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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2561

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 30, 1993

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

which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

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 COUNTRIES.

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

7 auxiliary repair dry dock (ARD 23). Such transfer shall

8 be on a grant basis under section 519 of the Foreign As9 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321m; relating to trans10 fers of excess defense articles).
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1 (b) AUSTRALIA.—The Secretary of the Navy is au2 thorized to transfer to the Government of Australia the

3 ‘‘CHARLES F. ADAMS’’ class guided missile destroyer

4 GOLDSBOROUGH (DDG 20). Such transfer shall be on

5 a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control

6 Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the foreign military sales

7 program).

8 (c) CHILE.—The Secretary of the Navy is authorized

9 to transfer to the Government of Chile the auxiliary repair

10 dry dock (ARD 32). Such transfer shall be on a sales basis

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

12 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the foreign military sales pro13 gram).

14 (d) GREECE.—The Secretary of the Navy is author15 ized to transfer to the Government of Greece the

16 ‘‘CHARLES F. ADAMS’’ class guided missile destroyer

17 RICHARD E. BYRD (DDG 23). Such transfer shall be

18 on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assist19 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j; relating to transfers

20 of excess defense articles).

21 (e) TAIWAN.—The Secretary of the Navy is author22 ized to transfer to the Coordination Council for North

23 American Affairs (which is the Taiwan instrumentality

24 designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Rela25 tions Act) the auxiliary repair dry dock WINDSOR (ARD
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1 22). Such transfer shall be on a sales basis under section

2 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; re3 lating to the foreign military sales program).

4 (f) TURKEY.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy is au5 thorized to transfer to the Government of Turkey the

6 ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigates REASONER (FF 1063), FAN7 NING (FF 1076), THOMAS C. HART (FF 1092), and

8 CAPODANNO (FF 1093). Such transfers shall be on

9 lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control

10 Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following).

11 (2) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to trans12 fer to the Government of Turkey the ‘‘KNOX’’ class frig13 ate ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF 1082). Such transfer

14 shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign

15 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j; relating to

16 transfers of excess defense articles).

17 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION TO

18 CONGRESS.

19 The following provisions do not apply with respect to

20 the transfers authorized by this Act:

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

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

23 that section and any similar provision.
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1 (2) In case of a grant under section 519 of the

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

3 that section and any similar provision.

4 (3) In the case of a sale under section 21 of the

5 Arms Export Control Act, section 546 of the For6 eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related

7 Programs Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law

8 102–391) and any similar, successor provision.

9 (4) In the case of a lease under section 61 of

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

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

12 renewal of the lease).

13 SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.

14 Any expense of the United States in connection with

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

16 recipient.

17 SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

18 The authority granted by section 1 of this Act shall

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

20 date of the enactment of this Act, except that leases en21 tered into during that period under subsection (f)(2) of

22 that section may be renewed.

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