[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 701 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 701

  To provide for the transfer of the TARAWA class amphibious ship USS 
                        NASSAU (LHA-4) to Japan.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 22, 2019

 Mr. Conaway introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Foreign Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide for the transfer of the TARAWA class amphibious ship USS 
                        NASSAU (LHA-4) to Japan.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FriendSHIP Act''.

SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF THE TARAWA CLASS AMPHIBIOUS SHIP USS NASSAU (LHA-4) 
              TO JAPAN.

    (a) Transfer by Sale or Grant.--The President is authorized to 
transfer the TARAWA class amphibious ship USS NASSAU (LHA-4) to Japan 
on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2761) or on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
    (b) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense incurred by the United States 
in connection with a transfer authorized by this section shall be 
charged to the recipient notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)).
    (c) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--To the 
maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition 
of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the recipient to 
which the vessel is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of 
the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of 
that recipient, performed at a shipyard located in the United States, 
including a United States Navy shipyard.
    (d) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a vessel 
under this section shall expire at the end of the 3-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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