PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 1709 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.), if it is to be disposed of under that Act. ^§7306. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register; captured vessels: transfer by gift or otherwise "(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFER. — Subject to subsections (c) and (d) of section 602 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 474), the Secretary of the Navy may transfer, by gift or otherwise, any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, or any captured vessel, to— "(1) any State, Commonwealth, or possession of the United States or any mimicipal corporation or political subdivision thereof; " (2) the District of Columbia; or "(3) any not-for-pi-ofit or nonprofit entity. "(b) VESSEL TO BE 1»IAINTAINED IN CONDITION SATISFACTORY TO SECRETARY. —An agreement for the transfer of a vessel under subsection (a) shall include a re<^uirement that the transferee will maintain the vessel in a condition satisfactory to the Secretary. "(c) TRANSFERS TO BE AT NO COST TO UNITED STATES. —Any transfer of a vessel under this section shall be made at no cost to the United States. "(d) NOTICE TO CONGRESS. —(1) No transfer under this section takes effect unless— "(A) notice of the proposal to make the transfer is sent to Congress; and "(B) 60 days of continuous session of Congress have expired following the date on which such notice is sent to Congress. "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(6), the continuity of a session of Congress is oroken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of such 60-day period. ^§ 7306a. Vessels stricken from Naval Vessel Register: use for experimental purposes "(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of the Navy may use for experimental purposes any vessel stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. "(b) STRIPPING VESSEL. —(1) Before using a vessel for an experimental purpose pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall carry out such stripping of the vessel as is practicable. "(2) Amounts received as proceeds from the stripping of a vessel pursuant to this suibsection shall be credited to appropriations available for the procurement of scrapping services needed for such stripping. Amounts received which are in excess of amounts needed for procuring such services shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury.
- § 7307. Disposals to foreign nations
"(a) LARGER OR NEWER VESSELS. —A naval vessel that is in excess of 3,000 tons or that is less than 20 years of age may not be disposed of to another nation (whether by sale, lease, grant, loan, barter, transfer, or otherwise) unless the disposition of that vessel is approved by law enacted after August 5, 1974. A lease or loan of such a vessel under such a law may be made only in accordance vsrith the provisions of chapter 6 of the Arms Export
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