In the Senate of the United States,
June 27, 1996.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3121) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to
make improvements to certain defense and security assistance
provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of
naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other pur-
poses’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
Ω1æPage 2, in the table of contents relating to Chapter
1, strike out øAND¿ and insert: AND
Ω2æPage 2, in the table of contents relating to Chapter
4, after ‘‘4—’’ insert: INTERNATIONAL
Ω3æPage 2, in the table of contents, strike out:
øSec. 148. Certification thresholds.¿
and insert:
Sec. 148. Annual military assistance report.
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Ω4æPage 2, in the table of contents relating to section
152 strike out øarms export control act¿ and insert: Arms
Export Control Act
Ω5æPage 3, in the table of contents relating to section
154 after ‘‘under’’ insert: the
Ω6æPage 3, in the table of contents, after the line relat-
ing to section 154 insert:
Sec. 155. Publication of arms sales certifications.
Sec. 156. Release of information.
Sec. 157. Repeal of termination of provisions of the Nuclear Proliferation Preven-
tion Act of 1994; Presidential determinations.
Ω7æPage 4, lines 24 and 25, strike out øthe second¿
Ω8æPage 4, line 25, after ‘‘25’’ insert: , as added by sec-
tion 112(b) of Public Law 99–83
Ω9æPage 5, line 20, strike out ønew paragraph¿
Ω10æPage 9, line 22, after ‘‘TRANSFERS.—’’ insert: (1)
Ω11æPage 10, line 1, strike out ø(1)¿ and insert: (A)
Ω12æPage 10, line 3, strike out ø(2)¿ and insert: (B)
Ω13æPage 10, line 6, strike out ø(3)¿ and insert: (C)
Ω14æPage 10, line 9, strike out ø(4)¿ and insert: (D)
Ω15æPage 10, line 17, strike out ø(5)¿ and insert: (E)
Ω16æPage 10, line 24, strike out ø(6)¿ and insert: (F)
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Ω17æPage 11, after line 2, insert:
‘‘(2) Accordingly, for the four-year period beginning
on October 1, 1996, the President shall ensure that excess
defense articles offered to Greece and Turkey under this sec-
tion will be made available consistent with the manner in
which the President made available such excess defense arti-
cles during the four-period that began on October 1, 1992,
pursuant to section 573(e) of the Foreign Operations, Ex-
port Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
1990.
Ω18æPage 12, line 11, strike out øpart II¿ and insert:
this part
Ω19æPage 13, line 5, strike out ø15¿ and insert: 30
Ω20æPage 16, line 4, after ‘‘1961,’’ insert: as added by
this Act,
Ω21æPage 18, line 17, after ‘‘2761’’ insert: (a)(1)(C)
Ω22æPage 21, line 4, after ‘‘4—’’ insert: INTER-
NATIONAL
Ω23æPage 21, line 15, strike out ønew subparagraph¿
Ω24æPage 24, line 7, strike out ø2394¿ and insert:
2394–1
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Ω25æPage 25, line 2, strike out ø2394¿ and insert:
2394–1
Ω26æPage 32, line 8, strike out øout the¿
Ω27æPage 32, line 11, strike out øin lieu thereof¿
Ω28æPage 35, line 10, strike out ø(a)¿ and insert: (A)
Ω29æPage 37, strike out all after line 18, over to and
including line 21 on page 38
Ω30æPage 38, after line 21, insert:
SEC. 148. ANNUAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE REPORT.
Section 655 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2415) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 655. ANNUAL MILITARY ASSISTANCE REPORT.
‘‘(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than February 1
of each year, the President shall transmit to the Congress
an annual report for the fiscal year ending the previous
September 30.
‘‘(b) INFORMATION RELATING TO MILITARY ASSIST-
ANCE AND MILITARY EXPORTS.—Each such report shall
show the aggregate dollar value and quantity of defense ar-
ticles (including excess defense articles), defense services,
and international military education and training author-
ized by the United States, excluding that which is pursuant
to activies reportable under title V of the National Security
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Act of 1947, to each foreign country and international orga-
nization. The report shall specify, by category, whether such
defense articles—
‘‘(1) were furnished by grant under chapter 2 or
chapter 5 of part II of this Act or under any other
authority of law or by sale under chapter 2 of the
Arms Export Control Act; or
‘‘(2) were licensed for export under section 38 of
the Arms Export Control Act.
‘‘(c) INFORMATION
RELATING
TO
MILITARY
IM-
PORTS.—Each such report shall also include the total
amount of military items manufactured outside the United
States that were imported into the United States during
the fiscal year covered by the report. For each country of
origin the report shall show the type of item being imported
and the total amount of the items.’’.
Ω31æPage 38, line 24, strike out øas amended by this
Act,¿
Ω32æPage 39, line 1, strike out øfurther¿
Ω33æPage 49, line 16, after ‘‘UNDER’’ insert: THE
Ω34æPage 49, after line 21, insert:
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SEC. 155. PUBLICATION OF ARMS SALES CERTIFICATIONS.
Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2776) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(e) The President shall cause to be published in the
Federal Register, upon transmittal to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and to the chairman of the Com-
mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the full
unclassified text of each numbered certification submitted
pursuant to subsection (b) and each notification of a pro-
posed commercial sale submitted under subsection (c).’’.
SEC. 156. RELEASE OF INFORMATION.
Section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2778(e)) is amended by inserting in the first sen-
tence before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except
that the names of the countries and the types and quantities
of defense articles for which licenses are issued under this
section shall not be withheld from public disclosure unless
the President determines that the release of such informa-
tion would be contrary to the national interest’’.
SEC. 157. REPEAL OF TERMINATION OF PROVISIONS OF
THE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION PREVENTION
ACT OF 1994; PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINA-
TIONS.
(a) REPEAL.—Part D of the Nuclear Proliferation
Prevention Act of 1994 (part D of title VIII of the Foreign
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Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995;
Public Law 103–236; 108 Stat. 525) is hereby repealed.
(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 824 of the Nuclear
Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 3201 note)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘in writing
after opportunity for a hearing on the record’’;
(2) by striking subsection (e); and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (k)
as subsections (e) through (j), respectively.
Attest:
Secretary.