Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 114 Part 1.djvu/898

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114 STAT. 862 PUBLIC LAW 106-280—OCT. 6, 2000 shall be transmitted to the Congress shall be considered to be a requirement that such reports shall be transmitted to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the Senate. SEC. 705. STINGER MISSILES IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION. (a) PROHIBITION.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in subsection (b), the United States may not sell or otherwise make available under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 any Stinger ground-to-air missiles to any country bordering the Persian Gulf. (b) ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS AUTHORIZED. —In addition to other defense articles authorized to be transferred by section 581 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1990, the United States may sell or make available, under the Arms Export Control Act or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Stinger ground-to-air missiles to any country bordering the Persian Gulf in order to replace, on a one-for-one basis. Stinger missiles previously furnished to such country if the Stinger missiles to be replaced are nearing the scheduled expiration of their shelf-life. SEC. 706. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should make expanded use of the authority provided under section 21(a) of the Arms Export Control Act to sell excess defense articles by utilizing the flexibility afforded by section 47 of such Act to ascertain the "market value" of excess defense articles. SEC. 707. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR MONGOLIA. (a) USES FOR WHICH FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. —Notwithstanding section 516(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)), during the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, funds available to the Department of Defense may be expended for crating, packing, handling, and transportation of excess defense articles transferred under the authority of section 516 of that Act to Mongolia. (b) CONTENT OF CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. —Each notification required to be submitted under section 516(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)) with respect to a proposed transfer of a defense article described in subsection (a) shall include an estimate of the amount of funds to be expended under subsection (a) with respect to that transfer. 22 USC 2797b SEC. 708. SPACE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIAN PERSONS. ^^' (a) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION. — (1) REQUIREMENT. — The President shall submit each year to the appropriate committees of Congress, with respect to each Russian person described in paragraph (2), a certification that the reports required to be submitted to Congress during the preceding calendar year under section 2 of the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-178) do not identify that person on account of a transfer to Iran of goods, services, or technology described in section 2(a)( IXB) of such Act. (2) APPLICABILITY. —The certification requirement under paragraph (1) applies with respect to each Russian person