Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 1.djvu/528

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108 STAT. 502 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 (f) Section 39 (22 U.S.C. 2579) is amended by inserting ", nonproliferation,'* after "arms control" each of the two places it appears. 22 USC 2591. (g) Section 49 (as redesignated by section 817(a)(2)) is amended— (1) by striking "Soviet"; and (2) by inserting "of the former Soviet Union" after "affairs". PART B—AMENDMENTS TO THE ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT President. SEC. 731. LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. (a) TRANSFERS TO COUNTRIES ON THE SOUTHERN AND SOUTH- EASTERN FLANK OF NATO. —Section 516(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(b)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (2); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) the President first considers the effects of the transfer of the excess defense articles on the national technology and industrial base, particularly the extent, if any, to which the transfer reduces the opportunities of entities in the national technology and industrial base to sell new equipment to the country or countries to which the excess defense articles are transferred.". (b) TRANSFERS TO COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN A COMPREHEN- SIVE NATIONAL ANTINARCOTICS PROGRAM.— Section 517(0 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321k(f)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (2); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(4) the President first considers the effects of the transfer of the excess defense articles on the national technology and industrial base, particularly the extent, if any, to which the transfer reduces the opportunities of entities in the national technology and industrial base to sell new equipment to the country or countries to which the excess defense articles are transferred.". (c) TRANSFERS TO COUNTRIES ELIGIBLE TO PARTICIPATE IN A FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM.— Section 519(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321m(b)) is amended— (1) by striking "and" at the end of paragraph (3); (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting "; and"; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ' "(5) the President first considers the effects of the transfer of the excess defense articles on the national technology and industrial base, particularly the extent, if any, to which the transfer reduces the opportunities of entities in the national technology and industrial base to sell new equipment to the country or countries to which the excess defense articles are transferred.".