Calendar No. 149

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2561

AN ACT

To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain

foreign countries.

JULY 21 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported without amendment
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Calendar No. 149

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2561

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 14 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Received

JULY 15 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

JULY 21 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported by Mr. NUNN, without amendment

AN ACT

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 As-
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1 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321m; relating to trans2 fers of excess defense articles).

3 (b) AUSTRALIA.—The Secretary of the Navy is au4 thorized to transfer to the Government of Australia the

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

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

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

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

9 program).

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

11 to transfer to the Government of Chile the auxiliary repair

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

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

14 U.S.C. 2761; relating to the foreign military sales pro15 gram).

16 (d) GREECE.—The Secretary of the Navy is author17 ized to transfer to the Government of Greece the

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

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

20 on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assist21 ance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j; relating to transfers

22 of excess defense articles).

23 (e) TAIWAN.—The Secretary of the Navy is author24 ized to transfer to the Coordination Council for North

25 American Affairs (which is the Taiwan instrumentality
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1 designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Rela2 tions Act) the auxiliary repair dry dock WINDSOR (ARD

3 22). Such transfer shall be on a sales basis under section

4 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; re5 lating to the foreign military sales program).

6 (f) TURKEY.—(1) The Secretary of the Navy is au7 thorized to transfer to the Government of Turkey the

8 ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigates REASONER (FF 1063), FAN9 NING (FF 1076), THOMAS C. HART (FF 1092), and

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

11 lease basis under chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control

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

13 (2) The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to trans14 fer to the Government of Turkey the ‘‘KNOX’’ class frig15 ate ELMER MONTGOMERY (FF 1082). Such transfer

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

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

18 transfers of excess defense articles).

19 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR NOTIFICATION TO

20 CONGRESS.

21 The following provisions do not apply with respect to

22 the transfers authorized by this Act:

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

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

25 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)(1) of

22 that section may be renewed.

Passed the House of Representatives July 13, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.