An Act to authorize the obligation and expenditure of funds to implement for fiscal year 1977 the provisions of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States and Spain, signed at Madrid on January 24, 1976, and for other purposes.
PL 94-537 (S.3557), enacted 10/18/1976

90 STAT. 2498 
PUBLIC LAW 94-537—OCT. 18, 1976 
Public Law 94-537 
94th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 18, 1976 
[S. 3557] 
Treaty of 
Friendship and 
Cooperation 
between the 
United States and 
Spain. 
Appropriation 
authorization. 
Ante, p. 765. 
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note. 
22 u s e 2311. 
22 u s e 2346. 
Ante, p. 732. 
22 u s e 2347. 
Ante, p. 734; 
22 u s e 2764. 
22 u s e 2370. 
To authorize the obligation and expenditure of funds to implement for fiscal year 
1977 the provisions of the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between the 
United States and Spain, signed at Madrid on January 24, 1976, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) in order 
to carry out the programs and activities provided for in the Treaty 
of Friendship and Cooperation between the United States of America 
and Spain, signed at Madrid on January 24, 1976, including its Sup-
plementary Agreements and the exchange of notes related to those 
Supplementary Agreements (hereafter in this Act referred to as the 
"treaty"), of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 
year 1977 under section 507 of the International Security Assistance 
and Arms Export Control Act of 1976, not to exceed the following 
amounts shall be available for obligation and expenditure to carry 
out the treaty: 
(1) For military assistance under chapter 2 of part II of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $15,000,000. 
(2) For security supporting assistance under chapter 4 of part 
II of such Act, $7,000,000. 
(3) For international military education and training under 
chapter 5 of part II of such Act, $2,000,000. 
(4) For guaranties under section 24 of the Arms Export 
Control Act, $12,000,000. 
(b) Subsection (b) of section 507 of the International Security 
Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 shall not apply 
with respect to the obligation or expenditure of funds appropriated 
under such section to carry out the treaty. 
SEC. 2. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), foreign assistance 
and military sales activities carried out pursuant to the treaty shall 
be conducted in accordance with provisions of law applicable to 
foreign assistance and military sales programs of the United States. 
(b) Section 620(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
not apply with respect to the programs and activities described in 
subsection (a). 
(c) In carrying out the provisions of article VI of Supplementary 
Agreement Number 7 (relating to modernizing, semiautomating, and 
maintaining the aircraft control and warning network in Spain), the 
United States contribution of not to exceed $50,000,000 shall be 
financed from Department of Defense appropriations available for 
that purpose. 
(d) This Act satisfies the requirements of section 7307 of title 10 
of the United States Code with respect to the transfer of naval vessels 
pursuant to Supplementary Agreement Number 7. 
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(e) In order to carry out the provisions of article X of Supple-
mentary Agreement Number 7 (relating to lease and purchase of air-
craft), the proceeds from the lease of aircraft to Spain under that 
article shall be available only for appropriation for the purchase of 
aircraft by the United States for the purposes of that article. 
SEC. 3. The authorities contained in this Act shall become effective Effective date, 
only upon such date as the treaty enters into force and shall continue 
in effect only so long as the treaty remains in force. 
Approved October 18, 1976. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 94-1393 accompanying H.R. 14940 (Comm. on International 
Relations) and No. 94-1704 (Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 94-941 (Comm. on Foreign Relations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 122 (1976): 
June 18, considered and passed Senate. 
Sept. 14, considered and passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 14940. 
Sept. 30, House agreed to conference report. 
Oct. 1, Senate agreed to conference report.