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[88 STAT. 408]
PUBLIC LAW 93-000—MMMM. DD, 1975
[88 STAT. 408]

408 Proposed export of goods, technology and industrial techniques developed by DOD. 50 USC app. 2403-1.

Notice to Secretary; review authorization.

Export application, review and a s s e s s m e n t.

Recommendation to P r e s i dent for d i s a p proval.

Presidential statement to Congress.

"Controlled country."

" D a y s of continuous s e s s i o n of the C o n g r e s s. " Report to Congress.

PUBLIC LAW 93-365-AUG. 5, 1974

[88 STAT.

SEC. 709. (a) The Congress finds that the defense posture of the United States may be seriously compromised if goods, t e c h n o l o ^, and industrial techniques which have been developed in whole or m part as a direct or indirect result of research and development programs or procurement programs financed in whole or in part with funds authorized by this or any other Act authorizing funds for the Department of Defense are exported to a controlled country without an adequate and knowledgeable assessment having been made to determine whether the export of such goods, technology, and techniques will significantly increase the present or potential military capability of any such country. I t is the purpose of this section, therefore, to provide for such an assessment, to insure notice of proposed exports to the Secretary of Defense, and to authorize the Secretary of Defense to review the proposed export of goods, technology, or industrial techniques to any such country whenever he has reason to believe that the export of such goods, technology, or techniques will significantly increase the military capability of such country. (b) Effective upon enactment of this section, any application for the export of any goods, technology, or industrial techniques described in subsection (a) shall, before being eligible for export to a controlled country, be reviewed and assessed by the Secretary of Defense for the purpose of determining whether the export of such goods, technology or techniques will significantly increase the present or potential military capability of such country. (c) If the Secretary of Defense determines, after his review and assessment, that the export of such goods, technology or industrial techniques will in his judgment significantly increase the present or potential military capability of any controlled country, he shall recommend to the President that the application for export be disapproved. I n any case in which the President disagrees with a recommendation made by the Secretary of Defense to prohibit the export of such goods, technology, or techniques to a controlled country, the President shall submit to the Congress a statement indicating his disagreement with the Secretary of Defense together with the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense. The application for the export of any such goods, technology, or techniques may be approved after submission by the President of his statement and the recommendation of the Secretary of Defense to the Congress and 60 days of continuous session of the Congress has elapsed following such submission unless within such 60 day period Congress has adopted a concurrent resolution disapproving the application for the export of such goods, technology, or techniques. (d) As used in this section (1) the term "controlled country" means the Soviet Union, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic (East Germany), and such other countries as may be designated by the Secretary of Defense, and (2) the term "days of continuous session of the Congress" shall not include days on which either House of Congress is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days. (e) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a written report on his implementation of this section not later than 30 days after the close of each quarter of each fiscal year. Each such report shall, among other things, identify each instance in which the Secretary recommended to the President that exports be disapproved and the action finally taken by the executive branch on the matter. TITLE VIII — N U C L E A R P O W E R E D NAVY

10 USC 7291 note.

SEC. 801. I t is the policy of the United States of America to modernize the strike forces of the United States Navy by the construction