Security Assistance Act of 2000
PL 106-280 (H.R.4919), enacted 10/06/2000

PUBLIC LAW 106-280—OCT. 6, 2000 
114 STAT. 845 
Public Law 106-280 
106th Congress 
An Act 
To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act 
to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions under 
Oct. 6, 2000 
those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, 
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and for other piuposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Security 
Assistance Act of 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
2000. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the "Security Assist- 22 use 2i5i 
anceActof2000". 
note. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—^The table of contents for this Act 
is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition. 
TITLE I—MILITARY AND RELATED ASSISTANCE 
Subtitle A—^Foreign Military Sales and Financing Authorities 
Sec. 101. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 102. Requirements relating to country exemptions for licensing of defense 
items for export to foreign countries. 
Subtitle B—Stockpiling of Defense Articles for Foreign Countries 
Sec. 111. Additions to United States war reserve stockpiles for allies. 
Sec. 112. Transfer of certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in the war reserve 
stockpiles for allies to Israel. 
Subtitle C—Other Assistance 
Sec. 121. Defense drawdown special authorities. 
Sec. 122. Increased authority for the transport of excess defense articles. 
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 202. Additional requirements. 
TITLE III—NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 301. Nonproliferation and export control assistance. 
Sec. 302. Nonproliferation and export control training in the United States. 
Sec. 303. Science and technology centers. 
Sec. 304. Trial transit program. 
Sec. 305. Exception to authority to conduct inspections under the Chemical Weap-
ons Convention Implementation Act of 1998. 
TITLE IV—ANTITERRORISM ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 401. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE V—INTEGRATED SECURITY ASSISTANCE PLANNING 
Subtitle A—Establishment of a National Security Assistance Strategy 
Sec. 501. National Security Assistance Strategy. 
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Subtitle B—^Allocations for Certain Countries 
Sec. 511. Security assistance for new NATO members. 
Sec. 512. Increased training assistance for Greece and Turkey. 
Sec. 513. Assistance for Israel. 
Sec. 514. Assistance for Egypt. 
Sec. 515. Security assistance for certain countries. 
Sec. 516. Border seciu-ity and territorial independence. 
TITLE VI—TRANSFERS OF NAVAL VESSELS 
Sec. 601. Authority to transfer naval vessels to certain foreign countries. 
Sec. 602. Inapplicability of aggregate annual limitation on value of transferred 
excess defense articles. 
Sec. 603. Costs of transfers. 
Sec. 604. Conditions relating to combined lease-sale transfers. 
Sec. 605. Funding of certain costs of transfers. 
Sec. 606. Repair and refurbishment in United States shipyards. 
Sec. 607. Sense of the Congress regarding transfer oi naval vessels on a grant 
basis. 
Sec. 608. Expiration of authority. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 701. Utilization of defense articles and defense services. 
Sec. 702. Annual military assistance report. 
Sec. 703. Report on govemment-to-govemment arms sales end-use monitoring 
program. 
Sec. 704. MTCR report transmittals. 
Sec. 705. Stinger missiles in the Persian Gulf region. 
Sec. 706. Sense of the Congress regarding excess defense articles. 
Sec. 707. Excess defense articles for Mongolia. 
Sec. 708. Space cooperation with Russian persons. 
Sec. 709. Sense of the Congress relating to military equipment for the Philippines. 
Sec. 710. Waiver of certain costs. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
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In this Act, 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 Rep-
resentatives. 
TITLE I—MILITARY AND RELATED 
ASSISTANCE 
Subtitle A—Foreign Military Sales and 
Financing Authorities 
SEC. 101. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated for grant assistance 
under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) 
and for the subsidy cost, as defined in section 502(5) of the Federal 
Credit Reform Act of 1990, of direct loans under such section 
$3,550,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $3,627,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002. 
SEC. 102. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COUNTRY EXEMPTIONS FOR 
LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS FOR EXPORT TO FOR-
EIGN COUNTRIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS OF EXEMPTION.—Section 38 of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
"(j) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COUNTRY EXEMPTIONS FOR 
LICENSING OF DEFENSE ITEMS FOR EXPORT TO FOREIGN COUN-
TRIES.— 
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"(1) REQUIREMENT FOR BILATERAL AGREEMENT.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—^The President may utilize the regu-
latory or other authority pursuant to this Act to exempt 
a foreign country from the licensing requirements of this 
Act with respect to exports of defense items only if the 
United States Government has concluded a binding 
bilateral agreement with the foreign country. Such agree-
ment shall— 
"(i) meet the requirements set forth in paragraph 
(2); and 
"(ii) be implemented by the United States and 
the foreign country in a manner that is legally-binding 
under their domestic laws. 
"(B) EXCEPTION.—^The requirement to conclude a 
bilateral agreement in accordance with subparagraph (A) 
shall not apply with respect to an exemption for Canada 
from the licensing requirements of this Act for the export 
of defense items. 
"(2) REQUIREMENTS OF BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—^A bilateral 
agreement referred to paragraph (1)— 
"(A) shall, at a minimum, require the foreign country, 
as necessary, to revise its policies and practices, and 
promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws 
and regulations to establish an export control regime that 
is at least comparable to United States law, regulation, 
and policy requiring— 
"(i) conditions on the handling of all United States-
origin defense items exported to the foreign country, 
including prior written United States Government 
approval for any reexports to third countries; 
"(ii) end-use and retransfer control commitments, 
including securing binding end-use and retransfer con-
trol commitments from all end-users, including such 
documentation as is needed in order to ensure compli-
ance and enforcement, with respect to such United 
States-origin defense items; 
"(iii) establishment of a procedure comparable to 
a 'watchlist' (if such a watchlist does not exist) and 
full cooperation with United States Government law 
enforcement agencies to allow for sharing of export 
and import documentation and background information 
on foreign businesses and individuals employed by or 
otherwise connected to those businesses; and 
"(iv) establishment of a list of controlled defense 
items to ensure coverage of those items to be exported 
under the exemption; and 
"(B) should, at a minimum, require the foreign country, 
as necessary, to revise its policies and practices, and 
promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws 
and regulations to establish an export control regime that 
is at least comparable to United States law, regulation, 
and policy regarding— 
"(i) controls on the export of tangible or intangible 
technology, including via fax, phone, and electronic 
media; 
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"(ii) appropriate controls on unclassified informa-
tion relating to defense items exported to foreign 
nationals; 
"(iii) controls on international arms trafficking and 
brokering; 
"(iv) cooperation with United States Grovemment 
agencies, including intelligence agencies, to combat 
efforts by third countries to acquire defense items, 
the export of which to such countries would not be 
authorized pursuant to the export control regimes of 
the foreign country and the United States; and 
"(v) violations of export control laws, and penalties 
for such violations. 
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"(3) ADVANCE CERTIFICATION.—^Not less than 30 days before 
authorizing an exemption for a foreign country from the 
licensing requirements of this Act for the export of defense 
items, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Inter-
national Relations of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a certification 
that— 
"(A) the United States has entered into a bilateral 
agreement with that foreign country satisf3dng all require-
ments set forth in paragraph (2); 
"(B) the foreign country has promulgated or enacted 
all necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to 
comply with its obligations under the bilateral agreement 
with the United States; and 
"(C) the appropriate congressional committees will con-
tinue to receive notifications pursuant to the authorities, 
procedures, and practices of section 36 of this Act for 
defense exports to a foreign country to which that section 
would apply and without regard to any form of defense 
export licensing exemption otherwise available for that 
country. 
"(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
"(A) DEFENSE ITEMS.—^The term 'defense items' means 
defense articles, defense services, and related technical 
data. 
"(B) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—^The 
term 'appropriate congressional committees' means— 
"(i) the Committee on International Relations and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
"(ii) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.", 
(b) NOTIFICATION OF EXEMPTION.—Section 38(f) of the Arms 
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(f)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting "(1)" after "(f)"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) The President may not authorize an exemption for a foreign 
country from the licensing requirements of this Act for the export 
of defense items under subsection (j) or any other provision of 
this Act until 30 days after the date on which the President has 
transmitted to the Committee on International Relations of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate a notification that includes— 
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"(A) a description of the scope of the exemption, including 
a detailed summary of the defense articles, defense services, 
and related technical data covered by the exemption; and 
"(B) a determination by the Attorney General that the 
bilateral agreement concluded under subsection (j) requires 
the compilation and maintenance of sufficient documentation 
relating to the export of United States defense articles, defense 
services, and related technical data to facilitate law enforcement 
efforts to detect, prevent, and prosecute criminal violations 
of any provision of this Act, including the efforts on the part 
of countries and factions engaged in international terrorism 
to illicitly acquire sophisticated United States defense items. 
"(3) Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to an exemption 
for Canada from the licensing requirements of this Act for the 
export of defense items.". 
(c) EXPORTS OF COMMERCIAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITES.— 
(1) AMENDMENT OF THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.— 
Section 36(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2776(c)(2)) is amended— 
(A) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (A); 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (C); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following: 
"(B) in the case of a license for an export of a commercial 
communications satellite for launch from, and by nationals 
of, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, or Kazakhstan, shall not 
be issued until at least 15 calendar days after the Congress 
receives such certification, and shall not be issued then if 
the Congress, within that 15-day period, enacts a joint resolu-
tion prohibiting the proposed export; and". 
(2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that the appropriate committees of Congress and the 
appropriate agencies of the United States Government should 
review the commodity jurisdiction of United States commercial 
communications satellites. 
(d) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS ON SUBMISSION TO THE SENATE 
OF CERTAIN AGREEMENTS AS TREATIES.—It is the sense of the 
Congress that, prior to amending the International Traffic in Arms 
Regulations, the Secretary of State should consult with the appro-
priate committees of Congress for the purpose of determining 
whether certain agreements regarding defense trade with the 
United Kingdom and Australia should be submitted to the Senate 
as treaties. 
Subtitle B—Stockpiling of Defense Articles 
for Foreign Countries 
SEC. 111. ADDITIONS TO UNITED STATES WAR RESERVE STOCKPILES 
F O R A L U E S . 
Section 514(b)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2321h(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(2)(A) The value of such additions to stockpiles of defense 
articles in foreign countries shall not exceed $50,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2001. 
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"(B) Of the amount specified in subparagraph (A), not more 
than $50,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the 
Republic of Korea.". 
SEC. 112. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN OBSOLETE OR SURPLUS DEFENSE 
ARTICLES IN THE WAR RESERVE STOCKPILES FOR 
ALLIES TO ISRAEL. 
(a) TRANSFERS TO ISRAEL.— 
(1) AUTHORITY.—^Notwithstanding section 514 of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 232Ih), the President 
is authorized to transfer to Israel, in return for concessions 
to be negotiated by the Secretary of Defense, with the concur-
rence of the Secretary of State, any or all of the items described 
in paragraph (2). 
(2) ITEMS COVERED.—^The items referred to in paragraph 
(1) are munitions, equipment, and material such as armor, 
artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, and missiles that— 
(A) are obsolete or surplus items; 
(B) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense; 
(C) are intended for use as reserve stocks for Israel; 
and 
(D) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are 
located in a stockpile in Israel. 
(b) CONCESSIONS.—The value of concessions negotiated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be at least equal to the fair market 
value of the items transferred. The concessions may include cash 
compensation, services, waiver of charges otherwise payable by 
the United States, and other items of value. 
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(c) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER.—Not less than 30 
days before making a transfer under the authority of this section, 
the President shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of 
the House of Representatives a notification of the proposed transfer. 
The notification shall identify the items to be transferred and 
the concessions to be received. 
(d) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.—No transfer may be made 
under the authority of this section 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle C—Other Assistance 
SEC. 121. DEFENSE DRAWDOWN SPECIAL AUTHORITIES. 
(a) EMERGENCY DRAWDOWN.—Section 506(a)(2)(B) of the For-
eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)(B)) is amended 
by striking "$150,000,000" and inserting "$200,000,000". 
(b) ADDITIONAL DRAWDOWN.—Section 506(a)(2)(A)(i) of such Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(2)(A)(i)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "or" at the end of subclause (II); and 
(2) by striking subclause (III) and inserting the following: 
"(III) chapter 8 of part 
II (relating to 
antiterrorism assistance); 
"(IV) chapter 9 of part II (relating to non-
proliferation assistance); or 
"(V) the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act 
of 1962; or". 
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SEC. 122. INCREASED AUTHORITY FOR THE TRANSPORT OF EXCESS 
DEFENSE ARTICLES. 
Section 516(e)(2)(C) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2321j(e)(2)(C)) is amended by striking "25,000" and inserting 
"50,000". 
TITLE II—INTERNATIONAL MILITARY 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING 
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the President 
$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.). 
SEC. 202. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 
Chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sections: 
"SEC. 547. CONSULTATION REQUIREMENT. 
'The selection of foreign personnel for training under this 
chapter shall be made in consultation with the United States 
defense attache to the relevant country. 
"SEC. 548. RECORDS REGARDING FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS. 
"In order to contribute most effectively to the development 
of militgiry professionalism in foreign countries, the Secretary of 
Defense snail develop and maintain a database containing records 
on each foreign military or defense ministry civilian participant 
in education and training activities conducted under this chapter 
after December 31, 2000. This record shall include the type of 
instruction received, the dates of such instruction, whether such 
instruction was completed successfully, and, to the extent prac-
ticable, a record of the person's subsequent military or defense 
ministry career and current position and location.". 
TITLE III—NONPROLIFERATION AND 
EXPORT CONTROL ASSISTANCE 
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SEC. 301. NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL ASSISTANCE. 
Part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2301 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: 
"CHAPTER 9—NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT 
CONTROL ASSISTANCE 
"SEC. 581. PURPOSES. 
'The purposes of assistance under this chapter are to halt 
the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and 
conventional weaponry, through support of activities designed— 
"(1) to enhance the nonproliferation and export control 
capabilities of friendly countries by providing training and 
equipment to detect, deter, monitor, interdict, and counter pro-
liferation; 
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"(2) to strengthen the bilateral ties of the United States 
with friendly governments by offering concrete assistance in 
this area of vital national security interest; 
"(3) to accomplish the activities and objectives set forth 
in sections 503 and 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 
U.S.C. 5853, 5854), without regard to the limitation of those 
sections to the independent states of the former Soviet Union; 
and 
"(4) to promote multilateral activities, including cooperation 
with international organizations, relating to nonproliferation. 
"SEC. 582. AUTHORIZATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law (other than section 
502B or section 620A of this Act), the President is authorized 
to furnish, on such terms and conditions as the President may 
determine, assistance in order to carry out the purposes of this 
chapter. Such assistance may include training services and the 
provision of funds, equipment, and other commodities related to 
the detection, deterrence, monitoring, interdiction, and prevention 
or countering of proliferation, the establishment of effective non-
proliferation laws and regulations, and the apprehension of those 
individuals involved in acts of proliferation of such weapons. 
"SEC. 583. TRANSIT INTERDICTION. 
"(a) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—In providing assistance under this 
chapter, the President should ensure that not less than one-quarter 
of the total of such assistance is expended for the purpose of 
enhancing the capabilities of friendly countries to detect and inter-
dict proliferation-related shipments of cargo that originate from, 
and are destined for, other countries. 
"(b) PRIORITY TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Priority shall be given 
in the apportionment of the assistance described under subsection 
(a) to any friendly country that has been determined by the Sec-
retary of State to be a country frequently transited by proliferation-
related shipments of cargo. 
"SEC, 584. LIMITATIONS. 
"The limitations contained in section 573(a) and (d) of this 
Act shall apply to this chapter. 
"SEC. 585. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
"(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—^There are authorized 
to be appropriated to the President to carry out this chapter 
$129,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $142,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002. 
"(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under sub-
section (a) may be used notwithstanding any other provision of 
law (other than section 502B or 620A) and shall remain available 
until expended. 
"(c) 
TREATMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Amounts made available by the Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001, under 
'Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and Related Programs' 
and 'Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
Union' accounts for the activities described in subsection (d) shall 
be considered to be made available pursuant to this chapter. 
"(d) COVERED ACTIVITIES.—^The activities referred to in sub-
section (c) are— 
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"(1) assistance under the Nonproliferation and Disar-
mament Fund; 
"(2) assistance for science and technology centers in the 
independent states of the former Soviet Union; 
"(3) export control assistance; and 
"(4) export control and border assistance under chapter 
11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2295 et seq.) or the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 
et seq.).". 
SEC. 302. NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROL TRAINING IN 
THE UNITED STATES. 
Of the amounts made available for fiscal years 2001 and 2002 
under chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as added by section 301, $2,000,000 is authorized to be available 
each such fiscal year for the purpose of training and education 
of personnel from friendly countries in the United States. 
SEC. 303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTERS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Of the amounts made available 
for the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under chapter 9 of part II 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added by section 301, 
$59,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $65,000,000 for fiscal year 
2002 are authorized to be available for science and technology 
centers in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Congress, 
taking into account section 1132 of H. R. 3427 of the One Hundred 
Sixth Congress (as enacted by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 
106-113), that the practice of auditing entities receiving funds 
authorized under this section should be significantly expanded and 
that the burden of supplying auditors should be spread equitably 
within the United States Government. 
SEC. 304. TRIAL TRANSIT PROGRAM. 
(a) ALLOCATION OF FuNDS.—Of the amount made available 
for fiscal year 2001 under chapter 9 of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as added by section 301, $5,000,000 is authorized 
to be available to establish a static cargo x-ray facility in Malta, 
if the Secretary of State first certifies to the appropriate committees 
of Congress that the Grovemment of Malta has provided adequate 
assurances that such a facility will be utilized in connection with 
random cargo inspections by Maltese customs officials of container 
traffic transiting through the Malta Freeport. 
(b) REQUIREMENT OF WRITTEN ASSESSMENT.—In the event that 
a facility is established in Malta pursuant to subsection (a), the 
Secretary of State shall submit a written assessment to the appro-
priate committees of Congress not later than 270 days after such 
a facility commences operation detailing— 
(1) statistics on utilization of the facility by Malta; 
(2) the contribution made by the facility to United States 
nonproliferation and export control objectives; and 
(3) the feasibility of establishing comparable facilities in 
other countries identified by the Secretary of State pursuant 
to section 583 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
by section 301. 
(c) TREATMENT OF ASSISTANCE.—^Assistance under this section 
shall be considered as assistance under section 583(a) of the Foreign 
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Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to transit interdiction), as added 
by section 301. 
SEC. 305. EXCEPTION TO AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT 
INSPECTIONS 
UNDER 
THE 
CHEMICAL 
WEAPONS 
CONVENTION 
IMPLEMENTATION ACT OF 1998. 
Section 303 of the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementa-
tion Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6723) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
"(c) EXCEPTION.—^The requirement under subsection (b)(2)(A) 
shall not apply to inspections of United States chemical weapons 
destruction facilities (as used within the meaning of part IV(C)(13) 
of the Verification Annex to the Convention).". 
TITLE IV—ANTITERRORISM 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 574(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2349aa-4(a)) is amended by striking "$9,840,000" and all that fol-
lows through the period and inserting the following: "$72,000,000 
for fiscal year 2001 and $73,000,000 for fiscal year 2002.". 
TITLE V—INTEGRATED SECURITY 
ASSISTANCE PLANNING 
Subtitle A—^Establishment of a National 
Security Assistance Strategy 
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SEC. 501. NATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE STRATEGY. 
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(a) MuLTiYEAR PLAN.—^Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter at the time 
of submission of the congressional presentation materials of the 
foreign operations appropriations budget request, the Secretary of 
State should submit to the appropriate committees of Congress 
a plan setting forth a National Security Assistance Strategy for 
the United States. 
(b) ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY.—The National Security Assist-
ance Strategy should— 
(1) set forth a multi-year plan for security assistance pro-
grams; 
(2) be consistent with the National Security Strategy of 
the United States; 
(3) be coordinated with the Secretary of Defense and the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; 
(4) be prepared, in consultation with other agencies, as 
appropriate; 
(5) identify overarching security assistance objectives, 
including identification of the role that specific security assist-
ance programs will play in achieving such objectives; 
(6) identify a primary security assistance objective, as well 
as specific secondary objectives, for individual countries; 
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(7) identify, on a country-by-country basis, how specific 
resources will be allocated to accomplish both primary and 
secondary objectives; 
(8) discuss how specific types of assistance, such as foreign 
military financing and international military education and 
training, will be combined at the country level to achieve United 
States objectives; and 
(9) detail, with respect to each of the paragraphs (1) 
through (8), how specific types of assistance provided pursuant 
to the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 are coordinated with United States assistance pro-
grams managed by the Department of Defense and other agen-
cies. 
(c) COVERED ASSISTANCE.—^The National Security Assistance 
Strategy should cover assistance provided under— 
(1) section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2763); 
(2) chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.); and 
(3) section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 23211). 
Subtitle B—^Allocations for Certain 
Countries 
SEC. 511. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR NEW NATO MEMBERS. 
(a) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763), $30,300,000 for fiscal 
year 2001 and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 are authorized 
to be available on a grant basis for all of the following countries: 
the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. 
(b) MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING.—Of the amounts made 
available for the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 to carry out chapter 
5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2347 et seq.), $5,100,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $7,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 are authorized to be available for all of the following 
countries: the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. 
(c) SELECT PRIORITIES.—In providing assistance under this sec-
tion, the President shall give priority to supporting activities that 
are consistent with the objectives set forth in the following condi-
tions of the Senate resolution of ratification for the Protocols to 
the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of Poland, 
Hungary, and the Czech Republic: 
(1) Condition (l)(A)(v), (vi), and (vii), relating to common 
threats, the core mission of NATO, and the capacity to respond 
to common threats. 
(2) Condition (1)(B), relating to the fundamental importance 
of collective defense. 
(3) Condition (1)(C), relating to defense planning, command 
structures, and force goals. 
(4) Conditions (4)(B)(i) and (4)(B)(ii), relating to intelligence 
matters. 
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SEC. 512. INCREASED TRAINING ASSISTANCE FOR GREECE AND TUR-
KEY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available for the fiscal 
years 2001 and 2002 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.>— 
(1) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Greece; and 
(2) $2,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $2,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Turkey. 
(b) USE FOR PROFESSIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION.—Of the 
amounts available under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) 
for fiscal year 2002, $500,000 of each such amount should be avail-
able for purposes of professional military education. 
(c) USE FOR JOINT TRAINING.—It is the sense of the Congress 
that, to the maximum extent practicable, amounts available under 
subsection (a) that are used in accordance with subsection (b) should 
be used for joint training of Greek and Turkish officers. 
SEC. 513. ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ESF ASSISTANCE.—^The term "ESF assistance" 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 available for each 
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for ESF assistance, the 
amount specified in paragraph (2) for each such fiscal year 
is authorized to be made available for Israel. 
(2) COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT.—Subject to subsection (d), 
the amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to— 
(A) the amount made available for ESF assistance 
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 and 2002 for assistance under the 
Foreign Military Financing Program, the amount specified in 
paragraph (2) for each such fiscal year is authorized to be 
made available on a grant basis for Israel. 
(2) COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT.—Subject to subsection (d), 
the amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to— 
(A) the amount made available for assistance under 
the Foreign Military Financing Program for Israel for the 
preceding fiscal year, plus 
(B) $60,000,000. 
(3) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—^Funds authorized to be 
available for Israel under subsection (b)(1) and paragraph (1) 
of this subsection for fiscal year 2001 shall be disbursed not 
later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of an 
Act making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for fiscal year 2001, or October 
31, 2000, whichever date is later. 
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(4) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR ADVANCED WEAPONS SYS-
TEMS.—^To the extent the Grovernment of Israel requests that 
funds be used for such purposes, grants made available for 
Israel out of funds authorized to be available under paragraph 
(1) for Israel for fiscal year 2001 shall, as agreed by Israel 
and the United States, be available for advanced weapons 
systems, of which not less than $520,000,000 shall be available 
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
services, including research and development. 
(d) EXCLUSION OF RESCISSIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this section, the computation of amounts 
made available for a fiscal year shall not take into account any 
amount rescinded by an Act or any amount appropriated by an 
Act making supplemental appropriations for a fiscal year. 
SEC. 514. ASSISTANCE FOR EGYPT. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ESF ASSISTANCE.—^The term "ESF assistance" 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 available for each 
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for ESF assistance, the 
amount specified in paragraph (2) for each such fiscal year 
is authorized to be made available for Egypt. 
(2) COMPUTATION OF AMOUNT.—Subject to subsection (d), 
the amount referred to in paragraph (1) is equal to— 
(A) the amount made available for ESF assistance 
for Egypt during the preceding fiscal year, minus 
(B) $40,000,000. 
(c) FMF PROGRAM.—Of the amount made available for each 
of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 for assistance under the Foreign 
Military Financing Program, $1,300,000,000 is authorized to be 
made available on a grant basis for Egypt. 
(d) EXCLUSION OF RESCISSIONS AND SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—For purposes of this section, the computation of amounts 
made available for a fiscal year shall not take into account any 
amount rescinded by an Act or any amount appropriated by an 
Act making supplemental appropriations for a fiscal year. 
(e) DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.—Funds estimated to be outlayed 
for Egypt under subsection (c) during fiscal year 2001 shall be 
disbursed to an interest-bearing account for Egypt in the Federal 
Reserve Bank of New York within 30 days of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, or by October 31, 2000, whichever is later, 
provided that— 
(1) withdrawal of funds from such account shall be made 
only on authenticated instructions from the Defense Finance 
and Accounting Service of the Department of Defense; 
(2) in the event such account is closed, the balance of 
the account shall be transferred promptly to the appropriations 
account for the Foreign Military Financing Program; and 
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(3) none of the interest accrued by such account should 
be obligated unless the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives are notified. 
SEC. 515. SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES. 
(a) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING.—Of the amounts made avail-
able for the fiscal years 2001 and 2002 under section 23 of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)— 
(1) $18,200,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $20,500,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant 
basis for all of the following countries: Estonia, Latvia, and 
Lithuania; 
(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for the Philippines; 
(3) $4,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for Georgia; 
(4) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $3,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for Malta; 
(5) $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $4,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for Slovenia; 
(6) $8,400,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $8,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for Slovakia; 
(7) $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $11,100,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant 
basis for Romania; 
(8) $8,500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $8,600,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant basis 
for Bulgaria; and 
(9) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $105,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 are authorized to be available on a grant 
basis for Jordan. 
(b) IMET.—Of the amounts made available for the fiscal years 
2001 and 2002 to carry out chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.)— 
(1) $2,300,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $4,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for all of the following 
countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania; 
(2) $1,400,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for the Philippines; 
(3) $475,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Georgia; 
(4) $200,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Malta; 
(5) $700,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Slovenia; 
(6) $700,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Slovakia; 
(7) $1,300,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,500,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Romania; and 
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(8) $1,100,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $1,200,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 are authorized to be available for Bulgaria. 
SEC. 516. BORDER SECURITY AND TERRITORIAL INDEPENDENCE. 
(a) GUUAM COUNTRIES AND ARMENIA.—For the purpose of 
carrying out section 499C of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
and assisting GUUAM countries and Armenia to strengthen 
national control of their borders and to promote the independence 
and territorial sovereignty of such countries, the following amounts 
are authorized to be made available for fiscal years 2001 and 
2002: 
(1) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $20,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 are of the amounts made available under 
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763). 
(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $10,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2002 of the amounts made available under chapter 
9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as added 
by section 301. 
(3) $500,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 of the amounts made available to carry out chapter 
5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2347 et seq.). 
(4) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 and $2,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002 of the amounts made available to carry out chapter 
8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act. 
(b) GUUAM COUNTRIES DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
"GUUAM countries" means the group of countries that signed a 
protocol on quadrilateral cooperation on November 25, 1997, 
together with Uzbekistan. 
TITLE VI—TRANSFERS OF NAVAL 
VESSELS 
SEC. 601. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOR- 
President. 
EIGN 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 "GARCL^" 
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. 232Ij). 
(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 trsinsfers 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). 
(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 
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(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 subsection is 
in addition to that granted under section 1018(a)(9) of Public Law 
106-65. 
SEC. 602. INAPPLICABIUTY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL UMITATION ON 
VALUE OF TRANSFERRED EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. 
The value of naval vessels authorized under section 601 to 
be transferred on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 232Ij) shall not be included 
in the aggregate annual value of transferred excess defense articles 
which is subject to the aggregate annual limitation set forth in 
section 516(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j(g)). 
SEC. 603. COSTS OF TRANSFERS. 
Any expense of the United States in connection with a transfer 
authorized by this title shall be charged to the recipient. 
SEC. 604. CONDITIONS RELATING TO COMBINED LEASE-SALE TRANS-
FERS. 
A transfer of a vessel on a combined lease-sale basis authorized 
by section 601 shall be made in accordance with the following 
requirements: 
(1) The President may initially transfer the vessel 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 purchasing 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 pajnnent 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 immediately termi-
nated; 
(B) the suspension of lease pa3rments under the lease 
shall be vacated; and 
(C) the United States shall be entitled to retain all 
funds received on or before the date of the termination 
under the sales agreement, up to the amount of the 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 para-
graph (4), the United States shall not be required to pay any 
interest to the recipient country on any amount paid to the 
United States by the recipient country under the sales agree-
ment and not retained by the United States under the lease. 
SEC. 605. 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 
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Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) of the lease-sale transfers 
authorized by section 601. Funds authorized to be appropriated 
under the preceding sentence for the purpose described in that 
sentence may not be available for any other purpose. 
SEC. 606. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED STATES SfflP-
YARDS. 
To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, 
as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under section 601, that 
the country to which the vessel is transferred will have such repair 
or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins 
the naval forces of that country, performed at a shipyard located 
in the United States, including a United States Navy shipyard. 
SEC. 607. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING TRANSFER OF NAVAL 
VESSELS ON A GRANT BASIS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that naval vessels authorized 
under section 601 to be transferred to foreign countries on a grant 
basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 232 Ij) should be so transferred only if the United States 
receives appropriate benefits from such countries for transferring 
the vessel on a grant basis. 
SEC. 608. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. 
The authority granted by section 601 shall expire 2 years 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 701. UTILIZATION OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERV-
ICES. 
Section 502 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2302) is amended in the first sentence by inserting "(including 
for antiterrorism and nonproliferation purposes)" after "internal 
security". 
SEC. 702. ANNUAL MHJTARY ASSISTANCE REPORT. 
Section 655(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
U.S.C. 2415(b)(3)) is amended by inserting before the period at 
the end the following: "and, if so, a specification of those defense 
articles that were exported during the fiscal year covered by the 
report". 
SEC. 703. REPORT ON GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT ARMS SALES 
END-USE MONITORING PROGRAM. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of Deadline, 
this Act, the President shall prepare and transmit to the appropriate 
committees of Congress a report that contains a summary of the 
status of the efforts of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency 
to implement the End-Use Monitoring Enhancement Plan relating 
to govemment-to-govemment transfers of defense articles, defense 
services, and related technologies. 
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SEC. 704. MTCR REPORT TRANSMITTALS. 
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22 USC 2797 
For purposes of section 71(d) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2797(d)), the requirement that reports under that section 
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shall be transmitted to the Congress shall be considered to be 
a requirement that such reports shall be transmitted to the Com-
mittee on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
SEC. 705. STINGER MISSILES IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—^Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and except as provided in subsection (b), the United States may 
not sell or otherwise make available under the Arms Export Control 
Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
any Stinger ground-to-air missiles to any country bordering the 
Persian Gulf. 
(b) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED.—In addition to other 
defense articles authorized to be transferred by section 581 of 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriation Act, 1990, the United States may sell or make avail-
able, under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part 
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Stinger ground-to-air 
missiles to any country bordering the Persian Gulf in order to 
replace, on a one-for-one basis. Stinger missiles previously furnished 
to such country if the Stinger missiles to be replaced are nearing 
the scheduled expiration of their shelf-life. 
SEC. 
706. 
SENSE 
OF 
THE CONGRESS 
REGARDING EXCESS 
DEFENSE 
ARTICLES. 
It is the sense of the Congress that the President should make 
expanded use of the authority provided under section 21(a) of the 
Arms Export Control Act to sell excess defense articles by utilizing 
the flexibility afforded by section 47 of such Act to ascertain the 
"market value" of excess defense articles. 
SEC. 707. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR MONGOLIA. 
(a) USES FOR WHICH FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE.—^Notwithstanding 
section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j(e)), during the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, funds available 
to the Department of Defense may be expended for crating, packing, 
handling, and transportation of excess defense articles transferred 
under the authority of section 516 of that Act to Mongolia. 
(b) CONTENT OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—Each notifica-
tion 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 pro-
posed 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. 
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SEC. 708. SPACE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PERSONS. 
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(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 reports required to be submitted to Congress during 
the preceding calendar year under section 2 of the Iran Non-
proliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178) do not identify 
that person on account of a transfer to Iran of goods, services, 
or technology described in section 2(a)( IXB) of such Act. 
(2) APPLICABILITY.—^The certification requirement under 
paragraph (1) applies with respect to each Russian person 
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that, as of the date of the certification, is a party to an agree-
ment relating to commercial cooperation on MTCR equipment 
or technology with a United States person pursuant to an 
arms export license that was issued at any time since January 
1, 2000. 
(3) EXEMPTION.—No activity or transfer which specifically 
has been the subject of a Presidential determination pursuant 
to section 5(a)(1), (2), or (3) of the Iran Nonproliferation Act 
of 2000 (Public Law 106-178) shall cause a Russian person 
to be considered as having been identified in the reports sub-
mitted during the preceding calendar year under section 2 
of that Act for the purposes of the certification required under 
paragraph (1). 
(4) COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) 
TIMES FOR SUBMISSION.—^The President 
shall 
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submit— 
(i) the first certification under paragraph (1) not Deadline. 
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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 termination of 
cooperation under the specific license, or 5 years after 
the date on which the first certification is submitted, which-
ever is the earlier date. 
(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, development, or co-production of 
commercial rocket engine technology 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)(l)) since the date the license was issued, 
the President may terminate the license. 
(c) REPORT ON EXPORT LICENSING OF MTCR ITEMS UNDER 
$50,000,000.—Section 71(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 Deadline. 
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 and are goods or 
services that are intended to support the design, utilization, develop-
ment, or production of a space launch vehicle system listed in 
Category I of the MTCR Annex,". 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FOREIGN PERSON.—The term "foreign person" has the 
meaning given the term in section 74(7) of the Arms Export 
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(7)). 
(2) MTCR EQUIPMENT O
R TECHNOLOGY.—^The term "MTCR 
equipment or technology has the meaning given the term 
in section 74(5) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
2797c(5)). 
(3) PERSON.—^The term "person" has the meaning given 
the term in section 74(8) of the Arms Export Control Act 
(22 U.S.C. 2797c(8)). 
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(4) UNITED STATES PERSON.—The term "United States per-
son" has the meaning given the term in section 74(6) of the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2797c(6)). 
SEC. 709. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS RELATING TO MILITARY EQUIP-
MENT FOR THE PHILIPPINES. 
(a) IN GENERAL,—^It is the sense of the Congress that the 
United States Grovemment should work with the Government of 
the Philippines to enable that Government to procure military 
equipment that can be used to upgrade the capabilities and to 
improve the quality of life of the armed forces of the Philippines. 
(b) MILITARY EQUIPMENT.—Military equipment described in 
subsection (a) should include— 
(1) naval vessels, including amphibious landing crafts, for 
patrol, search-and-rescue, and transport; 
(2) F-5 aircraft and other aircraft that can assist with 
reconnaissance, search-and-rescue, and resupply; 
(3) attack, transport, and search-£ind-rescue helicopters; 
and 
(4) vehicles and other personnel equipment. 
SEC. 710. WAIVER OF CERTAIN COSTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may 
waive the requirement to impose an appropriate charge for a propor-
tionate amount of any nonrecurring costs of research, development, 
and production under section 21(e)(1)(B) of the Arms Export Control 
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)(1)(B)) for the November 1999 sale of five 
UH-60L helicopters to the Republic of Colombia in support of 
countemarcotics activities. 
Approved October 6, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4919 (S. 2901): 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-868 (Comm. on Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-351 accompanying S. 2901 (Comm. on Foreign Rela-
tions). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
July 24, considered and passed House. 
Sept. 7, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 2901. 
Sept. 21, House agreed to conference report. 
Sept. 22, Senate agreed to conference report.