Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 3.djvu/761

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PUBLIC LAW 102-484—OCT. 23, 1992 106 STAT. 2555 (2) the overall military threat to Israel and the military threats to Israel from individual countries, including an assessment of the Arab-Israeli military balance and a discussion of the changes taking place in that balance; (3) the military threats to Egypt; (4) the military threats to the Gulf Cooperation Council States; and (5) the threats to United States interests and to regional States friendly to the United States that result from the proliferation of long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction. (d) FORM OF REPORT.— The report may be submitted in classified and unclcissified forms. SEC. 1332. PROHmrnON ON CONTRACTING WITH ENTITIES THAT COMPLY WITH THE SECONDARY ARAB BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL. (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by sections 384, 808, 813, 834, 840, and 841, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:

    • § 2410i. Prohibition on contracting with entities that comply with the secondary Arab boycott of Israel

" (a) POLICY.—Under section 3(5)(A) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2402(5)(A)), it is the policy of the United States to oppose restrictive trade practices or boycotts fostered or imposed by foreign countries against other countries friendly to the United States or against any other United States person. "(b) PROHIBITION.— (1) Consistent with the policy referred to in subsection (a), the Department of Defense may not award a contract for an amount in excess of the small purchase threshold (as defined in section 4(11) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(11))) to a foreign entity unless that entity certifies to the Secretary of Defense that it does not comply with the secondary Arab boycott of Israel. "(2) In paragraph (1), the term "foreign entity" means a foreign person, a foreign company, or any other foreign entity. "(c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in subsection (b) in specific instences when the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary in the national security intereste of the United States. Within 15 days after the end of each fiscal yecur, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report identifying each contract for which a waiver was granted under this subsection during that fiscal year. " (d) ExcEPnONS.—Subsection (b) does not apply— "(1) to contracts for consumable supplies, provisions, or services that are intended to be used for the support of United States forces or of allied forces in a foreign country; or "(2) to contracte perteining to the use of any equipment, technology, date, or services for intelligence or classified purposes by the United States Government in the interests of national security or to the acquisition or lease of any such equipment, technology, date, or services by the United States Government in the intereste of national security.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.— The teble of sections at the beginning of such chapter, as amended by sections 384, 808, 813, 834,