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1 of the Annex on Schedules of Chemicals of the Chemical
Weapons Convention. In order to handle such substances in
the United States, a laboratory also must operate under a
bailment agreement with the United States Army.
(9) Several existing United States commercial laboratories
have approved quality control systems, already possess
bailment agreements with the United States Army, and have
the capabilities necessary to obtain OPCW designation.
(10) In order to bolster the legitimacy of United States
analysis of samples taken on its national territory, it is pref-
erable that one designated laboratory not be a United States
Government facility.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL DESIGNATED LAB-
ORATORY.—
(1) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2003, the United
States National Authority, as designated under section 101
of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of
1998 (22 U.S.C. 6711) (referred to in this section as the
‘‘National Authority’’), shall submit to the appropriate congres-
sional committees a report detailing a plan for securing OPCW
designation of a nongovernmental United States laboratory by
December 1, 2004.
(2) DIRECTIVE.—Not later than June 1, 2003, the National
Authority shall select, through competitive procedures, a non-
governmental laboratory within the United States to pursue
designation by the OPCW.
(3) DELEGATION.—The National Authority may delegate
the authority and administrative responsibility for carrying
out paragraph (2) to one or more of the heads of the agencies
described in section 101(b)(2) of the Chemical Weapons Conven-
tion Implementation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6711(b)(2)).
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
(1) CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION OR CONVENTION.—The
term ‘‘Chemical Weapons Convention’’ or ‘‘Convention’’ means
the Convention on the Prohibition of Development, Production,
Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their
Destruction, Opened for Signature and Signed by the United
States at Paris on January 13, 1993, including the following
protocols and memorandum of understanding:
(A) The Annex on Chemicals.
(B) The Annex on Implementation and Verification.
(C) The Annex on the Protection of Confidential
Information.
(D) The Resolution Establishing the Preparatory
Commission for the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons.
(E) The Text on the Establishment of a Preparatory
Commission.
(2) OPCW.—The term ‘‘OPCW’’ means the Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons established under
the Convention.
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TITLE XVII—AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER
NAVAL VESSELS
SEC. 1701. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
(a) TRANSFERS
BY GRANT.—The President is authorized 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) POLAND.—To the Government of Poland, the OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate WADSWORTH
(FFG 9).
(2) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, the KNOX
class frigates CAPODANNO (FF 1093), THOMAS C. HART
(FF 1092), DONALD B. BEARY (FF 1085), McCANDLESS
(FF 1084), REASONER (FF 1063), and BOWEN (FF 1079).
(b) TRANSFERS
BY
SALE.—The President is authorized to
transfer vessels to foreign governments and foreign governmental
entities on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761) as follows:
(1) MEXICO.—To the Government of Mexico, the NEWPORT
class tank landing ship FREDERICK (LST 1184).
(2) TAIWAN.—To the Taipei Economic and Cultural Rep-
resentative Office in the United States (which is the Taiwan
instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the
Taiwan Relations Act), the KIDD class guided missile
destroyers KIDD (DDG 993), CALLAGHAN (DDG 994), SCOTT
(DDG 995), and CHANDLER (DDG 996).
(3) TURKEY.—To the Government of Turkey, the OLIVER
HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates ESTOCIN (FFG
15) and SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON (FFG 13).
(c) GRANTS NOT COUNTED IN ANNUAL TOTAL OF TRANSFERRED
EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The value of a vessel transferred to
another country on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j) pursuant to authority
provided by subsection (a) shall not be counted for the purposes
of subsection (g) of that section in the aggregate value of excess
defense articles transferred to countries under that section in any
fiscal year.
(d) COSTS
OF TRANSFERS
ON GRANT BASIS.—Any expense
incurred by the United States in connection with a transfer author-
ized by this section shall be charged to the recipient (notwith-
standing section 516(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)(1))) in the case of a transfer authorized to
be made on a grant basis under subsection (a).
(e) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—For a vessel transferred on a grant
basis pursuant to authority provided by subsection (a)(2), the Presi-
dent may waive reimbursement of charges for the lease of that
vessel under section 61(a) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2796(a)) for a period of one year before the date of the
transfer of that vessel.
(f) REPAIR
AND
REFURBISHMENT
IN
UNITED
STATES
SHIP-
YARDS.—To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall
require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under this section,
that the country to which the vessel is transferred have such
repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the
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vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at a shipyard
located in the United States, including a United States Navy ship-
yard.
(g) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—The authority to transfer a
vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the two-year
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.