SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Naval Vessel Transfer 
Act of 2012’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOR-
EIGN RECIPIENTS. 
(a) TRANSFERS BY GRANT.—The President is au-
thorized to transfer vessels to foreign countries on a grant 
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), as follows: 
(1) MEXICO.—To the Government of Mexico, 
the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile 
frigates 
USS 
CURTS 
(FFG–38) 
and 
USS 
MCCLUSKY (FFG–41). 
(2) THAILAND.—To the Government of Thai-
land, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided 
missile frigates USS RENTZ (FFG–46) and USS 
VANDEGRIFT (FFG–48). 
(3) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, 
the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile 
frigates USS HALYBURTON (FFG–40) and USS 
THACH (FFG–43). 
(b) TRANSFER BY SALE.—The President is author-
ized to transfer the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class 
guided missile frigates USS TAYLOR (FFG–50), USS 
GARY (FFG–51), USS CARR (FFG–52), and USS 
ELROD (FFG–55) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural
Representative Office of the United States (which is the 
Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 
10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))) 
on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2761). 
(c) ALTERNATIVE
TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—Not-
withstanding the authority provided in subsections (a) and 
(b) to transfer specific vessels to specific countries, the 
President is authorized, subject to the same conditions 
that would apply for such country under this Act, to trans-
fer any vessel named in this Act to any country named 
in this Act such that the total number of vessels trans-
ferred to such country does not exceed the total number 
of vessels authorized for transfer to such country by this 
Act. 
(d) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 
TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value 
of a vessel transferred to another country on a grant basis 
pursuant to authority provided by subsection (a) or (c) 
shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess 
defense articles transferred in any fiscal year under sec-
tion 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j). 
(e) COSTS OF TRANSFERS.—Any expense incurred by 
the United States in connection with a transfer authorized
by this section shall be charged to the recipient notwith-
standing section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)). 
(f) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED 
STATES SHIPYARDS.—To the maximum extent prac-
ticable, the President shall require, as a condition of the 
transfer of a vessel under this section, that the recipient 
to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or re-
furbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel 
joins the naval forces of that recipient, performed at a 
shipyard located in the United States, including a United 
States Navy shipyard. 
(g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end 
of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 31, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6649 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transfer of naval vessels to 
certain foreign recipients.