110 STAT. 1424 PUBLIC LAW 104-164-JULY 21, 1996 "(11) to ensure the safety of United States Government personnel engaged in such cooperative efforts and to support Department of Defense-sponsored humanitarian projects associated with such efforts."; (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking "$75,000,000" and all that follows and inserting "$150,000,000 in any fiscal year of such articles, services, and military education and training may be provided pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph— "(i) not more than $75,000,000 of which may be provided from the drawdown from the inventory and resources of the Department of Defense; "(ii) not more than $75,000,000 of which may be provided pursuant to clause (i)(I) of such subparagraph; and "(iii) not more than $15,000,000 of which may be provided to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos pursuant to clause (ii) of such subparagraph."; and (3) in subsection (b)(l), by adding at the end the following: "In the case of drawdowns authorized by subclauses (I) and (III) of subsection (a)(2)(A)(i), notifications shall be provided to those committees at least 15 days in advance of the drawdowns in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A.". (c) NOTICE TO CONGRESS OF EXERCISE OF SPECIAL AUTHORI- TIES. —Section 652 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2411) is amended by striking "prior to the date" and inserting "before". SEC. 104. TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321J) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 516. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. "(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to transfer excess defense articles under this section to countries for which receipt of such articles was justified pursuant to the annual congressional presentation documents for military assistance programs, or for programs under chapter 8 of part I of this Act, submitted under section 634 of this Act, or for which receipt of such articles was separately justified to the Congress, for the fiscal year in which the transfer is authorized. "(b) LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS.— (1) The President may transfer excess defense articles under this section only if— "(A) such articles are drawn from existing stocks of the Department of Defense; "(B) funds available to the Department of Defense for the procurement of defense equipment are not expended in connection with the transfer; "(C) the transfer of such articles will not have an adverse impact on the military readiness of the United States; "(D) with respect to a proposed transfer of such articles on a grant basis, such a transfer is preferable to a transfer on a sales basis, after taking into account the potential proceeds from, and likelihood of, such sales, and the comparative foreign policy benefits that may accrue to the United States as the result of a transfer on either a grant or sales basis; "(E) the President determines that the transfer of such articles will not have an adverse impact on the national technology and industrial base and, particularly, will not reduce
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