[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3258]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2360. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for 
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of 
Energy, 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 B of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1018. TRANSFER OF EXCESS NAVAL VESSEL TO BAHRAIN.

       (a) Transfer by Grant.--The President is authorized to 
     transfer to the Government of Bahrain the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY 
     class guided missile frigate ex-USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-
     49) on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
       (b) Grant Not Counted in Annual Total of Transferred Excess 
     Defense Articles.--The value of the vessel transferred to the 
     Government of Bahrain on a grant basis pursuant to authority 
     provided by subsection (a) shall not be counted against the 
     aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred in any 
     fiscal year under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
       (c) Costs of Transfer.--Any expense incurred by the United 
     States in connection with the transfer authorized by this 
     section shall be charged to the Government of Bahrain 
     notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)).
       (d) 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 Government of Bahrain 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.
       (e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a 
     vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the 
     three-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
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