[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3700-S3701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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