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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1565 

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

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2007 

Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. LUGAR) 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 2007’’. 

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 recipients 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) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey— 

2 (A) the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class 

3 guided missile frigates GEORGE PHILIP 

4 (FFG–12) and SIDES (FFG–14); and 

5 (B) the OSPREY class minehunter coastal 

6 ship BLACKHAWK (MHC–58). 

7 (2) LITHUANIA.—To the Government of Lith8 uania, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships 

9 CORMORANT (MHC–57) and KINGFISHER 

10 (MHC–56). 

11 (b) TRANSFERS BY SALE.—The President is author12 ized to transfer vessels to foreign recipients on a sale basis 

13 under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 

14 U.S.C. 2761), as follows: 

15 (1) TAIWAN.—To the Taipei Economic and 

16 Cultural Representative Office of the United States 

17 (which is the Taiwan instrumentality designated 

18 pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations 

19 Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))), the OSPREY class 

20 minehunter coastal ships ORIOLE (MHC–55) and 

21 FALCON (MHC–59). 

22 (2) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, 

23 the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ship 

24 SHRIKE (MHC–62). 


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1 (c) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF

2 TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value 

3 of a vessel transferred to a recipient on a grant basis pur4 suant to authority provided by subsection (a) or (c) shall 

5 not be counted against the aggregate value of excess de6 fense articles transferred in any fiscal year under section 

7 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

8 (d) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 

9 the United States in connection with a transfer authorized 

10 by this section shall be charged to the recipient. 

11 (e) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED

12 STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac13 ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 

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

15 to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or re16 furbishment of the vessel as is needed before the vessel 

17 joins the naval forces of the recipient performed at a ship18 yard located in the United States, including a United 

19 States Navy shipyard. 

20 (f) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 

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

22 of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enact23 ment of this Act. 

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