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(b) CONTENT OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—
Each notification required to be submitted under section
516(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321j(f)) with respect to a proposed transfer of a defense
article described in subsection (a) shall include an estimate
of the amount of funds to be expended under subsection (a)
with respect to that transfer.
SEC. 608. SPACE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PERSONS.
(a) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—The President shall submit
each year to the appropriate committees of Congress,
with respect to each Russian person described in
paragraph (2), a certification that the person is not
suspected of contributing to the acquisition, design,
development, or production of MTCR-class ballistic
missiles in Iran at any time since January 1, 2000.
(2) APPLICABILITY.—The certification require-
ment under paragraph (1) applies with respect to
each Russian person that, as of the date of the certifi-
cation, is a person engaged in commercial cooperation
relating to MTCR equipment or technology with a
United States person pursuant to an arms export li-
cense that was issued within the 36 months preceding
the month in which the certification is made.
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(3) COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF RE-
QUIREMENT.—
(A) TIMES
FOR
SUBMISSION.—The Presi-
dent shall submit—
(i) the first certification under para-
graph (1) not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(ii) each annual certification thereafter
on the anniversary of the first submission.
(B) TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.—No
certification is required under paragraph (1)
after the submission of the annual certification
that is required to be submitted 5 years after the
date on which the first certification is submitted.
(b) TERMINATION OF EXISTING LICENSES.—If, at any
time after the issuance of a license under section 36(c) of
the Arms Export Control Act relating to the use, develop-
ment, or co-production of commercial rocket engine tech-
nology with a foreign person, the President determines that
the foreign person has engaged in any action described in
section 73(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2797b(a)(1)) since the date the license was issued, the Presi-
dent may terminate the license.
(c) REPORT ON EXPORT LICENSING OF MTCR ITEMS
UNDER $50,000,000.—Section 71(d) of the Arms Export
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Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797(d)) is amended by striking
‘‘Within 15 days’’ and all that follows through ‘‘MTCR
Annex,’’ and inserting ‘‘Within 15 days after the issuance
of a license (including any brokering license) for the export
of items valued at less than $50,000,000 that are controlled
under this Act pursuant to United States obligations under
the Missile Technology Control Regime or are goods or serv-
ices that are intended to support the design, utilization, de-
velopment, or production of a space launch vehicle system
listed in Category I or II of the MTCR Annex,’’.
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.—
The term ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’
means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate and the Committee on International Relations
of the House of Representatives.
(2) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term ‘‘foreign per-
son’’ has the meaning given the term in section 74(7)
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(7)).
(3) MTCR EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY.—The
term ‘‘MTCR equipment or technology’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 74(5) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(5)).
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(4) PERSON.—The term ‘‘person’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 74(8) of the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)).
(5) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term ‘‘United
States person’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 74(6) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2797c(6).
SEC. 609. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) ESF ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘ESF assist-
ance’’ means assistance under chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346
et seq.), relating to the economic support fund.
(2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.—
The term ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’
means the program authorized by section 23 of the
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763).
(b) ESF ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2008 for
ESF assistance, not less than the amount specified in
paragraph (2) for each such fiscal year shall be avail-
able only for Israel.
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(2) COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT.—Subject to sub-
section (d), the amount referred to in paragraph (1)
is equal to—
(A) the amount made available for ESF as-
sistance for Israel for the preceding fiscal year,
minus
(B) $120,000,000.
(c) FMF PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount made available
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2008 for as-
sistance under the Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram, not less than the amount specified in para-
graph (2) for each such fiscal year shall be available
only for Israel.
(2) COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT.—Subject to sub-
section (d), the amount referred to in paragraph (1)
is equal to—
(A) the amount made available for assist-
ance under the Foreign Military Financing Pro-
gram for Israel for the preceding fiscal year, plus
(B) $60,000,000.
(d) EXCLUSION OF RESCISSIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS.—For purposes of this section, the com-
putation of amounts made available for a fiscal year shall
not take into account any amount rescinded by an Act or
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any amount appropriated by an Act making supplemental
appropriations for a fiscal year.
TITLE VII—TRANSFERS OF
NAVAL VESSELS
SEC. 701. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO
CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) BRAZIL.—The President is authorized to transfer
to the Government of Brazil two ‘‘THOMASTON’’ class
dock landing ships ALAMO (LSD 33) and HERMITAGE
(LSD 34), and four ‘‘GARCIA’’ class frigates BRADLEY
(FF 1041), DAVIDSON (FF 1045), SAMPLE (FF 1048)
and ALBERT DAVID (FF 1050). Such transfers shall be
on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
(b) CHILE.—The President is authorized to transfer to
the Government of the Chile two ‘‘OLIVER HAZARD
PERRY’’ class guided missile frigates WADSWORTH
(FFG 9), and ESTOCIN (FFG 15). Such transfers shall
be on a combined lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 21
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 2761).
(c) GREECE.—The President is authorized to transfer
to the Government of Greece two ‘‘KNOX’’ class frigates
VREELAND (FF 1068), and TRIPPE (FF 1075). Such
transfers shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
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(d) TURKEY.—The President is authorized to transfer
to the Government of Turkey two ‘‘OLIVER HAZARD
PERRY’’ class guided missile frigates JOHN A. MOORE
(FFG 19), and FLATLEY (FFG 21). Such transfers shall
be on a combined lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 21
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 2761).
The authority granted by this section is in addition to that
granted under section 1018(a)(9) of Public Law 106–65.
SEC. 702. INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMI-
TATION ON VALUE OF TRANSFERRED EXCESS
DEFENSE ARTICLES.
The value of naval vessels authorized under section 701
of this Act to be transferred on a grant basis under section
516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)
shall not be included in the aggregate annual value of trans-
ferred excess defense articles which is subject to the aggre-
gate annual limitation set forth in section 516(g) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(g)).
SEC. 703. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.
Any expense of the United States in connection with
a transfer authorized by this Act shall be charged to the
recipient.
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SEC. 704. CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMBINED LEASE-
SALE TRANSFERS.
A transfer of a vessel on a combined lease-sale basis
authorized by section 701 shall be made in accordance with
the following requirements:
(1) The President may initially transfer the ves-
sel by lease, with lease payments suspended for the
term of the lease, if the country entering into the lease
for the vessel simultaneously enters into a foreign
military sales agreement for the transfer of title to the
vessel.
(2) The President may not deliver to the pur-
chasing country title to the vessel until the purchase
price of the vessel under such a foreign military sales
agreement is paid in full.
(3) Upon payment of the purchase price in full
under such a sales agreement and delivery of title to
the recipient country, the President shall terminate
the lease.
(4) If the purchasing country fails to make full
payment of the purchase price in accordance with the
sales agreement by the date required under the sales
agreement—
(A) the sales agreement shall be imme-
diately terminated;
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(B) the suspension of lease payments under
the lease shall be vacated; and
(C) the United States shall be entitled to re-
tain all funds received on or before the date of
the termination under the sales agreement, up to
the amount of lease payments due and payable
under the lease and all other costs required by
the lease to be paid to that date.
(5) If a sales agreement is terminated pursuant
to paragraph (4), the United States shall not be re-
quired to pay any interest to the recipient country on
any amount paid to the United States by the recipi-
ent country under the sales agreement and not re-
tained by the United States under the lease.
SEC. 705. FUNDING OF CERTAIN COSTS OF TRANSFERS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Defense
Vessels Transfer Program Account such funds as may be
necessary to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of
the lease-sale transfers authorized by section 701. Funds au-
thorized to be appropriated under the preceding sentence
for the purpose described in that sentence may not be avail-
able for any other purpose.
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SEC. 706. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.
The authority granted by section 701 of this Act shall
expire two years after the date of enactment of this Act.
TITLE VIII—DEFINITION
SEC. 801. APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE-
FINED.
In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’’ means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on International Relations and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
Attest:
Secretary.
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