PROVISION OF NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMA11 TION TO CONGRESSIONAL FOREIGN AFFAIRS 

12 COMMITTEES. 

13 (a) NEW DIRECTIVES OR POLICY GUIDANCE.—The 

14 President shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

15 committees copies of any new Presidential directives or 

16 policy guidance on national security, including on United 

17 States counterterrorism policies, and brief such commit18 tees on such directives or guidance, not later than five 

19 days after issuance of such directives or guidance. 

20 (b) PREVIOUS DIRECTIVES OR POLICY GUIDANCE.— 

21 Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 

22 of this Act, the President shall provide to the appropriate 

23 congressional committees copies of any directives or policy 

24 guidance described under subsection (a) that were issued 


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1 on or after January 1, 2013, and prior to the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 203. REPORT ON UNITED STATES COMMITMENTS TO 

4 THE COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. 

5 (a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after 

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall 

7 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re8 port that contains— 

9 (1) a copy of each assurance made by United 

10 States government officials to officials of the govern11 ment of each country in the Middle East, including 

12 such assurances made to the Government of Israel 

13 regarding Israel’s security and maintenance of 

14 Israel’s qualitative military edge for the period be15 ginning on January 1, 1975, and ending on the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act; and 

17 (2) an analysis of the extent to which, and by 

18 what means, each such assurance has been and is 

19 continuing to be fulfilled. 

20 (b) SUBSEQUENT REPORTS.— 

21 (1) NEW ASSURANCES AND REVISIONS.—Not 

22 later than 15 days after the United States Govern23 ment makes or revises any security assurance to an 

24 official of any of the countries covered by subsection 

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1 ernment of Israel regarding Israel’s security and 

2 maintenance of Israel’s qualitative military edge, as 

3 well as any other assurance made to Israel that is 

4 provided in conjunction with exports under the Arms 

5 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), on or 

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

7 President shall transmit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees a report containing a copy of each 

9 such security assurance and an analysis of the ex10 tent to which, and by what means, each such secu11 rity assurance has been and is continuing to be ful12 filled. 

13 (2) FIVE-YEAR REPORTS.—Not later than five 

14 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

15 and every five years thereafter, the President shall 

16 transmit to the appropriate congressional commit17 tees a report that contains the information required 

18 under subsection (a) with respect to each assurance 

19 described in such subsection and each revision to 

20 such assurances made during the preceding five-year 

21 period. 

22 (c) FORM.—Each report required by this section shall 

23 be transmitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 

24 classified annex, if necessary. 


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1 SEC. 204. REVISION OF STATUTORY REFERENCES TO 

2 FORMER NATO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS 

3 AND RELATED NATO AGREEMENTS. 

4 Section 21(e)(3) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

5 U.S.C. 2761(e)(3)) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘Maintenance and Supply Agen7 cy of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’’ both 

8 places it appears and inserting ‘‘North Atlantic 

9 Treaty Organization (NATO) Support Organization 

10 and its executive agencies’’; 

11 (2) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘weapon 

12 system partnership agreement’’ and inserting ‘‘sup13 port partnership agreement’’; and 

14 (3) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘a 

15 specific weapon system’’ and inserting ‘‘activities’’. 

16 SEC. 205. INCREASE IN ANNUAL LIMITATION ON TRANSFER 

17 OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. 

18 Section 516(g)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

19 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(g)(1)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘$425,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500,000,000’’. 

21 SEC. 206. INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE PRO22 GRAMS AT TRAINING LOCATIONS IN SOUTH23 WEST ASIA. 

24 (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding section 544(c)(1) 

25 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

26 2347(c)(1)), for fiscal years 2014 through 2016, the 


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1 President is authorized to enter into cooperative arrange2 ments providing for the participation of foreign and 

3 United States military and civilian defense personnel for 

4 integrated air and missile defense programs in Southwest 

5 Asia without charge to participating countries and, not6 withstanding section 632(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 

7 2392(d)), without charge to the fund available to carry 

8 out chapter II of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.). 

10 (b) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 

12 a final summary report is submitted after the end of fiscal 

13 year 2016, the President shall submit to the Committees 

14 on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate 

15 and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Af16 fairs of the House of Representatives a report on the im17 plementation of the authority provided under subsection 

18 (a), including a description of the numbers of such partici19 pating foreign personnel, the cost of such non-reimburs20 able arrangements, and prospects for equitable contribu21 tions from such countries in the future. 

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