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(1) a description of each contract for the acquisition of defense articles or defense services under this chapter which was entered into during the preceding fiscal year;

(2) a description of each contract for the acquisition of defense articles or defense services under this chapter which the President anticipates will be entered into during the current fiscal year;

(3) a description of each defense article or defense service acquired under this chapter which was transferred to a foreign country or international organization during the preceding fiscal year; and

(4) an evaluation of the impact of the utilization of the authority of this chapter on United States defense production and the readiness of the United States Armed Forces.

(b) As part of the annual written report to the Congress required by section 2431(a) of title 10, United States Code, regarding procurement schedules for each weapon system for which funding authorization is required, the President shall provide a report estimating the likely procurements to be made through the Fund.

Chapter 6-LEASES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES AND LOAN AUTHORITY FOR COOPERATIVE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES 208

Sec. 61.209 Leasing Authority. (a) The President may lease defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense to an eligible foreign country or international organization if—

(1) he determines that there are compelling foreign policy and national security reasons for providing such articles on a lease basis rather than on a sales basis under this Act;

(2) he determines that the articles are not for the time needed for public use; and

(3) the country or international organization has agreed to pay in United States dollars all costs incurred by the United States Government in leasing such articles, including reimbursement for depreciation of such articles while leased, the costs of restoration or replacement if the articles are damaged while leased, and the replacement cost (less any depreciation in the value) of the articles if the articles are lost or destroyed while leased.

The requirement of paragraph (3) shall not apply to leases entered into for purposes of cooperative research or development, military exercises, or communications or electronics interface projects, or to any defense article which has passed three-quarters of its normal service life.

210 The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (3) with respect to a lease which is made in exchange with the lessee

208 Chapter 6 was added by sec. 109(a) of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-113; 95 Stat. 1524). Sec. 1003(b) of Public Law 100-456 revised the title of chapter 6. It formerly read "Leases of Defense Articles".

209 22 U.S.C. 2796.

210 The words from this point to the end of subsec. (a) were added by sec. 147 of the Continuing Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (Public Law 99-591; 100 Stat. 3341-354).

for a lease on substantially reciprocal terms of defense articles for the Department of Defense, except that this waiver authority—

(A) may be exercised only if the President submits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in accordance with the regular notification procedures of those Committees, a detailed notification for each lease with respect to which the authority is exercised; and

(B) may be exercised only during the fiscal year 1993 211 and only with respect to one country, unless the Congress hereafter provides otherwise

The preceding sentence does not constitute authorization of appropriations for payments by the United States for leased articles.

(b) Each lease agreement under this section shall be for a fixed duration of not to exceed five years and shall provide that, at any time during the duration of the lease, the President may terminate the lease and require the immediate return of the leased articles. (c) Defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense may be leased or loaned to a foreign country or international organization only under the authority of this chapter or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and may not be leased to a foreign country or international organization under the authority of section 2667 of title 10, United States Code.

Sec. 62.212 Reports to the Congress. (a) Not less than 30 days before entering into or renewing any agreement with a foreign country or international organization to lease any defense article under this chapter, or to loan any defense article under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, for a period of one year or longer, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, a written certification which specifies

(1) the country or international organization to which the defense article is to be leased or loaned;

(2) the type, quantity, and value (in terms of replacement cost) of the defense article to be leased or loaned;

(3) the terms and duration of the lease or loan; and

(4) a justification for the lease or loan, including an explanation of why the defense article is being leased or loaned rather than sold under this Act.

(b) The President may waive the requirements of this section (and in the case of an agreement described in section 63, may waive the provisions of that section) if he determines, and immediately reports to the Congress, that an emergency exists which requires that the lease or loan be entered into immediately in the national security interests of the United States.

211 Sec. 544 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-391; 106 Stat. 1672), struck out "1992" and "inserted in lieu thereof "1993".

212 22 U.S.C. 2796a.

Sec. 63.213 Legislative Review. (a)(1) In the case of any agreement involving the lease under this chapter, or the loan under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to any foreign country or international organization for a period of one year or longer of any defense articles which are either (i) major defense equipment valued (in terms of its replacement cost less any depreciation in its value) at $14,000,000 or more, or (ii) defense articles valued (in terms of their replacement cost less any depreciation in their value) at $50,000,000 or more, the agreement may not be entered into or renewed if the Congress, within 30 calendar days after receiving the certification with respect to that proposed agreement pursuant to section 62(a), enacts a joint 214 resolution prohibiting the proposed lease or loan.

(2) This section shall not apply with respect to a loan or lease to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organization, Japan, Australia, or New Zealand.

(b) Any joint 214 resolution under subsection (a) shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

(c) For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint 214 resolutions under subsection (a), a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives.

Sec. 64.215 Application of Other Provisions of Law.-Any reference to sales of defense articles under this Act in any provision of law restricting the countries or organizations to which such sales may be made shall be deemed to include a reference to leases of defense articles under this chapter.

Sec. 65.216 Loan of Materials, Supplies, and Equipment for Research and Development Purposes. (a)(1) Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may loan to a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for the purpose of carrying out a program of cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation. The Secretary may accept as a loan or a gift from a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for such purpose. (2) Each loan or gift transaction entered into by the Secretary under this section shall be provided for under the terms of a written agreement between the Secretary and the country concerned. (3) A program of testing or evaluation for which the Secretary may loan materials, supplies, or equipment under this section includes a program of testing or evaluation conducted solely for the purpose of standardization, interchangeability, or technical evaluation if the country to which the materials, supplies, or equipment are loaned agrees to provide the results of the testing or evaluation to the United States without charge.

213 22 U.S.C. 2796b.

214 Sec. (d) of Public Law 99-247 (100 Stat. 9) struck out "concurrent" and inserted "joint". 215 22 U.S.C. 2796c.

216 22 U.S.C. 2796d. Sec. 1003(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1989 (Public Law 100-456; 102 Stat. 2038) added sec. 65.

(b) The materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to a country under this section may be expended or otherwise consumed in connection with any testing or evaluation program without a requirement for reimbursement of the United States if the Secretary

(1) determines that the success of the research, development, test, or evaluation depends upon expending or otherwise consuming the materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to the country; and

(2) approves of the expenditure or consumption of such materials, supplies, or equipment.

(c) The Secretary of Defense may not loan to a country under this section any material if the material is a strategic and critical material and if, at the time the loan is to be made, the quantity of the material in the National Defense Stockpile (provided for under section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b)) is less than the quantity of such material to be stockpiled, as determined by the President under section 3(a) of such Act.

(d) For purposes of this section, the term "NATO or major nonNATO ally" means a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (other than the United States) or a foreign country other than a member nation of NATO designated as a major nonNATO ally under section 2350a(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code. 217

Chapter 7-CONTROL OF MISSILES AND MISSILE
EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY 218

Sec. 71.219 Licensing.

(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LIST OF CONTROLLED ITEMS.-The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, shall establish and maintain, as part of the United States Munitions List, a list of all items on the MTCR Annex the export of which is not controlled under section 6(1) of the Export Administration Act of 1979.

(b) REFERRAL OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS. (1) A determination of the Secretary of State to approve a license for the export of an item on the list established under subsection (a) may be made only after the license application is referred to the Secretary of Defense. (2) Within 10 days after a license is issued for the export of an item on the list established under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall provide to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce the license application and accompanying documents issued to the applicant, to the extent that the relevant Secretary indicates the need to receive such application and documents.

(c) INFORMATION SHARING.-The Secretary of State shall establish a procedure for sharing information with appropriate officials of the intelligence community, as determined by the Director of

217 Sec. 705(d)(2) of Public Law 102-25 (105 Stat. 120) struck out "section 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2767a)" and inserted in lieu thereof "section 2350a(i)(3) of title 10, United States Code". Sec. 1105 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1987 was repealed in 1989.

218 Sec. 1703 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991 (Public Law 101510; 104 Stat. 1745) added chapter 7, secs. 71-74.

219 22 U.S.C. 2797.

Central Intelligence, and with other appropriate Government agencies, that will ensure effective monitoring of transfers of MTCR equipment or technology and other missile technology.

Sec. 72.220 Denial of the Transfer of Missile Equipment or Technology by United States Persons.

(a) SANCTIONS. (1) 221 If the President determines that a United States person knowingly

(A) exports, transfers, or otherwise engages in the trade of any item on the MTCR Annex, in violation of the provisions of section 38 of this Act, section 5 or 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404, 2405), or any regulations or orders issued under any such provisions,

(B) conspires to or attempts to engage in such export, transfer, or trade, or

(C) facilitates such export, transfer, or trade by any other person,

then the President shall impose the applicable sanctions described in paragraph (2).

(2) The sanctions which apply to a United States person under paragraph (1) are the following:

(A) If the item on the MTCR Annex involved in the export, transfer, or trade is missile equipment or technology within category II of the MTCR Annex, then the President shall deny to such United States person for a period of 2 years—

(i) United States Government contracts relating to missile equipment or technology; and

(ii) licenses for the transfer of missile equipment or technology controlled under this Act.

(B) If the item on the MTCR Annex involved in the export, transfer, or trade is missile equipment or technology within category I of the MTCR, then the President shall deny to such United States person for a period of not less than 2 years

(i) all United States Government contracts, and

(ii) all export licenses and agreements for items on the United States Munitions List.

(b) DISCRETIONARY SANCTIONS.-In the case of any determination made pursuant to subsection (a), the President may pursue any penalty provided in section 38(c) of this Act.

(c) WAIVER.-The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a product or service if the President certifies to the Congress that

(1) the product or service is essential to the national security of the United States; and

(2) such person is a sole source supplier of the product or service, the product or service is not available from any alternative reliable supplier, and the need for the product or service cannot be met in a timely manner by improved manufacturing processes or technological developments.

220 22 U.S.C. 2797a.

221 The authority vested in the President under sec. 72(a)(1) was delegated to the Secretary of Commerce in a memorandum of June 25, 1991, delegating authority regarding missile technology proliferation (56 F.R. 31041, July 8, 1991).

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