Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 4.djvu/875

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PUBLIC LAW 103-378—OCT. 19, 1994 108 STAT. 3509 (1) In the case of a sale under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 525 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103-87) and any similar, successor provision. (2) In the case of a lease under section 61 of the Arms Export Control Act, section 62 of that Act (except that section 62 of that Act shall apply to any renewal of the lease). SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS. Any emense of the United States in connection with a transfer authorized by this Act shall be charged to the recipient SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AtlTHORITY. The authority granted by section 1 of this Act shall expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except uiat leases entered into dtiring that period under section 1 may be renewed. SEC. 5. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should request that each coxuitry to which a naval vessel is transferred under this Act have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at shipyards located in the United States, including United States Navy shipyards. SEC. 6. CONDITION FOR TRANSFER. No vessel may be transferred under this Act until the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to Congress that, after the transfer— (1) the amphibious lift capacity remaining available in the Navy is sufficient in all lift categories to transport 2^2 Marine Corps expeditionary brigades simultaneously; and (2) the amphibious lift capacity planned to be available in the Navy under the ftiture-years defense program wili be sufficient in all 1^ categories, throughout the period covered by the fUture-years defense program, to transport 2V2 Marine Corps expeditionary brigades simultaneously. Approved October 19, 1994. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5155: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): Oct. 4, 5, considered and passed House. Oct. 7, considered and passed Senate.