107 STAT. 1710 PUBLIC LAW 103-160—NOV. 30, 1993 President. Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 et seq.) or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.). "(b) OTHER VESSELS. —(1) A naval vessel not subject to subsection (a) may be disposed of to another nation (whether by sale, lease, grant, loan, bsurter, transfer, or otherwise) in accordance with applicable provisions of law, but only after— "(A) the Secretary of the Navy notifies the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives in writing of the proposed disposition; and "(B) 30 days of continuous session of Congress have expired following the date on which such notice is sent to those committees. "(2) For purposes of paragraph (I)(B), the continuity of a session of Congress is oroken only by an a4Joumment of the Congress sine die, and the days on which either House is not in session because of an acyoumment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of such 30-day period.
- § 7308. Chief of Naval Operations: certification required for
disposal of combatant vessels "Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no combatant vessel of the Navy may be sold, transferred, or otherwise disposed of unless the Chief of Naval Operations certifies that it is not essential to the defense of the United States. ^§7309. Construction of vessels in foreign shipyards: prohibition "(a) PROHIBITION. — Except as provided in subsection (b), no vessel to be constructed for any of the armed forces, and no major component of the hull or superstructure of any such vessel, may be constructed in a foreign shipyard. " (b) PRESIDENTIAL WAIVER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY INTEREST. — (1) The President may authorize exceptions to the prohibition in subsection (a) when the President determines that it is in the national security interest of the United States to do so. "(2) The President shall transmit notice to Congress of any such determination, and no contract may be made pursuant to the exception authorized until the end of the 30-day period beginning on the date on which the notice of the determination is received by Congress. "(c) EXCEPTION FOR INFLATABLE BOATS. —An inflatable boat or a rigid inflatable boat, as defined by the Secretary of the Navy, is not a vessel for the purpose of the restriction in subsection (a).
- § 7310. Overhaul, repair, etc. of vessels in foreign shipyards:
restrictions "(a) VESSELS WITH HOMEPORT IN UNITED STATES. — A naval vessel (or any other vessel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy) the homeport of which is in the United States may not be overhauled, repaired, or maintained in a shipyard outside the United States, other than in the case of voyage repairs. "(b) VESSEL CHANGING HOMEPORTS. —In the case of a naval vessel the homeport of which is not in the United States (or a territory of the United States), the Secretary of the Navy may not during the 15-month period preceding the planned reassignment
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