[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3700-S3701]
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SA 1537. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1735, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2016 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for
military construction, to prescribe military personnel strengths for
such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1085. RECOVERY OF EXCESS FIREARMS, AMMUNITION, AND PARTS
GRANTED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND TRANSFER TO
CERTAIN PERSONS.
(a) Recovery.--Subchapter II of chapter 407 of title 36,
United States Code, is amended by inserting after section
40728A the following new section:
``Sec. 40728B. Recovery of excess firearms, ammunition, and
parts granted to foreign countries and transfer to certain
persons
``(a) Authority To Recover.--(1) Subject to paragraph (2)
and subsection (b), the Secretary of the Army may acquire
from any person any firearm, ammunition, repair parts, or
other supplies described in section 40731(a) of this title
which were--
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``(A) provided to any country on a grant basis under the
conditions imposed by section 505 of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2314) that became excess to the needs
of such country; and
``(B) lawfully acquired by such person.
``(2) The Secretary of the Army may not acquire anything
under paragraph (1) except for transfer to a person in the
United States under subsection (c).
``(3) The Secretary of the Army may accept firearms,
ammunition, repair parts, or other supplies under paragraph
(1) notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31.
``(b) Cost of Recovery.--The Secretary of the Army may not
acquire anything under subsection (a) if the United States
would incur any cost for such acquisition.
``(c) Availability for Transfer.--Any firearms, ammunition,
repair parts, or supplies acquired under subsection (a) shall
be available for transfer in the United States to the person
from whom acquired if such person--
``(1) is licensed as a manufacturer, importer, or dealer
pursuant to section 923(a) of title 18; and
``(2) uses an ammunition depot of the Army that is an
eligible facility for receipt of any firearms, ammunition,
repair parts, or supplies under this paragraph.
``(d) Contracts.--Notwithstanding subsection (k) of section
2304 of title 10, the Secretary may enter into such contracts
or cooperative agreements on a sole source basis pursuant to
paragraphs (4) and (5) of subsection (c) of such section to
carry out this section.
``(e) Firearm Defined.--In this section, the term `firearm'
has the meaning given such term in section 921 of title
18.''.
(b) Sale.--Section 40732 of such title is amended--
(1) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(d) Sales by Other Persons.--A person who receives a
firearm or any ammunition, repair parts, or supplies under
section 40728B(c) of this title may sell, at fair market
value, such firearm, ammunition, repair parts, or
supplies.''; and
(2) in subsection (c), in the heading, by inserting ``by
the Corporation'' after ``Limitation on Sales''.
(c) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of chapter 407 of such title is amended by
inserting after the item relating to section 40728A the
following new item:
``40728B. Recovery of excess firearms, ammunition, and parts granted to
foreign countries and transfer to certain persons.''.
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