PUBLIC LAW 101-172—NOV. 22, 1989 103 STAT. 1291 Public Law 101-172 101st Congress An Act To authorize the transfer of a specified naval landing ship dock to the Government of Nov. 22, 1989 Brazil under the leasing authority of chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act. [H.R. 3544] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO LEASE. (a) IN GENERAL. —The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to lease the naval landing ship dock Hermitage (LSD 34) to the Government of Brazil. A lease under this Act may be renewed. (b) APPLICABLE LAW.— Such leasing shall be in accordance with chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 and following), except that section 62 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2796a; relating to reports to Congress) shall only apply to renewals of the lesise. SEC. 2. COSTS OF LEASING. Any expense of the United States in connection with the lease "^ authorized by section 1 shall be charged to the Government of Brazil. SEC. 3. CONSIDERATION FOR LEASE. Notwithstanding section 321 of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 303b), the lease of the ship described in section 1(a) may provide, as part or all of the consideration for the lease, for the maintenance, protection, repair, or restoration of the ship by the Government of Brazil. SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. The authority granted by section 1(a) shall expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act unless the lease authorized by that section is entered into during that period. Approved November 22, 1989, . LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3544: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 135 (1989): Nov. 6, considered and passed House. Nov. 13, considered and passed Senate.
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