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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1908

To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 24, 1999

Mr. GILMAN (for himself and Mr. GEJDENSON) introduced the following bill;

which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

A BILL

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) BRAZIL.—The Secretary of the Navy is author6 ized to transfer to the Government of Brazil the

7 ‘‘THOMASTON’’ class dock landing ships ALAMO (LSD

8 33) and HERMITAGE (LSD 34), and the ‘‘GARCIA’’

9 class frigates BRADLEY (FF 1041), DAVIDSON (FF

10 1045), SAMPLE (FF 1048), and ALBERT DAVID (FF

11 1050). Such transfers shall be on a grant basis under sec-
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1 tion 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.

2 2321j).

3 (b) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.—The Secretary of the

4 Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of the

5 Dominican Republic the medium auxiliary floating dry

6 dock AFDM 2. Such transfer shall be on a grant basis

7 under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

8 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).

9 (c) ECUADOR.—The Secretary of the Navy is author10 ized to transfer to the Government of Ecuador the ‘‘OAK

11 RIDGE’’ class medium auxiliary repair dry dock

12 ALAMOGORDO (ARDM 2). Such transfer shall be on a

13 sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control

14 Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

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

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

17 class tank landing ships BARBOUR COUNTY (LST

18 1195) and PEORIA (LST 1183). Such transfers shall be

19 on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Con20 trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

21 (e) GREECE.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy is au22 thorized to transfer to the Government of Greece the

23 ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigate CONNOLE (FF 1056). Such

24 transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
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1 (2) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to trans2 fer to the Government of Greece the medium auxiliary

3 floating dry dock COMPETENT (AFDM 6). Such trans4 fer shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms

5 Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

6 (f) MEXICO.—The Secretary of the Navy is author7 ized to transfer to the Government of Mexico the ‘‘NEW8 PORT’’ class tank landing ship NEWPORT (LST 1179)

9 and the ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigate WHIPPLE (FF 1062).

10 Such transfers shall be on a sales basis under section 21

11 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

12 (g) POLAND.—The Secretary of the Navy is author13 ized to transfer to the Government of Poland the ‘‘OLI14 VER HAZARD PERRY’’ class guided missile frigate

15 CLARK (FFG 11). Such transfer shall be on a grant basis

16 under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961

17 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).

18 (h) TAIWAN.—The Secretary of the Navy is author19 ized to transfer to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep20 resentative Office in the United States (which is the Tai21 wan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a)

22 of the Taiwan Relations Act) the ‘‘NEWPORT’’ class

23 tank landing ship SCHENECTADY (LST 1185). Such

24 transfer shall be on a sales basis under section 21 of the

25 Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
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1 (i) THAILAND.—The Secretary of the Navy is author2 ized to transfer to the Government of Thailand the

3 ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigate TRUETT (FF 1095). Such trans4 fer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the For5 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).

6 (j) TURKEY.—The Secretary of the Navy is author7 ized to transfer to the Government of Turkey the ‘‘OLI8 VER HAZARD PERRY’’ class guided missile frigates

9 FLATLEY (FFG 21) and JOHN A. MOORE (FFG 19).

10 Such transfers shall be on a sales basis under section 21

11 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).

12 SEC. 2. INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMITA13 TION ON VALUE OF TRANSFERRED EXCESS

14 DEFENSE ARTICLES.

15 The value of a vessel transferred to another country

16 on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assist17 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) pursuant to authority

18 provided by section 1 of this Act shall not be counted for

19 the purposes of section 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance

20 Act of 1961 in the aggregate value of excess defense arti21 cles transferred to countries under that section in any fis22 cal year.
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1 SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.

2 Any expense incurred by the United States in connec3 tion with a transfer of a vessel authorized by section 1

4 of this Act shall be charged to the recipient.

5 SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

6 The authority to transfer vessels under section 1 of

7 this Act shall expire at the end of the 2-year period begin8 ning on the date of the enactment of this Act.

9 SEC. 5. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF VESSELS IN

10 UNITED STATES SHIPYARDS.

11 The Secretary of the Navy shall require, to the max12 imum extent possible, as a condition of a transfer of a

13 vessel under this Act, that the country to which the vessel

14 is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the

15 vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces

16 of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the

17 United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.

18 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO TRANSFER OF

19 NAVAL VESSELS AND AIRCRAFT TO THE GOV20 ERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.

21 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con22 gress that—

23 (1) the President should transfer to the Govern24 ment of the Philippines, on a grant basis under sec25 tion 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
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1 U.S.C. 2321j), the excess defense articles described

2 in subsection (b); and

3 (2) the United States should not oppose the

4 transfer of F–5 aircraft by a third country to the

5 Government of the Philippines.

6 (b) EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The excess de7 fense articles described in this subsection are the fol8 lowing:

9 (1) UH–1 helicopters, A–4 aircraft, and the

10 ‘‘POINT’’ class Coast Guard cutter POINT

11 EVANS.

12 (2) Amphibious landing craft, naval patrol ves13 sels (including patrol vessels of the Coast Guard),

14 and other naval vessels (such as frigates), if such

15 vessels are available.

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