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1 of 5 UH-60L helicopters to the Republic of Colombia in

2 support of counternarcotics activities.

3⋅ TITLE II-TRANSFERS OF NAVAL

5 SEC. 201. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO

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(a) BRAZIL.-The President is authorized to transfer 8 to the Government of Brazil the "THOMASTON" class 9 dock landing ships ALAMO (LSD 33) and HERMITAGE 10 (LSD 34) and the "GARCIA" class frigates BRADLEY 11 (FF 1041), DAVIDSON (FF 1045), SAMPLE (FF 12 1048), and ALBERT DAVID (FF 1050). Such transfers 13 shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign 14 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j).

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(b) CHILE.-The President is authorized to transfer 16 to the Government of the Chile the "OLIVER HAZARD 17 PERRY" class guided missile frigates WADSWORTH 18 (FFG 9) and ESTOCIN (FFG 15). Such transfers shall 19 be on a combined lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 20 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 21 2761).

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(c) GREECE.-The President is authorized to trans23 fer to the Government of Greece the "KNOX" class frig24 ates VREELAND (FF 1068) and TRIPPE (FF 1075).

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1 Such transfers shall be on a grant basis under section 516

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2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). (d) TURKEY.-The President is authorized to trans4 fer to the Government of Turkey the 'OLIVER HAZARD 5 PERRY' class guided missile frigates JOHN A MOORE 6 (FFG 19) and FLATLEY (FFG 21). Such transfers shall 7 be on a combined lease-sale basis under sections 61 and 8 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796, 9 2761).

10 SEC. 202. INAPPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE ANNUAL LIMI

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DEFENSE ARTICLES.

In the case of the transfer of a naval vessel author

14 ized under section 201 of this Act to be transferred on 15 a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance 16 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), the value of the vessel 17 transferred shall not be included for purposes of sub18 section (g) of that section in the aggregate value of excess 19 defense articles transferred to countries under that section 20 in any fiscal year.

21 SEC. 208. COSTS OF TRANSFERS.

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Any expense incurred by the United States in connec

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3. A transfer of a vessel on a combined lease-sale basis

4 authorized by section 201 shall be made in accordance 5 with the following requirements:

(1) The President may initially transfer the vessel by lease, with lease payments suspended for the term of the lease, if the country entering into the lease for the vessel simultaneously enters into a foreign military sales agreement for the transfer of title to the vessel.

(2) The President may not deliver to the purchasing country title to the vessel until the purchase price of the vessel under such a foreign military

sales agreement is paid in full.

(3) Upon payment of the purchase price in full under such a sales agreement and delivery of title to

the recipient country, the President shall terminate the lease.

(4) If the purchasing country fails to make full payment of the purchase price in accordance with the sales agreement—

(A) the sales agreement shall be immediately terminated;

(B) the suspension of lease payments

under the lease shall be vacated; and

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(C) the United States shall be entitled to retain all funds received on or before the date of the termination under the sales agreement,

up to the amount of lease payments due and

payable under the lease and all other costs required by the lease to be paid to that date.

(5) If a sales agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraph (4), the United States shall not be required to pay any interest to the recipient country on any amount paid to the United States by the recipient country under the sales agreement and not retained by the United States under the lease.

13 SEC. 205. FUNDING OF CERTAIN COSTS OF TRANSFERS.
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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Defense 15 Vessels Transfer Program Account such funds as may be 16 necessary to cover the costs (as defined in section 502 of 17 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661a)) 18 of the lease-sale transfers authorized by section 201. 19 Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of ap20 propriations under preceding sentence for the purpose de21 scribed in such sentence may not be available for any other

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1 SEC. 206. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED STATES

3. To the maximum extent practicable, the President
4 shall require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel
5 under section 201, that the country to which the vessel
6 is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the
7 vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces
8 of that country, performed at a shipyard located in the
9 United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.
10 SEC. 207. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING TRANSFER OF
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12 It is the sense of Congress that naval vessels author-
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14 foreign countries on a grant basis under section 516 of
15 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j)
16 should be so transferred only if the United States receives
17 appropriate benefits from such countries for transferring
18 the vessel on a grant basis.

19 SEC. 208. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY.

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The authority granted by section 201 of this Act shall

21 expire 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act.

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