[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2348 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2348

     To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign 
                               countries.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 18, 1995

  Mr. Gilman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
     To authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign 
                               countries.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer 
frigates of the Oliver Hazard Perry class to other countries as 
follows:
            (1) To the Government of Bahrain, the guided missile 
        frigate Jack Williams (FFG 24).
            (2) To the Government of Egypt, the frigates Duncan (FFG 
        10) and Copeland (FFG 25).
            (3) To the Government of Oman, the guided missile frigate 
        Mahlon S. Tisdale (FFG 27).
            (4) To the Government of Turkey, the frigates Clifton 
        Sprague (FFG 16), Antrim (FFG 20), and Flatley (FFG 21).
            (5) To the Government of the United Arab Emirates, the 
        guided missile frigate Gallery (FFG 26).
    (b) Forms of Transfer.--A transfer under subsection (a) shall be 
made--
            (1) on a sales basis under section 21 of the Arms Export 
        Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761); or
            (2) on a lease basis under section 61 of such Act (22 
        U.S.C. 2796).
    (c) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense incurred by the United States 
in connection with a transfer authorized by subsection (a) shall be 
charged to the recipient.
    (d) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a vessel 
under subsection (a) shall expire at the end of the two-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that a lease 
entered into during that period under subsection (b)(2) may be renewed.
    (e) Repair and Refurbishment of Vessels in United States 
Shipyards.--The Secretary shall request and encourage the country to 
which a vessel is transferred under subsection (a) to 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.
    (f) Prohibition on Certain Transfers of Vessels on Grant Basis.--
(1) Section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2321j(a)) is amended in the first sentence by inserting before the 
period at the end the following: ``, except that the President may not 
transfer a vessel on a grant basis under this section''.
    (2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to 
the transfer of a vessel on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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