[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3084 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3084

To amend title 10, United States Code, to strengthen the limitations on 
    participation of the Armed Forces in foreign airshows or trade 
               exhibitions involving military equipment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

  Mr. Stark introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on National Security

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to strengthen the limitations on 
    participation of the Armed Forces in foreign airshows or trade 
               exhibitions involving military equipment.

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

SECTION 1. LIMITATIONS ON PARTICIPATION OF THE ARMED FORCES IN FOREIGN 
              AIRSHOWS OR TRADE EXHIBITIONS INVOLVING MILITARY 
              EQUIPMENT.

    (a) Codification and Strengthening of Participation Limitations.--
(1) Chapter 152 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 2555. Participation in foreign airshows and trade exhibitions: 
              limitations and prohibitions
    ``(a) Prohibition on Direct or Indirect Participation.--Except as 
provided in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of a military department, and military equipment and members of the 
armed forces under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Defense or the 
Secretary of a military department, may not participate in any airshow 
or trade exhibition held outside the United States. The Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of a military department may not use the 
training or readiness requirements for military equipment or members of 
the armed forces to indirectly support an airshow or trade exhibition 
held outside the United States.
    ``(b) Limitation on Provision of Equipment.--In the event that a 
defense contractor or industrial association requests the Secretary of 
Defense or the Secretary of a military department to provide support in 
the form of military equipment for any airshow or trade exhibition to 
be held outside the United States, such equipment may not be supplied 
unless the contractor or association agrees to reimburse the Treasury 
of the United States for--
            ``(1) all incremental costs of military personnel 
        accompanying the equipment or assisting the contractor or 
        association in the display or demonstration of the equipment, 
        including food, lodging, and local transportation costs;
            ``(2) all incremental transportation costs incurred in 
        moving the equipment from its normally assigned location to the 
        airshow or trade exhibition and return; and
            ``(3) any other miscellaneous incremental costs (such as 
        insurance costs or ramp fees) not included under paragraphs (1) 
        and (2) that are incurred by the Federal Government but would 
        not have been incurred had military support not been provided 
        to the contractor or industrial association.
    ``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `incremental 
transportation cost' includes the cost of transporting equipment to an 
airshow or trade exhibition even if the provision of transportation by 
the Department of Defense fulfills legitimate training requirements 
that would otherwise have to be met.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``2555. Participation in foreign airshows and trade exhibitions: 
                            limitations and prohibitions.''.
    (b) Repeal of Existing Limitations.--Section 1082 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484; 10 
U.S.C. 113 note) is repealed.
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