CHAPTER 39 - ARMS EXPORT CONTROL

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§ 2751 Need for international defense cooperation and military export controls; Presidential waiver; report to Congress; arms sales policy

As declared by the Congress in the Arms Control and Disarmament Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2551 et seq.], an ultimate goal of the United States continues to be a world which is free from the scourge of war and the dangers and burdens of armaments; in which the use of force has been subordinated to the rule of law; and in which international adjustments to a changing world are achieved peacefully. In furtherance of that goal, it remains the policy of the United States to encourage regional arms control and disarmament agreements and to discourage arms races. The Congress recognizes, however, that the United States and other free and independent countries continue to have valid requirements for effective and mutually beneficial defense relationships in order to maintain and foster the environment of international peace and security essential to social, economic, and political progress. Because of the growing cost and complexity of defense equipment, it is increasingly difficult and uneconomic for any country, particularly a developing country, to fill all of its legitimate defense requirements from its own design and production base. The need for international defense cooperation among the United States and those friendly countries to which it is allied by mutual defense treaties is especially important, since the effectiveness of their armed forces to act in concert to deter or defeat aggression is directly related to the operational compatibility of their defense equipment. Accordingly, it remains the policy of the United States to facilitate the common defense by entering into international arrangements with friendly countries which further the objective of applying agreed resources of each country to programs and projects of cooperative exchange of data, research, development, production, procurement, and logistics support to achieve specific national defense requirements and objectives of mutual concern. To this end, this chapter authorizes sales by the United States Government to friendly countries having sufficient wealth to maintain and equip their own military forces at adequate strength, or to assume progressively larger shares of the costs thereof, without undue burden to their economies, in accordance with the restraints and control measures specified herein and in furtherance of the security objectives of the United States and of the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. It is the sense of the Congress that all such sales be approved only when they are consistent with the foreign policy interests of the United States, the purposes of the foreign assistance program of the United States as embodied in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], the extent and character of the military requirement, and the economic and financial capability of the recipient country, with particular regard being given, where appropriate, to proper balance among such sales, grant military assistance, and economic assistance as well as to the impact of the sales on programs of social and economic development and on existing or incipient arms races. It shall be the policy of the United States to exert leadership in the world community to bring about arrangements for reducing the international trade in implements of war and to lessen the danger of outbreak of regional conflict and the burdens of armaments. United States programs for or procedures governing the export, sale, and grant of defense articles and defense services to foreign countries and international organizations shall be administered in a manner which will carry out this policy. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should seek to initiate multilateral discussions for the purpose of reaching agreements among the principal arms suppliers and arms purchasers and other countries with respect to the control of the international trade in armaments. It is further the sense of Congress that the President should work actively with all nations to check and control the international sale and distribution of conventional weapons of death and destruction and to encourage regional arms control arrangements. In furtherance of this policy, the President should undertake a concerted effort to convene an international conference of major arms-supplying and arms-purchasing nations which shall consider measures to limit conventional arms transfers in the interest of international peace and stability. It is the sense of the Congress that the aggregate value of defense articles and defense services— (1) which are sold under section 2761 or section 2762 of this title ; or (2) which are licensed or approved for export under section 2778 of this title to, for the use, or for benefit of the armed forces, police, intelligence, or other internal security forces of a foreign country or international organization under a commercial sales contract; in any fiscal year should not exceed current levels. It is the sense of the Congress that the President maintain adherence to a policy of restraint in conventional arms transfers and that, in implementing this policy worldwide, a balanced approach should be taken and full regard given to the security interests of the United States in all regions of the world and that particular attention should be paid to controlling the flow of conventional arms to the nations of the developing world. To this end, the President is encouraged to continue discussions with other arms suppliers in order to restrain the flow of conventional arms to less developed countries. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 1, § 1, Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1321 ; Pub. L. 91–672, § 4 , Jan. 12, 1971 , 84 Stat. 2053 ; Pub. L. 93–189, § 25(1) , Dec. 17, 1973 , 87 Stat. 729 ; Pub. L. 94–329, title II, § 202 , formerly § 202(a), June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 734 , renumbered and amended Pub. L. 95–384 , §§ 15(a), 29(c)(1)(A), Sept. 26, 1978 , 92 Stat. 739 , 747; Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 734(a)(10) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1560 .)

“SEC. 1603 STUDIES RELATING TO UNITED STATES COUNTERPROLIFERATION POLICY.

(“(a) Authorization To Conduct Studies.— The Secretary of Defense may conduct studies and analysis programs in support of the counterproliferation policy of the United States.

(“(b) Counterproliferation Studies.— Studies and analysis programs under this section may include programs intended to explore defense policy issues that might be involved in efforts to prevent and counter the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems. Such efforts include— enhancing United States military capabilities to deter and respond to terrorism, theft, and proliferation involving weapons of mass destruction; cooperating in international programs to enhance military capabilities to deter and respond to terrorism, theft, and proliferation involving weapons of mass destruction; and otherwise contributing to Department of Defense capabilities to deter, identify, monitor, and respond to such terrorism, theft, and proliferation involving weapons of mass destruction.

(“(c) Designation of Coordinator.— The Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, subject to the supervision and control of the Secretary of Defense, shall coordinate the policy studies and analysis of the Department of Defense on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems.

“SEC. 1605 JOINT COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW OF COUNTERPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(“(a) Establishment.— There is hereby established a Counterproliferation Program Review Committee composed of the following members: The Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Energy. The Director of National Intelligence. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Secretary of State. The Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Defense shall chair the committee. The Secretary of Energy shall serve as the Vice Chairman of the committee. A member of the committee may designate a representative to perform routinely the duties of the member. A representative shall be in a position of Deputy Assistant Secretary or a position equivalent to or above the level of Deputy Assistant Secretary. A representative of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall be a person in a grade equivalent to that of Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. The Secretary of Defense may delegate to the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics the performance of the duties of the Chairman of the committee. The Secretary of Energy may delegate to the Under Secretary of Energy responsible for national security programs of the Department of Energy the performance of the duties of the Vice Chairman of the committee. The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs shall serve as executive secretary to the committee, except that during any period during which that position is vacant the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Threat Reduction shall serve as the executive secretary.

(“(b) Purposes of the Committee.— The purposes of the committee are as follows: To optimize funding for, and ensure the development and deployment of— highly effective technologies and capabilities for the detection, monitoring, collection, processing, analysis, and dissemination of information in support of United States counterproliferation policy and efforts, including efforts to stem the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and to negate paramilitary and terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction; and disabling technologies in support of such policy. To identify and eliminate undesirable redundancies or uncoordinated efforts in the development and deployment of such technologies and capabilities. To establish priorities for programs and funding. To encourage and facilitate interagency and interdepartmental funding of programs in order to ensure necessary levels of funding to develop, operate, and field highly-capable systems. To ensure that Department of Energy programs are integrated with the operational needs of other departments and agencies of the Government. To ensure that Department of Energy national security programs include technology demonstrations and prototype development of equipment.

(“(c) Duties.— The committee shall— identify and review existing and proposed capabilities and technologies for support of United States nonproliferation policy and counterproliferation policy with regard to— intelligence; battlefield surveillance; passive defenses; active defenses; and counterforce capabilities; prescribe requirements and priorities for the development and deployment of highly effective capabilities and technologies; identify deficiencies in existing capabilities and technologies; formulate near-term, mid-term, and long-term programmatic options for meeting requirements established by the committee and eliminating deficiencies identified by the committee; and assess each fiscal year the effectiveness of the committee actions during the preceding fiscal year, including, particularly, the status of recommendations made during such preceding fiscal year that were reflected in the budget submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31 , United States Code, for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the assessment is made.

(“(d) Access to Information.— The committee shall have access to information on all programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, the Department of Energy, the Department of State, the Department of Homeland Security, the intelligence community, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency that are pertinent to the purposes and duties of the committee.

(“(e) Recommendations.— The committee shall submit to the President and the heads of all appropriate departments and agencies of the Government such programmatic recommendations regarding existing, planned, or new programs as the committee considers appropriate to encourage funding for capabilities and technologies at the level necessary to support United States counterproliferation policy.

(“(f) Termination of Committee.— The committee shall cease to exist at the end of September 30, 2013 .

“SEC. 1607 DEFINITIONS.

“For purposes of this subtitle [subtitle A, §§ 1601–1607, of title XVI of div. A of Pub. L. 103–160 , amending section 5859a of this title and enacting this note]: The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services [now Committee on National Security], the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The term ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 401a ) [now 50 U.S.C. 3003 ].”

§ 2752 Coordination with foreign policy

(a) Noninfringement of powers or functions of Secretary of State Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to infringe upon the powers or functions of the Secretary of State.

(b) Responsibility for supervision and direction of sales, leases, financing, cooperative projects, and exports Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State (taking into account other United States activities abroad, such as military assistance, economic assistance, and the food for peace program) shall be responsible for the continuous supervision and general direction of sales, leases, financing, cooperative projects, and exports under this chapter, including, but not limited to, determining— whether there will be a sale to or financing for a country and the amount thereof; whether there will be a lease to a country; whether there will be a cooperative project and the scope thereof; and whether there will be delivery or other performance under such sale, lease, cooperative project, or export, to the end that sales, financing, leases, cooperative projects, and exports will be integrated with other United States activities and to the end that the foreign policy of the United States would be best served thereby.

(c) Coordination among representatives of United States The President shall prescribe appropriate procedures to assure coordination among representatives of the United States Government in each country, under the leadership of the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission. The Chief of the diplomatic mission shall make sure that recommendations of such representatives pertaining to sales are coordinated with political and economic considerations, and his comments shall accompany such recommendations if he so desires.

§ 2753 Eligibility for defense services or defense articles

(a) Prerequisites for consent by President; report to Congress No defense article or defense service shall be sold or leased by the United States Government under this chapter to any country or international organization, and no agreement shall be entered into for a cooperative project (as defined in section 2767 of this title ), unless— the President finds that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to such country or international organization will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace; the country or international organization shall have agreed not to transfer title to, or possession of, any defense article or related training or other defense service so furnished to it, or produced in a cooperative project (as defined in section 2767 of this title ), to anyone not an officer, employee, or agent of that country or international organization (or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the specified member countries (other than the United States) in the case of a cooperative project) and not to use or permit the use of such article or related training or other defense service for purposes other than those for which furnished unless the consent of the President has first been obtained; the country or international organization shall have agreed that it will maintain the security of such article or service and will provide substantially the same degree of security protection afforded to such article or service by the United States Government; and the country or international organization is otherwise eligible to purchase or lease defense articles or defense services. In considering a request for approval of any transfer of any weapon, weapons system, munitions, aircraft, military boat, military vessel, or other implement of war to another country, the President shall not give his consent under paragraph (2) to the transfer unless the United States itself would transfer the defense article under consideration to that country. In addition, the President shall not give his consent under paragraph (2) to the transfer of any significant defense articles on the United States Munitions List unless the foreign country requesting consent to transfer agrees to demilitarize such defense articles prior to transfer, or the proposed recipient foreign country provides a commitment in writing to the United States Government that it will not transfer such defense articles, if not demilitarized, to any other foreign country or person without first obtaining the consent of the President. The President shall promptly submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the implementation of each agreement entered into pursuant to clause (2) of this subsection.

(b) Necessity of consent by President The consent of the President under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or under paragraph (1) of section 2314(a) of this title (as it relates to subparagraph (B) of such paragraph) shall not be required for the transfer by a foreign country or international organization of defense articles sold by the United States under this chapter if a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title permits such transfer without prior consent of the President, or if— such articles constitute components incorporated into foreign defense articles; the recipient is the government of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Government of Australia, the Government of Japan, the Government of the Republic of Korea, the Government of Israel, or the Government of New Zealand; the recipient is not a country designated under section 2371 of this title ; the United States-origin components are not— significant military equipment (as defined in section 2794(9) of this title ); defense articles for which notification to Congress is required under section 2776(b) of this title ; and identified by regulation as Missile Technology Control Regime items; and the foreign country or international organization provides notification of the transfer of the defense articles to the United States Government not later than 30 days after the date of such transfer.

(c) Termination of credits, guaranties or sales; report of violation by President; national security exception; conditions for reinstatement No credits (including participations in credits) may be issued and no guaranties may be extended for any foreign country under this chapter as hereinafter provided, if such country uses defense articles or defense services furnished under this chapter, or any predecessor Act, in substantial violation (either in terms of quantities or in terms of the gravity of the consequences regardless of the quantities involved) of any agreement entered into pursuant to any such Act (i) by using such articles or services for a purpose not authorized under section 2754 of this title or, if such agreement provides that such articles or services may only be used for purposes more limited than those authorized under section 2754 of this title for a purpose not authorized under such agreement; (ii) by transferring such articles or services to, or permitting any use of such articles or services by, anyone not an officer, employee, or agent of the recipient country without the consent of the President; or (iii) by failing to maintain the security of such articles or services. No cash sales or deliveries pursuant to previous sales may be made with respect to any foreign country under this chapter as hereinafter provided, if such country uses defense articles or defense services furnished under this chapter, or any predecessor Act, in substantial violation (either in terms of quantity or in terms of the gravity of the consequences regardless of the quantities involved) of any agreement entered into pursuant to any such Act by using such articles or services for a purpose not authorized under section 2754 of this title or, if such agreement provides that such articles or services may only be used for purposes more limited than those authorized under section 2754 of this title , for a purpose not authorized under such agreement. The President shall report to the Congress promptly upon the receipt of information that a violation described in paragraph (1) of this subsection may have occurred. A country shall be deemed to be ineligible under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, or both subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such paragraph in the case of a violation described in both such paragraphs, if the President so determines and so reports in writing to the Congress, or if the Congress so determines by joint resolution. Notwithstanding a determination by the President of ineligibility under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of this subsection, cash sales and deliveries pursuant to previous sales may be made if the President certifies in writing to the Congress that a termination thereof would have significant adverse impact on United States security, unless the Congress adopts or has adopted a joint resolution pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this paragraph with respect to such ineligibility. A country shall remain ineligible in accordance with paragraph (1) of this subsection until such time as— the President determines that the violation has ceased; and the country concerned has given assurances satisfactory to the President that such violation will not recur.

(d) Submission of written certification to Congress; contents; classified material; effective date of consent; report to Congress; transfers not subject to procedures Subject to paragraph (5), the President may not give his consent under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or under the third sentence of such subsection, or under section 2314(a)(1) or 2314(a)(4) of this title, to a transfer of any major defense equipment valued (in terms of its original acquisition cost) at $14,000,000ormore,oranydefensearticleorrelatedtrainingorotherdefenseservicevalued(intermsofitsoriginalacquisitioncost)at$50,000,000 or more, unless the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written certification with respect to such proposed transfer containing— the name of the country or international organization proposing to make such transfer, a description of the article or service proposed to be transferred, including its acquisition cost, the name of the proposed recipient of such article or service, the reasons for such proposed transfer, and the date on which such transfer is proposed to be made. Any certification submitted to Congress pursuant to this paragraph shall be unclassified, except that information regarding the dollar value and number of articles or services proposed to be transferred may be classified if public disclosure thereof would be clearly detrimental to the security of the United States. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), unless the President states in the certification submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection that an emergency exists which requires that consent to the proposed transfer become effective immediately in the national security interests of the United States, such consent shall not become effective until 30 calendar days after the date of such submission and such consent shall become effective then only if the Congress does not enact, within such 30-day period, a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed transfer. In the case of a proposed transfer to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or any member country of such Organization, Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand, unless the President states in the certification submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection that an emergency exists which requires that consent to the proposed transfer become effective immediately in the national security interests of the United States, such consent shall not become effective until fifteen calendar days after the date of such submission and such consent shall become effective then only if the Congress does not enact, within such fifteen-day period, a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed transfer. If the President states in his certification under subparagraph (A) or (B) that an emergency exists which requires that consent to the proposed transfer become effective immediately in the national security interests of the United States, thus waiving the requirements of that subparagraph, the President shall set forth in the certification a detailed justification for his determination, including a description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate immediate consent to the transfer and a discussion of the national security interests involved. Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph, a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives. Subject to paragraph (5), the President may not give his consent to the transfer of any major defense equipment valued (in terms of its original acquisition cost) at $14,000,000ormore,orofanydefensearticleordefenseservicevalued(intermsofitsoriginalacquisitioncost)at$50,000,000 or more, the export of which has been licensed or approved under section 2778 of this title or has been exempted from the licensing requirements of this chapter pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title where such treaty does not authorize the transfer without prior United States Government approval, unless before giving such consent the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a certification containing the information specified in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (1). Such certification shall be submitted— at least 15 calendar days before such consent is given in the case of a transfer to a country which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand; and at least 30 calendar days before such consent is given in the case of a transfer to any other country, unless the President states in his certification that an emergency exists which requires that consent to the proposed transfer become effective immediately in the national security interests of the United States. If the President states in his certification that such an emergency exists (thus waiving the requirements of clause (i) or (ii), as the case may be, and of subparagraph (B)) the President shall set forth in the certification a detailed justification for his determination, including a description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate that consent to the proposed transfer become effective immediately and a discussion of the national security interests involved. Consent to a transfer subject to subparagraph (A) shall become effective after the end of the 15-day or 30-day period specified in subparagraph (A)(i) or (ii), as the case may be, only if the Congress does not enact, within that period, a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed transfer. Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph, a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives. This subsection shall not apply— to transfers of maintenance, repair, or overhaul defense services, or of the repair parts or other defense articles used in furnishing such services, if the transfer will not result in any increase, relative to the original specifications, in the military capability of the defense articles and services to be maintained, repaired, or overhauled; to temporary transfers of defense articles for the sole purpose of receiving maintenance, repair, or overhaul; or to arrangements among members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and any of its member countries— for cooperative cross servicing, or for lead-nation procurement if the certification transmitted to the Congress pursuant to section 2776(b) of this title with regard to such lead-nation procurement identified the transferees on whose behalf the lead-nation procurement was proposed. In the case of a transfer to a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand that does not authorize a new sales territory that includes any country other than such countries, the limitations on consent of the President set forth in paragraphs (1) and (3)(A) shall apply only if the transfer is— a transfer of major defense equipment valued (in terms of its original acquisition cost) at $25,000,000ormore;oratransferofdefensearticlesordefenseservicesvalued(intermsofitsoriginalacquisitioncost)at$100,000,000 or more). 1

(e) Transfers without consent of President; report to Congress If the President receives any information that a transfer of any defense article, or related training or other defense service, has been made without his consent as required under this section or under section 2314 of this title , he shall report such information immediately to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

(f) Sales and leases to countries in breach of nuclear nonproliferation agreements and treaties No sales or leases shall be made to any country that the President has determined is in material breach of its binding commitments to the United States under international treaties or agreements concerning the nonproliferation of nuclear explosive devices (as defined in section 6305(4) of this title ) and unsafeguarded special nuclear material (as defined in section 6305(8) of this title ).

(g) Unauthorized use of articles Any agreement for the sale or lease of any article on the United States Munitions List entered into by the United States Government after November 29, 1999 , shall state that the United States Government retains the right to verify credible reports that such article has been used for a purpose not authorized under section 2754 of this title or, if such agreement provides that such article may only be used for purposes more limited than those authorized under section 2754 of this title , for a purpose not authorized under such agreement.

§ 2754 Purposes for which military sales or leases by the United States are authorized; report to Congress

Defense articles and defense services shall be sold or leased by the United States Government under this chapter to friendly countries solely for internal security, for legitimate self-defense, for preventing or hindering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and of the means of delivering such weapons, to permit the recipient country to participate in regional or collective arrangements or measures consistent with the Charter of the United Nations, or otherwise to permit the recipient country to participate in collective measures requested by the United Nations for the purpose of maintaining or restoring international peace and security, or for the purpose of enabling foreign military forces in less developed friendly countries to construct public works and to engage in other activities helpful to the economic and social development of such friendly countries. It is the sense of the Congress that such foreign military forces should not be maintained or established solely for civic action activities and that such civic action activities not significantly detract from the capability of the military forces to perform their military missions and be coordinated with and form part of the total economic and social development effort: Provided , That none of the funds contained in this authorization shall be used to guarantee, or extend credit, or participate in an extension of credit in connection with any sale of sophisticated weapons systems, such as missile systems and jet aircraft for military purposes, to any underdeveloped country other than Greece, Turkey, Iran, Israel, the Republic of China, the Philippines and Korea unless the President determines that such financing is important to the national security of the United States and reports within thirty days each such determination to the Congress. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 1, § 4, Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1322 ; Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 109(b)(3) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1526 ; Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XII, § 1202(a) , Sept. 30, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1427 .)

§ 2755 Discrimination prohibited if based on race, religion, national origin, or sex

(a) Congressional declaration of policy It is the policy of the United States that no sales should be made, and no credits (including participations in credits) or guaranties extended to or for any foreign country, the laws, regulations, official policies, or governmental practices of which prevent any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of title 26 ) from participating in the furnishing of defense articles or defense services under this chapter on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or sex.

(b) Employment of personnel; required contractual provision No agency performing functions under this chapter shall, in employing or assigning personnel to participate in the performance of any such function, whether in the United States or abroad, take into account the exclusionary policies or practices of any foreign government where such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex. Each contract entered into by any such agency for the performance of any function under this chapter shall contain a provision to the effect that no person, partnership, corporation, or other entity performing functions pursuant to such contract, shall, in employing or assigning personnel to participate in the performance of any such function, whether in the United States or abroad, take into account the exclusionary policies or practices of any foreign government where such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin, or sex.

(c) Report by President; contents The President shall promptly transmit reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate concerning any instance in which any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of title 26 ) is prevented by a foreign government on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or sex, from participating in the performance of any sale or licensed transaction under this chapter or any import or export under a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title . Such reports shall include (1) a description of the facts and circumstances of any such discrimination, (2) the response thereto on the part of the United States or any agency or employee thereof, and (3) the result of such response, if any.

(d) Congressional request for information from President; information required; 60 day period; failure to supply information; termination or restriction of sale Upon the request of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the President shall, within 60 days after receipt of such request, transmit to both such committees a statement, prepared with the assistance of the Secretary of State, with respect to the country designated in such request, setting forth— all the available information about the exclusionary policies or practices of the government of such country when such policies or practices are based upon race, religion, national origin or sex and prevent any such person from participating in the performance of any sale or licensed transaction under this chapter; the response of the United States thereto and the results of such response; whether, in the opinion of the President, notwithstanding any such policies or practices— extraordinary circumstances exist which necessitate a continuation of such sale or licensed transaction, and, if so, a description of such circumstances and the extent to which such sale or licensed transaction should be continued (subject to such conditions as Congress may impose under this section), and on all the facts it is in the national interest of the United States to continue such sale or licensed transaction; and such other information as such committee may request. In the event a statement with respect to a sale or licensed transaction is requested pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection but is not transmitted in accordance therewith within 60 days after receipt of such request, such sale or licensed transaction shall be suspended unless and until such statement is transmitted. In the event a statement with respect to a sale or licensed transaction is transmitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the Congress may at any time thereafter adopt a joint resolution terminating or restricting such sale or licensed transaction. Any such resolution shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. The term “certification”, as used in section 601 of such Act, means, for the purposes of this paragraph, a statement transmitted under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

§ 2756 Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States

No letters of offer may be issued, no credits or guarantees may be extended, and no export licenses may be issued under this chapter with respect to any country determined by the President to be engaged in a consistent pattern of acts of intimidation or harassment directed against individuals in the United States. The President shall report any such determination promptly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 1, § 6, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 115 , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1528 ; amended Pub. L. 113–276, title II, § 208(a)(1) , Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2992 .)

§ 2761 Sales from stocks

(a) Eligible countries or international organizations; basis of payment; valuation of certain defense articles The President may sell defense articles and defense services from the stocks of the Department of Defense and the Coast Guard to any eligible country or international organization if such country or international organization agrees to pay in United States dollars— in the case of a defense article not intended to be replaced at the time such agreement is entered into, not less than the actual value thereof; in the case of a defense article intended to be replaced at the time such agreement is entered into, the estimated cost of replacement of such article, including the contract or production costs less any depreciation in the value of such article; or in the case of the sale of a defense service, the full cost to the United States Government of furnishing such service, except that in the case of training sold to a purchaser who is concurrently receiving assistance under chapter 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2347 et seq.] or to any high-income foreign country (as described in that chapter), only those additional costs that are incurred by the United States Government in furnishing such assistance. For purposes of subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the actual value of a naval vessel of 3,000 tons or less and 20 years or more of age shall be considered to be not less than the greater of the scrap value or fair value (including conversion costs) of such vessel, as determined by the Secretary of Defense.

(b) Time of payment Except as provided by subsection (d) of this section, payment shall be made in advance or, if the President determines it to be in the national interest, upon delivery of the defense article or rendering of the defense service.

(c) Personnel performing defense services sold as prohibited from performing combat activities Personnel performing defense services sold under this chapter may not perform any duties of a combatant nature, including any duties related to training and advising that may engage United States personnel in combat activities, outside the United States in connection with the performance of those defense services. Within forty-eight hours of the existence of, or a change in status of significant hostilities or terrorist acts or a series of such acts, which may endanger American lives or property, involving a country in which United States personnel are performing defense services pursuant to this chapter or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President pro tempore of the Senate a report, in writing, classified if necessary, setting forth— the identity of such country; a description of such hostilities or terrorist acts; and the number of members of the United States Armed Forces and the number of United States civilian personnel that may be endangered by such hostilities or terrorist acts.

(d) Billings; interest after due date, rates of interest and extension of due date If the President determines it to be in the national interest pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, billings for sales made under letters of offer issued under this section after June 30, 1976 , may be dated and issued upon delivery of the defense article or rendering of the defense service and shall be due and payable upon receipt thereof by the purchasing country or international organization. Interest shall be charged on any net amount due and payable which is not paid within sixty days after the date of such billing. The rate of interest charged shall be a rate not less than a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding short-term obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month preceding the billing and shall be computed from the date of billing. The President may extend such sixty-day period to one hundred and twenty days if he determines that emergency requirements of the purchaser for acquisition of such defense articles or defense services exceed the ready availability to the purchaser of funds sufficient to pay the United States in full for them within such sixty-day period and submits that determination to the Congress together with a special emergency request for the authorization and appropriation of additional funds to finance such purchases under this chapter.

(e) Charges; reduction or waiver After September 30, 1976 , letters of offer for the sale of defense articles or for the sale of defense services that are issued pursuant to this section or pursuant to section 2762 of this title shall include appropriate charges for— administrative services, calculated on an average percentage basis to recover the full estimated costs (excluding a pro rata share of fixed base operation costs) of administration of sales made under this chapter to all purchasers of such articles and services as specified in section 2792(b) of this title and section 2792(c) of this title ; a proportionate amount of any nonrecurring costs of research, development, and production of major defense equipment (except for equipment wholly paid for either from funds transferred under section 503(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3) ] or from funds made available on a nonrepayable basis under section 2763 of this title ); and the recovery of ordinary inventory losses associated with the sale from stock of defense articles that are being stored at the expense of the purchaser of such articles. The President may reduce or waive the charge or charges which would otherwise be considered appropriate under paragraph (1)(B) for particular sales that would, if made, significantly advance United States Government interests in North Atlantic Treaty Organization standardization, standardization with the Armed Forces of Japan, Australia, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand in furtherance of the mutual defense treaties between the United States and those countries, or foreign procurement in the United States under coproduction arrangements. The President may waive the charge or charges which would otherwise be considered appropriate under paragraph (1)(B) for a particular sale if the President determines that— imposition of the charge or charges likely would result in the loss of the sale; or in the case of a sale of major defense equipment that is also being procured for the use of the Armed Forces, the waiver of the charge or charges would (through a resulting increase in the total quantity of the equipment purchased from the source of the equipment that causes a reduction in the unit cost of the equipment) result in a savings to the United States on the cost of the equipment procured for the use of the Armed Forces that substantially offsets the revenue foregone by reason of the waiver of the charge or charges. The President may waive, for particular sales of major defense equipment, any increase in a charge or charges previously considered appropriate under paragraph (1)(B) if the increase results from a correction of an estimate (reasonable when made) of the production quantity base that was used for calculating the charge or charges for purposes of such paragraph. The President may waive the charges for administrative services that would otherwise be required by paragraph (1)(A) in connection with any sale to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies in support of— a support or procurement partnership agreement; or a NATO/SHAPE project. The Secretary of Defense may reimburse the fund established to carry out section 2792(b) of this title in the amount of the charges waived under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. Any such reimbursement may be made from any funds available to the Department of Defense. As used in this paragraph— the term “support or procurement partnership agreement” means an agreement between two or more member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement Organization and its executive agencies that— is entered into pursuant to the terms of the charter of that organization; and is for the common logistic support of activities common to the participating countries; and the term “NATO/SHAPE project” means a common-funded project supported by allocated credits from North Atlantic Treaty Organization bodies or by host nations with NATO Infrastructure funds.

(f) Public inspection of contracts Any contracts entered into between the United States and a foreign country under the authority of this section or section 2762 of this title shall be prepared in a manner which will permit them to be made available for public inspection to the fullest extent possible consistent with the national security of the United States.

(g) North Atlantic Treaty Organization standardization agreements, similar agreements; reimbursement for costs; transmittal to Congress The President may enter into North Atlantic Treaty Organization standardization agreements in carrying out section 814 of the Act of October 7, 1975 ( Public Law 94–106 ), and may enter into similar agreements with countries which are major non-NATO allies, for the cooperative furnishing of training on bilateral or multilateral basis, if the financial principles of such agreements are based on reciprocity. Such agreements shall include reimbursement for all direct costs but may exclude reimbursement for indirect costs, administrative surcharges, and costs of billeting of trainees (except to the extent that members of the United States Armed Forces occupying comparable accommodations are charged for such accommodations by the United States). Each such agreement shall be transmitted promptly to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations, Armed Services, and Foreign Relations of the Senate.

(h) Reciprocal quality assurance, inspection, contract administrative services, and contract audit defense services; catalog data and services The President is authorized to provide (without charge) quality assurance, inspection, contract administration services, and contract audit defense services under this section— in connection with the placement or administration of any contract or subcontract for defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services entered into after October 29, 1979 , by, or under this chapter on behalf of, a foreign government which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the Republic of Korea, or Israel, if such government provides such services in accordance with an agreement on a reciprocal basis, without charge, to the United States Government; or in connection with the placement or administration of any contract or subcontract for defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment program in accordance with an agreement under which the foreign governments participating in such program provide such services, without charge, in connection with similar contracts or subcontracts. In carrying out the objectives of this section, the President is authorized to provide cataloging data and cataloging services, without charge, to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, to any member government of that Organization, or to the Governments of the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member government, or the Governments of the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel provides such data and services in accordance with an agreement on a reciprocal basis, without charge, to the United States Government.

(i) Sales affecting combat readiness of Armed Forces; statement to Congress; limitation on delivery Sales of defense articles and defense services which could have significant adverse effect on the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be kept to an absolute minimum. The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Armed Services of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate on the same day a written statement giving a complete explanation with respect to any proposal to sell, under this section or under authority of subchapter II–B, any defense articles or defense services if such sale could have a significant adverse effect on the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the United States. Each such statement shall be unclassified except to the extent that public disclosure of any item of information contained therein would be clearly detrimental to the security of the United States. Any necessarily classified information shall be confined to a supplemental report. Each such statement shall include an explanation relating to only one such proposal to sell and shall set forth— the country or international organization to which the sale is proposed to be made; the amount of the proposed sale; a description of the defense article or service proposed to be sold; a full description of the impact which the proposed sale will have on the Armed Forces of the United States; and a justification for such proposed sale, including a certification that such sale is important to the security of the United States. A certification described in subparagraph (E) shall take effect on the date on which such certification is transmitted and shall remain in effect for not to exceed one year. No delivery may be made under any sale which is required to be reported under paragraph (1) of this subsection unless the certification required to be transmitted by paragraph 1 (E) of paragraph (1) is in effect.

(j) Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title I, § 112, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 206

(k) Effect of sales of excess defense articles on national technology and industrial base Before entering into the sale under this chapter of defense articles that are excess to the stocks of the Department of Defense, the President shall determine that the sale of such articles will not have an adverse impact on the national technology and industrial base and, particularly, will not reduce the opportunities of entities in the national technology and industrial base to sell new or used equipment to the countries to which such articles are transferred.

(l) Repair of defense articles The President may acquire a repairable defense article from a foreign country or international organization if such defense article— previously was transferred to such country or organization under this chapter; is not an end item; and will be exchanged for a defense article of the same type that is in the stocks of the Department of Defense. The President may exercise the authority provided in paragraph (1) only to the extent that the Department of Defense— has a requirement for the defense article being returned; and has available sufficient funds authorized and appropriated for such purpose; or is accepting the return of the defense article for subsequent transfer to another foreign government or international organization pursuant to a letter of offer and acceptance implemented in accordance with this chapter; and has available sufficient funds provided by or on behalf of such other foreign government or international organization pursuant to a letter of offer and acceptance implemented in accordance with this chapter. The foreign government or international organization receiving a new or repaired defense article in exchange for a repairable defense article pursuant to paragraph (1) shall, upon the acceptance by the United States Government of the repairable defense article being returned, be charged the total cost associated with the repair and replacement transaction. The total cost charged pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be the same as that charged the United States Armed Forces for a similar repair and replacement transaction, plus an administrative surcharge in accordance with subsection (e)(1)(A) of this section. The authority of the President to accept the return of a repairable defense article as provided in subsection (a) shall not be subject to chapter 137 legacy provisions (as such term is defined in section 3016 of title 10 ) of title 10 or any other provision of law relating to the conclusion of contracts.

(m) Return of defense articles The President may accept the return of a defense article from a foreign country or international organization if such defense article— previously was transferred to such country or organization under this chapter; is not significant military equipment (as defined in section 2794(9) of this title ); and is in fully functioning condition without need of repair or rehabilitation. The President may exercise the authority provided in paragraph (1) only to the extent that the Department of Defense— has a requirement for the defense article being returned; and has available sufficient funds authorized and appropriated for such purpose; or is accepting the return of the defense article for subsequent transfer to another foreign government or international organization pursuant to a letter of offer and acceptance implemented in accordance with this chapter; and has available sufficient funds provided by or on behalf of such other foreign government or international organization pursuant to a letter of offer and acceptance implemented in accordance with this chapter. Upon acquisition and acceptance by the United States Government of a defense article under paragraph (1), the appropriate Foreign Military Sales account of the provider shall be credited to reflect the transaction. The authority of the President to accept the return of a defense article as provided in paragraph (1) shall not be subject to chapter 137 legacy provisions (as such term is defined in section 3016 of title 10 ) of title 10 or any other provision of law relating to the conclusion of contracts.

§ 2762 Procurement for cash sales

(a) Authority of President; dependable undertaking by foreign country or international organization; interest rates Except as otherwise provided in this section, the President may, without requirement for charge to any appropriation or contract authorization otherwise provided, enter into contracts for the procurement of defense articles or defense services for sale for United States dollars to any foreign country or international organization if such country or international organization provides the United States Government with a dependable undertaking (1) to pay the full amount of such contract which will assure the United States Government against any loss on the contract, and (2) to make funds available in such amounts and at such times as may be required to meet the payments required by the contract, and any damages and costs that may accrue from the cancellation of such contract, in advance of the time such payments, damages, or costs are due. Interest shall be charged on any net amount by which any such country or international organization is in arrears under all of its outstanding unliquidated dependable undertakings, considered collectively. The rate of interest charged shall be a rate not less than a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding short-term obligations of the United States as of the last day of the month preceding the net arrearage and shall be computed from the date of net arrearage.

(b) Issuance of letters of offer under emergency determination; availability of appropriations for payment The President may, if he determines it to be in the national interest, issue letters of offer under this section which provide for billing upon delivery of the defense article or rendering of the defense service and for payment within one hundred and twenty days after the date of billing. This authority may be exercised, however, only if the President also determines that the emergency requirements of the purchaser for acquisition of such defense articles and services exceed the ready availability to the purchaser of funds sufficient to make payments on a dependable undertaking basis and submits both determinations to the Congress together with a special emergency request for authorization and appropriation of additional funds to finance such purchases under this chapter. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used to meet the payments required by the contracts for the procurement of defense articles and defense services and shall be reimbursed by the amounts subsequently received from the country or international organization to whom articles or services are sold.

(c) Applicability of Renegotiation Act of 1951 The provisions of the Renegotiation Act of 1951 do not apply to procurement contracts heretofore or hereafter entered into under this section, section 2769 of this title , or predecessor provisions of law.

(d) Competitive pricing Procurement contracts made in implementation of sales under this section for defense articles and defense services wholly paid for from funds made available on a nonrepayable basis shall be priced on the same costing basis with regard to profit, overhead, independent research and development, bid and proposal, and other costing elements, as is applicable to procurements of like items purchased by the Department of Defense for its own use. Direct costs associated with meeting additional or unique requirements of the purchaser shall be allowable under contracts described in paragraph (1). Loadings applicable to such direct costs shall be permitted at the same rates applicable to procurement of like items purchased by the Department of Defense for its own use.

§ 2763 Credit sales

(a) Financing procurement of defense articles and services, and design and construction services The President is authorized to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services by friendly foreign countries and international organizations, on such terms and conditions as he may determine consistent with the requirements of this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and subject to the regular notification requirements of the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of this section may be used to provide financing to Israel and Egypt for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible civilian application), if the President determines that there are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for those defense articles being provided by commercial lease rather than by government-to-government sale under this chapter.

(b) Repayment period The President shall require repayment in United States dollars within a period not to exceed twelve years after the loan agreement with the country or international organization is signed on behalf of the United States Government, unless a longer period is specifically authorized by statute for that country or international organization.

(c) Interest rate; definitions The President shall charge interest under this section at such rate as he may determine, except that such rate may not be less than 5 percent per year. For purposes of financing provided under this section— the term “concessional rate of interest” means any rate of interest which is less than market rates of interest; and the term “market rate of interest” means any rate of interest which is equal to or greater than the current average interest rate (as of the last day of the month preceding the financing of the procurement under this section) that the United States Government pays on outstanding marketable obligations of comparable maturity.

(d) Participations in credits References in any law to credits extended under this section shall be deemed to include reference to participations in credits.

(e) Payments on account of prior credits or loans Funds made available to carry out this section may be used by a foreign country to make payments of principal and interest which it owes to the United States Government on account of credits previously extended under this section or loans previously guaranteed under section 2764 of this title , subject to paragraph (2). Funds made available to carry out this section may not be used for prepayment of principal or interest pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1).

(f) Audit of certain private firms For each fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense, as requested by the Director of the Defense Security Assistance Agency, shall conduct audits on a nonreimbursable basis of private firms that have entered into contracts with foreign governments under which defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services are to be procured by such firms for such governments from financing under this section.

(g) Notification requirements with respect to cash flow financing For each country and international organization that has been approved for cash flow financing under this section, any letter of offer and acceptance or other purchase agreement, or any amendment thereto, for a procurement of defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services in excess of $100,000,000 that is to be financed in whole or in part with funds made available under this chapter or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] shall be submitted to the congressional committees specified in section 634A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2394–1(a) ] in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under that section. For purposes of this subsection, the term “cash flow financing” has the meaning given such term in subsection (d) of section 2765 of this title .

(h) Limitation on use of funds for direct commercial contracts Of the amounts made available for a fiscal year to carry out this section, not more than $100,000,000 for such fiscal year may be made available for countries other than Israel and Egypt for the purpose of financing the procurement of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services that are not sold by the United States Government under this chapter.

“SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE.

“This Act may be cited as the ‘Eastern European Security Act’.

“SEC. 2 SENSE OF CONGRESS.

“It is the sense of Congress that it is in the national security interest of the United States to— deter aggression against North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies by Russia or any other adversary; assist NATO allies in acquiring and deploying modern, NATO interoperable military equipment and reducing their dependence on Russian or former Soviet-era defense articles; ensure that NATO allies meet alliance defense commitments, including through adequate investments in national defense; supplement existing grant assistance to key allies through foreign military financing loans, at rates competitive with those already available on commercial markets, to purchase NATO-interoperable military equipment; and work to maintain and strengthen the democratic institutions and practices of all NATO allies, in accordance with the goals of Article 2 of the North Atlantic Treaty.

“SEC. 3 FOREIGN MILITARY LOAN AUTHORITY.

(“(a) In General.— Beginning in fiscal year 2021, subject to the notification requirements under subsection (b) and to the availability of appropriations, the President, acting through the Secretary of State, is authorized— to make direct loans under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2763 ) to NATO member countries that joined the alliance after March 1, 1999 , notwithstanding the minimum interest rate required by subsection (c)(1) of such section; and to charge fees for such loans under paragraph (1), which shall be collected from borrowers in accordance with section 502(7) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [ 2 U.S.C. 661a(7) ], and which may be used to cover the costs of such loans as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 [ 2 U.S.C. 661a ].

(“(b) Notification.— A loan may not be made under the authority provided by subsection (a) unless the Secretary of State submits to the appropriate congressional committees a certification, not fewer than fifteen days before entering into an agreement to make such loan, that— the recipient country is making demonstrable progress toward meeting its defense spending commitments in accordance with the 2014 NATO Wales Summit Declaration; and the government of such recipient country is respecting that country’s constitution and upholds democratic values such as freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, the rule of law, and the rights of religious minorities.

(“(c) Repayment.— A loan made under the authority provided by subsection (a) shall be repaid in not more than 12 years, but may include a grace period of up to 1 year on the repayment of the principal.

(“(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.— In this Act, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.”

§ 2764 Guaranties

(a) Guaranty against political and credit risks of nonpayment The President may guarantee any individual, corporation, partnership, or other juridical entity doing business in the United States (excluding United States Government agencies other than the Federal Financing Bank) against political and credit risks of nonpayment arising out of their financing of credit sales of defense articles, defense services, and design and construction services to friendly countries and international organizations. Fees shall be charged for such guaranties.

(b) Sale of promissory notes of friendly countries and international organizations; guaranty of payment The President may sell to any individual, corporation, partnership, or other juridical entity (excluding United States Government agencies other than the Federal Financing Bank) promissory notes issued by friendly countries and international organizations as evidence of their obligations to make repayments to the United States on account of credit sales financed under section 2763 of this title , and may guarantee payment thereof.

(c) Guaranty Reserve Fund; payment of guaranties; guaranty reserve below prescribed amount Funds obligated under this section before December 16, 1980 , which constitute a single reserve for the payment of claims under guaranties issued under this section shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes of this section on and after that date. That single reserve may, on and after August 8, 1985 , be referred to as the “Guaranty Reserve Fund”. Funds provided for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2763 of this title and of section 2311 of this title may be used to pay claims on the Guaranty Reserve Fund to the extent that funds in the Guaranty Reserve Fund are inadequate for that purpose. For purposes of any provision in this chapter or any other Act relating to a prohibition or limitation on the availability of funds under this chapter, whenever a guaranty is issued under this section, the principal amount of the loan so guaranteed shall be deemed to be funds made available for use under this chapter. Any guaranties issued hereunder shall be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States.

§ 2765 Annual estimate and justification for sales program

(a) Report to Congress; contents Except as provided in subsection (d) 1 of this section, no later than February 1 of each year, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, as a part of the annual presentation materials for security assistance programs proposed for the next fiscal year, a report which sets forth— an arms sales proposal covering all sales and licensed commercial exports under this chapter, as well as exports pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title , of major weapons or weapons-related defense equipment for $7,000,000ormore,orofanyotherweaponsorweapons-relateddefenseequipmentfor$25,000,000 or more, which are considered eligible for approval during the current calendar year, together with an indication of which sales and licensed commercial exports are deemed most likely actually to result in the issuance of a letter of offer or of an export license during such year; an estimate of the total amount of sales and licensed commercial exports, as well as exports pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title , expected to be made to each foreign nation from the United States; the United States national security considerations involved in expected sales or licensed commercial exports to each country, an analysis of the relationship between anticipated sales to each country and arms control efforts concerning such country and an analysis of the impact of such anticipated sales on the stability of the region that includes such country; an estimate with regard to the international volume of arms traffic to and from nations purchasing arms as set forth in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, together with best estimates of the sale and delivery of weapons and weapons-related defense equipment by all major arms suppliers to all major recipient countries during the preceding fiscal year; an estimate of the aggregate dollar value and quantity of defense articles and defense services, military education and training, grant military assistance, and credits and guarantees, to be furnished by the United States to each foreign country and international organization in the next fiscal year; and for each country that is proposed to be furnished credits or guaranties under this chapter in the next fiscal year and that has been approved for cash flow financing (as defined in subsection (d) 1 of this section) in excess of $100,000,000 as of October 1 of the current fiscal year— the amount of such approved cash flow financing, a description of administrative ceilings and controls applied, and a description of the financial resources otherwise available to such country to pay such approved cash flow financing; an analysis and description of the services performed during the preceding fiscal year by officers and employees of the United States Government carrying out functions on a full-time basis under this chapter for which reimbursement is provided under section 2792(b) of this title or section 2761(a) of this title , including the number of personnel involved in performing such services; the total amount of funds in the reserve under section 2764(c) of this title at the end of the fiscal year immediately preceding the fiscal year in which a report under this section is made, together with an assessment of the adequacy of such total amount of funds as a reserve for the payment of claims under guarantees issued pursuant to section 2764 of this title in view of the current debt servicing capacity of borrowing countries, as reported to the Congress pursuant to section 634(a)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2394(a)(5) ]; a list of all countries with respect to which findings made by the President pursuant to section 2753(a)(1) of this title are in effect on the date of such transmission; the progress made under the program of the Republic of Korea to modernize its armed forces, the role of the United States in mutual security efforts in the Republic of Korea and the military balance between the People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea; the amount and nature of Soviet military assistance to the armed forces of Cuba during the preceding fiscal year and the military capabilities of those armed forces; the status of each loan and each contract of guaranty or insurance theretofore made under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], predecessor Acts, or any Act authorizing international security assistance, with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability; the status of each extension of credit for the procurement of defense articles or defense services, and of each contract of guaranty in connection with any such procurement, theretofore made under this chapter with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability; a detailed accounting of all articles, services, credits, guarantees, or any other form of assistance furnished by the United States to each country and international organization, including payments to the United Nations, during the preceding fiscal year for the detection and clearance of landmines, including activities relating to the furnishing of education, training, and technical assistance for the detection and clearance of landmines; and for each provision of law making funds available or authorizing appropriations for demining activities described in subparagraph (A), an analysis and description of the objectives and activities undertaken during the preceding fiscal year, including the number of personnel involved in performing such activities; a list of weapons systems that are significant military equipment (as defined in section 2794(9) of this title ), and numbers thereof, that are believed likely to become available for transfer as excess defense articles during the next 12 months; and such other information as the President may deem necessary.

(b) Congressional request for additional information Not later than thirty days following the receipt of a request made by any of the congressional committees described in subsection (e) for additional information with respect to any information submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the President shall submit such information to such committee.

(c) Submission of information in unclassified form or classified addendum with unclassified summary The President shall make every effort to submit all of the information required by subsection (a) or (b) wholly in unclassified form. Whenever the President submits any such information in classified form, he shall submit such classified information in an addendum and shall also submit simultaneously a detailed summary, in unclassified form, of such classified information.

(d) 22 So in original. Two subsecs. (d) have been enacted. “Cash flow financing” defined For the purposes of subsection (a)(5)(B) of this section, the term “cash flow financing” means the dollar amount of the difference between the total estimated price of a Letter of Offer and Acceptance or other purchase agreement that has been approved for financing under this chapter or under section 503(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2311(a)(3) ] and the amount of the financing that has been approved therefor; 3

(d) 2 Transmission of information to Congress The information required by subsection (a)(4) of this section shall be transmitted to the Congress no later than April 1 of each year.

(e) “Appropriate congressional committees” defined As used in this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

§ 2766 Security assistance surveys

(a) Statement of findings and policy The Congress finds that security assistance surveys prepared by the United States for foreign countries have had a significant impact on subsequent military procurement decisions of those countries. It is the policy of the United States that the results of security assistance surveys conducted by the United States clearly do not represent a commitment by the United States to provide any military equipment to any foreign country. Further, recommendations in such surveys should be consistent with the arms export control policy provided for in this chapter.

(b) Reporting requirements As part of the quarterly report required by section 2776(a) of this title , the President shall include a list of all security assistance surveys authorized during the preceding calendar quarter, specifying the country with respect to which the survey was or will be conducted, the purpose of the survey, and the number of United States Government personnel who participated or will participate in the survey.

(c) Submission of surveys to Congress Upon a request of the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives or the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the President shall submit to that committee copies of security assistance surveys conducted by United States Government personnel.

(d) “Security assistance surveys” defined As used in this section, the term “security assistance surveys” means any survey or study conducted in a foreign country by United States Government personnel for the purpose of assessing the needs of that country for security assistance, and includes defense requirement surveys, site surveys, general surveys or studies, and engineering assessment surveys.

§ 2767 Authority of President to enter into cooperative projects with friendly foreign countries

(a) Authority of President The President may enter into a cooperative project agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or with one or more member countries of that Organization.

(b) Definitions As used in this section— the term “cooperative project”, in the case of an agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or with one or more member countries of that Organization, means a jointly managed arrangement, described in a written agreement among the parties, which is undertaken in order to further the objectives of standardization, rationalization, and interoperability of the armed forces of North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries and which provides— for one or more of the other participants to share with the United States the costs of research on and development, testing, evaluation, or joint production (including follow-on support) of certain defense articles; for concurrent production in the United States and in another member country of a defense article jointly developed in accordance with subparagraph (A); or for procurement by the United States of a defense article or defense service from another member country or for procurement by the United States of munitions from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or a subsidiary of such organization; the term “cooperative project”, in the case of an agreement entered into under subsection (j), means a jointly managed arrangement, described in a written agreement among the parties, which is undertaken in order to enhance the ongoing multinational effort of the participants to improve the conventional defense capabilities of the participants and which provides— for one or more of the other participants to share with the United States the costs of research on and development, testing, evaluation, or joint production (including follow-on support) of certain defense articles; for concurrent production in the United States and in the country of another participant of a defense article jointly developed in accordance with subparagraph (A); or for procurement by the United States of a defense article or defense service from another participant to the agreement; and the term “other participant” means a participant in a cooperative project other than the United States.

(c) Agreements for equitable share of costs; limiting nature of agreements Each agreement for a cooperative project shall provide that the United States and each of the other participants will contribute to the cooperative project its equitable share of the full cost of such cooperative project and will receive an equitable share of the results of such cooperative project. The full costs of such cooperative project shall include overhead costs, administrative costs, and costs of claims. The United States and the other participants may contribute their equitable shares of the full cost of such cooperative project in funds or in defense articles or defense services needed for such cooperative project. Military assistance and financing received from the United States Government may not be used by any other participant to provide its share of the cost of such cooperative project. Such agreements shall provide that no requirement shall be imposed by a participant for worksharing or other industrial or commercial compensation in connection with such agreement that is not in accordance with such agreement.

(d) Contractual or other obligation; preconditions The President may enter into contracts or incur other obligations for a cooperative project on behalf of the other participants, without charge to any appropriation or contract authorization, if each of the other participants in the cooperative project agrees (1) to pay its equitable share of the contract or other obligation, and (2) to make such funds available in such amounts and at such times as may be required by the contract or other obligation and to pay any damages and costs that may accrue from the performance of or cancellation of the contract or other obligation in advance of the time such payments, damages, or costs are due.

(e) Waiver of charges; administrative surcharges For those cooperative projects entered into on or after the effective date 1 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, the President may reduce or waive the charge or charges which would otherwise be considered appropriate under section 2761(e) of this title in connection with sales under sections 2761 and 2762 of this title when such sales are made as part of such cooperative project, if the other participants agree to reduce or waive corresponding charges. Notwithstanding provisions of section 2761(e)(1)(A) and section 2792(b) of this title , administrative surcharges shall not be increased on other sales made under this chapter in order to compensate for reductions or waivers of such surcharges under this section. Funds received pursuant to such other sales shall not be available to reimburse the costs incurred by the United States Government for which reduction or waiver is approved by the President under this section.

(f) Transmission of numbered certification to Congress respecting proposed agreement; contents Not less than 30 days before a cooperative project agreement is signed on behalf of the United States, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, a numbered certification with respect to such proposed agreement, setting forth— a detailed description of the cooperative project with respect to which the certification is made; an estimate of the quantity of the defense articles expected to be produced in furtherance of such cooperative project; an estimate of the full cost of the cooperative project, with an estimate of the part of the full cost to be incurred by the United States Government, including an estimate of the costs as a result of waivers of section 2 2761(e)(1)(A) and 2792(b) of this title, for its participation in such cooperative project and an estimate of that part of the full costs to be incurred by the other participants; an estimate of the dollar value of the funds to be contributed by the United States and each of the other participants on behalf of such cooperative project; a description of the defense articles and defense services expected to be contributed by the United States and each of the other participants on behalf of such cooperative project; a statement of the foreign policy and national security benefits anticipated to be derived from such cooperative project; and to the extent known, whether it is likely that prime contracts will be awarded to particular prime contractors or that subcontracts will be awarded to particular subcontractors to comply with the proposed agreement.

(g) Reporting and certification requirements applicable In the case of a cooperative project with a North Atlantic Treaty Organization country, section, 3 2776(b) of this title shall not apply to sales made under section 2761 or 2762 of this title and to production and exports made pursuant to cooperative projects under this section, and section 2776(c) of this title shall not apply to the issuance of licenses or other approvals under section 2778 of this title , if such sales are made, such production and exports ensue, or such licenses or approvals are issued, as part of a cooperative project.

(h) Statutory provisions applicable to sales The authority under this section is in addition to the authority under sections 2761 and 2762 of this title and under any other provision of law.

(i) Agreements entered into before October 1, 1985 With the approval of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, a cooperative agreement which was entered into by the United States before the effective date 1 of the amendment to this section made by the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 and which meets the requirements of this section as so amended may be treated on and after such date as having been made under this section as so amended. Notwithstanding the amendment made 4 to this section made by the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, projects entered into under the authority of this section before the effective date 1 of that amendment may be carried through to conclusion in accordance with the terms of this section as in effect immediately before the effective date 1 of that amendment.

(j) Cooperative project agreements with friendly foreign countries not members of NATO The President may enter into a cooperative project agreement with any friendly foreign country not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization under the same general terms and conditions as the President is authorized to enter into such an agreement with one or more member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization if the President determines that the cooperative project agreement with such country would be in the foreign policy or national security interests of the United States. Omitted.

§ 2767a Repealed. Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title IX, § 931(d)(2), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1535

§ 2768 Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, § 1064(a), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 445

§ 2769 Foreign military construction sales

The President may sell design and construction services to any eligible foreign country or international organization if such country or international organization agrees to pay in United States dollars not less than the full cost to the United States Government of furnishing such services. Payment shall be made to the United States Government in advance of the performance of such services by officers or employees of the United States Government. The President may, without requirement for charge to any appropriation or contract authorization otherwise provided, enter into contracts for the procurement of design and construction services for sale under this section if such country or international organization provides the United States Government with a dependable undertaking (1) to pay the full amount of such contract which will assure the United States Government against any loss on the contract, and (2) to make funds available in such amounts and at such time as may be required to meet the payments required by the contract and any damages and costs that may accrue from the cancellation of such contract, in advance of the time such payments, damages, or costs are due. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 2A, § 29, as added Pub. L. 96–533, title I, § 105(a) , Dec. 16, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3133 .)

§ 2770 General authority

(a) Sale of defense articles and services by President to United States companies; restriction on performance of services; reimbursement credited to selling agency Subject to the conditions specified in subsection (b) of this section, the President may, on a negotiated contract basis, under cash terms (1) sell defense articles at not less than their estimated replacement cost (or actual cost in the case of services), or (2) procure or manufacture and sell defense articles at not less than their contract or manufacturing cost to the United States Government, to any United States company for incorporation into end items (and for concurrent or follow-on support) to be sold by such a company either (i) on a direct commercial basis to a friendly foreign country or international organization pursuant to an export license or approval under section 2778 of this title or (ii) in the case of ammunition parts subject to subsection (b) of this section, using commercial practices which restrict actual delivery directly to a friendly foreign country or international organization pursuant to approval under section 2778 of this title . The President may also sell defense services in support of such sales of defense articles, subject to the requirements of this subchapter: Provided, however , That such services may be performed only in the United States. The amount of reimbursement received from such sales shall be credited to the current applicable appropriation, fund, or account of the selling agency of the United States Government.

(b) Conditions of sale Defense articles and defense services may be sold, procured and sold, or manufactured and sold, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section only if (1) the end item to which the articles apply is to be procured for the armed forces of a friendly country or international organization, (2) the articles would be supplied to the prime contractor as government-furnished equipment or materials if the end item were being procured for the use of the United States Armed Forces, and (3) the articles and services are available only from United States Government sources or are not available to the prime contractor directly from United States commercial sources at such times as may be required to meet the prime contractor’s delivery schedule.

(c) “Defense articles” and “defense services” defined For the purpose of this section, the terms “defense articles” and “defense services” mean defense articles and defense services as defined in section 2794(3) and (4) of this title.

§ 2770a Exchange of training and related support

(a) Authorization; eligibility; scope Subject to subsection (b), the President may provide training and related support to military and civilian defense personnel of a friendly foreign country or an international organization. Such training and related support shall be provided by a Secretary of a military department and may include the provision of transportation, food services, health services, and logistics and the use of facilities and equipment.

(b) Reciprocal arrangements; reimbursement Training and related support may be provided under this section only pursuant to an agreement or other arrangement providing for the provision by the recipient foreign country or international organization, on a reciprocal basis, of comparable training and related support to military and civilian personnel under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department providing the training and related support under this section. Such reciprocal training and related support must be provided within a reasonable period of time (which may not be more than one year) of the provision of training and related support by the United States. To the extent that a foreign country or international organization to which training and related support is provided under this section does not provide such comparable training and related support to the United States within a reasonable period of time, that country or international organization shall be required to reimburse the United States for the full costs of the training and related support provided by the United States.

(c) Regulations Training and related support under this section shall be provided under regulations prescribed by the President.

(d) Report to Congress Not later than February 1 of each year, the President shall submit to the Congress a report on the activities conducted pursuant to this section during the preceding fiscal year, including the estimated full costs of the training and related support provided by the United States to each country and international organization and the estimated value of the training and related support provided to the United States by that country or international organization.

§ 2771 Military sales authorizations and ceilings

(a) Authorization for foreign military sales credit and guarantee program There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out this chapter $5,371,000,000forfiscalyear1986and$5,371,000,000 for fiscal year 1987. Credits may not be extended under section 2763 of this title in an amount, and loans may not be guaranteed under section 2764(a) of this title in a principal amount, which exceeds any maximum amount which may be established with respect to such credits or such loan guarantees in legislation appropriating funds to carry out this chapter. Unobligated balances of funds made available pursuant to this section are hereby authorized to be continued available by appropriations legislation to carry out this chapter.

(b) Aggregate ceilings on credit sales; availability at concessional rates of interest The total amount of credits extended under section 2763 of this title shall not exceed $5,371,000,000forfiscalyear1986and$5,371,000,000 for fiscal year 1987. Of the aggregate amount of financing provided under this section, not more than $553,900,000forfiscalyear1986andnotmorethan$553,900,000 for fiscal year 1987 may be made available at concessional rates of interest. If a country is released from its contractual liability to repay the United States Government with respect to financing provided under this section, such financing shall not be considered to be financing provided at concessional rates of interest for purposes of the limitation established by this paragraph.

(c) Interest rates Loans available under section 2763 of this title shall be provided at rates of interest that are not less than the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities.

“Of the principal amount of loans guaranteed for the fiscal year 1980 under section 24 of the Arms Export Control Act [ section 2764 of this title ]— with respect to Turkey, not to exceed $50,000,000,withrespecttoGreece,nottoexceed$42,000,000, and with respect to Sudan, not to exceed $25,000,000, shall be repaid in not less than 20 years, following a grace period of 10 years on repayment of principal.”

§ 2772 Repealed. Pub. L. 102–429, title I, § 112(e), Oct. 21, 1992, 106 Stat. 2195

§ 2773 Restraint in arms sales to Sub-Saharan Africa

It is the sense of the Congress that the problems of Sub-Saharan Africa are primarily those of economic development and that United States policy should assist in limiting the development of costly military conflict in that region. Therefore, the President shall exercise restraint in selling defense articles and defense services, and in providing financing for sales of defense articles and defense services, to countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 3, § 33, Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1325 ; Pub. L. 91–672, § 3 , Jan. 12, 1971 , 84 Stat. 2053 ; Pub. L. 92–226 , pt. IV, § 401(c), (d), Feb. 7, 1972 , 86 Stat. 32 ; Pub. L. 93–189, § 25(7) –(9), Dec. 17, 1973 , 87 Stat. 731 ; Pub. L. 93–559, § 45(a)(8) , Dec. 30, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1815 ; Pub. L. 96–92, § 18 , Oct. 29, 1979 , 93 Stat. 709 .)

§ 2774 Foreign military sales credit standards

The President shall establish standards and criteria for credit and guaranty transactions under sections 2763 and 2764 of this title in accordance with the foreign, national security, and financial policies of the United States. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 3, § 34, Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1325 .)

§ 2775 Foreign military sales to less developed countries

(a) When the President finds that any economically less developed country is diverting development assistance furnished pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or sales under the Food for Peace Act, as amended [ 7 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], to military expenditures, or is diverting its own resources to unnecessary military expenditures, to a degree which materially interferes with its development, such country shall be immediately ineligible for further sales and guarantees under sections 2761, 2762, 2763, and 2764 of this title, until the President is assured that such diversion will no longer take place.

(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 93–559, § 45(a)(5) , Dec. 30, 1974 , 88 Stat. 1814 .

§ 2776 Reports and certifications to Congress on military exports

(a) Report by President; contents The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not more than sixty days after the end of each quarter an unclassified report (except that any material which was transmitted in classified form under subsection (b)(1) or (c)(1) of this section may be contained in a classified addendum to such report, and any letter of offer referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection may be listed in such addendum unless such letter of offer has been the subject of an unclassified certification pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of this section, and any information provided under paragraph (11) of this subsection may also be provided in a classified addendum) containing— a listing of all letters of offer to sell any major defense equipment for $1,000,000ormoreunderthischaptertoeachforeigncountryandinternationalorganization,bycategory,ifsuchlettersofofferhavenotbeenacceptedorcanceled;alistingofallsuchlettersofofferthathavebeenacceptedduringthefiscalyearinwhichsuchreportissubmitted,togetherwiththetotalvalueofalldefensearticlesanddefenseservicessoldtoeachforeigncountryandinternationalorganizationduringsuchfiscalyear;thecumulativedollaramounts,byforeigncountryandinternationalorganization,ofsalescreditagreementsundersection2763ofthistitleandguarantyagreementsundersection2764ofthistitlemadeduringthefiscalyearinwhichsuchreportissubmitted;anumberedlistingofalllicensesandapprovalsfortheexporttoeachforeigncountryandinternationalorganizationduringsuchfiscalyearofcommerciallysoldmajordefenseequipment,bycategory,soldfor$1,000,000 or more, together with the total value of all defense articles and defense services so licensed for each foreign country and international organization, setting forth with respect to the listed major defense equipment— the items to be exported under the license, the quantity and contract price of each such item to be furnished, and the name and address of the ultimate user of each such item; projections of the dollar amounts, by foreign country and international organization, of sales expected to be made under sections 2761 and 2762 of this title in the quarter of the fiscal year immediately following the quarter for which such report is submitted; a projection with respect to all sales expected to be made to each country and organization for the remainder of the fiscal year in which such report is transmitted; a description of each payment, contribution, gift, commission, or fee reported to the Secretary of State under section 2779 of this title , including (A) the name of the person who made such payment, contribution, gift, commission, or fee; (B) the name of any sales agent or other person to whom such payment, contribution, gift, commission, or fee was paid; (C) the date and amount of such payment, contribution, gift, commission, or fee; (D) a description of the sale in connection with which such payment, contribution, gift, commission, or fee was paid; and (E) the identification of any business information considered confidential by the person submitting it which is included in the report; a listing of each sale under section 2769 of this title during the quarter for which such report is made, specifying (A) the purchaser, (B) the United States Government department or agency responsible for implementing the sale, (C) an estimate of the dollar amount of the sale, and (D) a general description of the real property facilities to be constructed pursuant to such sale; a listing of the consents to third-party transfers of defense articles or defense services which were granted, during the quarter for which such report is submitted, for purposes of section 2753(a)(2) of this title , the regulations issued under section 2778 of this title , or section 2314(a)(1)(B) of this title , if the value (in terms of original acquisition cost) of the defense articles or defense services to be transferred is $1,000,000ormore;alistingofallmunitionsitems(asdefinedinsection2780(l)(1)ofthistitle)whichweresold,leased,orotherwisetransferredbytheDepartmentofDefensetoanyotherdepartment,agency,orotherentityoftheUnitedStatesGovernmentduringthequarterforwhichsuchreportissubmitted(includingthenameoftherecipientGovernmententityandadiscussionofwhatthatentitywilldowiththosemunitionsitems)if—thevalueofthemunitionsitemswas$250,000 or more; or the value of all munitions items transferred to that Government department, agency, or other entity during that quarter was $250,000 or more; excluding munitions items transferred (i) for disposition or use solely within the United States, or (ii) for use in connection with intelligence activities subject to reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ([ 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.]; relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities); a report on all concluded government-to-government agreements regarding foreign coproduction of defense articles of United States origin and all other concluded agreements involving coproduction or licensed production outside of the United States of defense articles of United States origin (including coproduction memoranda of understanding or agreement) that have not been previously reported under this subsection, which shall include— the identity of the foreign countries, international organizations, or foreign firms involved; a description and the estimated value of the articles authorized to be produced, and an estimate of the quantity of the articles authorized to be produced; a description of any restrictions on third-party transfers of the foreign-manufactured articles; and if any such agreement does not provide for United States access to and verification of quantities of articles produced overseas and their disposition in the foreign country, a description of alternative measures and controls incorporated in the coproduction or licensing program to ensure compliance with restrictions in the agreement on production quantities and third-party transfers; and a report on all exports of significant military equipment for which information has been provided pursuant to section 2778(i) of this title . For each letter of offer to sell under paragraphs (1) and (2), the report shall specify (i) the foreign country or international organization to which the defense article or service is offered or was sold, as the case may be; (ii) the dollar amount of the offer to sell or the sale and the number of defense articles offered or sold, as the case may be; (iii) a description of the defense article or service offered or sold, as the case may be; and (iv) the United States Armed Force or other agency of the United States which is making the offer to sell or the sale, as the case may be.

(b) Letter of offer to sell defense articles, services, design and construction services, or major equipment; submission of numbered Presidential certification and additional statement; contents; emergency justification statement; enhancements or upgrades in sensitivity of technology or capability of major defense articles, equipment, or services Subject to paragraph (6), in the case of any letter of offer to sell any defense articles or services under this chapter for $50,000,000ormore,anydesignandconstructionservicesfor$200,000,000 or more, or any major defense equipment for $14,000,000ormore,beforesuchletterofofferisissued,thePresidentshallsubmittotheSpeakeroftheHouseofRepresentatives,theCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentatives,andtothechairmanoftheCommitteeonForeignRelationsoftheSenateanumberedcertificationwithrespecttosuchoffertosellcontainingtheinformationspecifiedinclauses(i)through(iv)ofsubsection(a),or(inthecaseofasaleofdesignandconstructionservices)theinformationspecifiedinclauses(A)through(D)ofparagraph(9)1ofsubsection(a),andadescription,containingtheinformationspecifiedinparagraph(8)1ofsubsection(a),ofanycontribution,gift,commission,orfeepaidorofferedoragreedtobepaidinordertosolicit,promote,orotherwisetosecuresuchletterofoffer.Suchnumberedcertificationsshallalsocontainanitem,classifiedifnecessary,identifyingthesensitivityoftechnologycontainedinthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservices,proposedtobesold,andadetailedjustificationofthereasonsnecessitatingthesaleofsucharticlesorservicesinviewofthesensitivityofsuchtechnology.InacaseinwhichsucharticlesorserviceslistedontheMissileTechnologyControlRegimeAnnexareintendedtosupportthedesign,development,orproductionofaCategoryIspacelaunchvehiclesystem(asdefinedinsection2797cofthistitle),suchreportshallincludeadescriptionoftheproposedexportandrationaleforapprovingsuchexport,includingtheconsistencyofsuchexportwithUnitedStatesmissilenonproliferationpolicy.Eachsuchnumberedcertificationshallcontainanitemindicatingwhetheranyoffsetagreementisproposedtobeenteredintoinconnectionwithsuchletterofoffertosell(ifknownonthedateoftransmittalofsuchcertification).Inaddition,thePresidentshall,upontherequestofsuchcommitteeortheCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentatives,transmitpromptlytobothsuchcommitteesastatementsettingforth,totheextentspecifiedinsuchrequest—adetaileddescriptionofthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservicestobeoffered,includingabriefdescriptionofthecapabilitiesofanydefensearticletobeoffered;anestimateofthenumberofofficersandemployeesoftheUnitedStatesGovernmentandofUnitedStatesciviliancontractpersonnelexpectedtobeneededinsuchcountrytocarryouttheproposedsale;thenameofeachcontractorexpectedtoprovidethedefensearticle,defenseservice,ordesignandconstructionserviceproposedtobesoldandadescriptionofanyoffsetagreementwithrespecttosuchsale;anevaluation,preparedbytheSecretaryofStateinconsultationwiththeSecretaryofDefenseandtheDirectorofCentralIntelligence,ofthemanner,ifany,inwhichtheproposedsalewould—contributetoanarmsrace;supportinternationalterrorism;increasethepossibilityofanoutbreakorescalationofconflict;prejudicethenegotiationofanyarmscontrols;oradverselyaffectthearmscontrolpolicyoftheUnitedStates;thereasonswhytheforeigncountryorinternationalorganizationtowhichthesaleisproposedtobemadeneedsthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionserviceswhicharethesubjectofsuchsaleandadescriptionofhowsuchcountryororganizationintendstousesuchdefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservices;ananalysisbythePresidentoftheimpactoftheproposedsaleonthemilitarystocksandthemilitarypreparednessoftheUnitedStates;thereasonswhytheproposedsaleisinthenationalinterestoftheUnitedStates;ananalysisbythePresidentoftheimpactoftheproposedsaleonthemilitarycapabilitiesoftheforeigncountryorinternationalorganizationtowhichsuchsalewouldbemade;ananalysisbythePresidentofhowtheproposedsalewouldaffecttherelativemilitarystrengthsofcountriesintheregiontowhichthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionserviceswhicharethesubjectofsuchsalewouldbedeliveredandwhetherothercountriesintheregionhavecomparablekindsandamountsofdefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservices;anestimateofthelevelsoftrainedpersonnelandmaintenancefacilitiesoftheforeigncountryorinternationalorganizationtowhichthesalewouldbemadewhichareneededandavailabletoutilizeeffectivelythedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservicesproposedtobesold;ananalysisoftheextenttowhichcomparablekindsandamountsofdefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservicesareavailablefromothercountries;ananalysisoftheimpactoftheproposedsaleonUnitedStatesrelationswiththecountriesintheregiontowhichthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionserviceswhicharethesubjectofsuchsalewouldbedelivered;adetaileddescriptionofanyagreementproposedtobeenteredintobytheUnitedStatesforthepurchaseoracquisitionbytheUnitedStatesofdefensearticles,defenseservices,designandconstructionservices,ordefenseequipment,orotherarticles,services,orequipmentoftheforeigncountryorinternationalorganizationinconnectionwith,orasconsiderationfor,suchletterofoffer,includingananalysisoftheimpactofsuchproposedagreementuponUnitedStatesbusinessconcernswhichmightotherwisehaveprovidedsucharticles,services,orequipmenttotheUnitedStates,anestimateofthecoststobeincurredbytheUnitedStatesinconnectionwithsuchagreementcomparedwithcostswhichwouldotherwisehavebeenincurred,anestimateoftheeconomicimpactandunemploymentwhichwouldresultfromenteringintosuchproposedagreement,andananalysisofwhethersuchcostsandsuchdomesticeconomicimpactjustifyenteringintosuchproposedagreement;theprojecteddeliverydatesofthedefensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservicestobeoffered;adetaileddescriptionofweaponsandlevelsofmunitionsthatmayberequiredassupportfortheproposedsale;andananalysisoftherelationshipoftheproposedsaletoprojectedprocurementsofthesameitem.Acertificationtransmittedpursuanttothissubsectionshallbeunclassified,exceptthattheinformationspecifiedinclause(ii)andthedetailsofthedescriptionspecifiedinclause(iii)ofsubsection(a)maybeclassifiedifthepublicdisclosurethereofwouldbeclearlydetrimentaltothesecurityoftheUnitedStates,inwhichcasetheinformationshallbeaccompaniedbyadescriptionofthedamagetothenationalsecuritythatcouldbeexpectedtoresultfrompublicdisclosureoftheinformation.Theletterofoffershallnotbeissued,withrespecttoaproposedsaletotheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization,anymembercountryofsuchOrganization,Japan,Australia,theRepublicofKorea,Israel,orNewZealand,iftheCongress,withinfifteencalendardaysafterreceivingsuchcertification,orwithrespecttoaproposedsaletoanyothercountryororganization,iftheCongresswithinthirtycalendardaysafterreceivingsuchcertification,enactsajointresolutionprohibitingtheproposedsale,unlessthePresidentstatesinhiscertificationthatanemergencyexistswhichrequiressuchsaleinthenationalsecurityinterestsoftheUnitedStates.IfthePresidentstatesinhiscertificationthatanemergencyexistswhichrequirestheproposedsaleinthenationalsecurityinterestoftheUnitedStates,thuswaivingthecongressionalreviewrequirementsofthissubsection,heshallsetforthinthecertificationadetailedjustificationforhisdetermination,includingadescriptionoftheemergencycircumstanceswhichnecessitatetheimmediateissuanceoftheletterofofferandadiscussionofthenationalsecurityinterestsinvolved.AnysuchjointresolutionshallbeconsideredintheSenateinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofsection601(b)oftheInternationalSecurityAssistanceandArmsExportControlActof1976,exceptthatforpurposesofconsiderationofanyjointresolutionwithrespecttotheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization,anymembercountryofsuchOrganization,Japan,Australia,theRepublicofKorea,Israel,orNewZealand,itshallbeinorderintheSenatetomovetodischargeacommitteetowhichsuchjointresolutionwasreferredifsuchcommitteehasnotreportedsuchjointresolutionattheendoffivecalendardaysafteritsintroduction.Forthepurposeofexpeditingtheconsiderationandenactmentofjointresolutionsunderthissubsection,amotiontoproceedtotheconsiderationofanysuchjointresolutionafterithasbeenreportedbytheappropriatecommitteeshallbetreatedashighlyprivilegedintheHouseofRepresentatives.InadditiontotheotherinformationrequiredtobecontainedinacertificationsubmittedtotheCongressunderthissubsection,eachsuchcertificationshallciteanyquarterlyreportsubmittedpursuanttosection27681ofthistitlewhichlistedapriceandavailabilityestimate,orarequestfortheissuanceofaletterofoffer,whichwasabasisfortheproposedsalewhichisthesubjectofsuchcertification.If,beforethedeliveryofanymajordefensearticleormajordefenseequipment,orthefurnishingofanydefenseserviceordesignandconstructionservice,soldpursuanttoaletterofofferdescribedinparagraph(1),thesensitivityoftechnologyorthecapabilityofthearticle,equipment,orserviceisenhancedorupgradedfromthelevelofsensitivityorcapabilitydescribedinthenumberedcertificationwithrespecttoanoffertosellsucharticle,equipment,orservice,then,atleast45daysbeforethedeliveryofsucharticleorequipmentorthefurnishingofsuchservice,thePresidentshallprepareandtransmittothechairmanoftheCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentativesandthechairmanoftheCommitteeonForeignRelationsoftheSenateareport—describingthemannerinwhichthetechnologyorcapabilityhasbeenenhancedorupgradedanddescribingthesignificanceofsuchenhancementorupgrade;andsettingforthadetailedjustificationforsuchenhancementorupgrade.Theprovisionsofsubparagraph(A)applytoanarticleorequipmentdelivered,oraservicefurnished,withintenyearsafterthetransmittaltotheCongressofanumberedcertificationwithrespecttothesaleofsucharticle,equipment,orservice.Subjecttoparagraph(6),iftheenhancementorupgradeinthesensitivityoftechnologyorthecapabilityofmajordefenseequipment,defensearticles,defenseservices,ordesignandconstructionservicesdescribedinanumberedcertificationsubmittedunderthissubsectioncosts$14,000,000 or more in the case of any major defense equipment, $50,000,000ormoreinthecaseofdefensearticlesordefenseservices,or$200,000,000 or more in the case of design or construction services, then the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a new numbered certification which relates to such enhancement or upgrade and which shall be considered for purposes of this subsection as if it were a separate letter of offer to sell defense equipment, articles, or services, subject to all of the requirements, restrictions, and conditions set forth in this subsection. For purposes of this subparagraph, references in this subsection to sales shall be deemed to be references to enhancements or upgrades in the sensitivity of technology or the capability of major defense equipment, articles, or services, as the case may be. For the purposes of subparagraph (A), the term “major defense article” shall be construed to include electronic devices, which if upgraded, would enhance the mission capability of a weapons system. The limitation in paragraph (1) and the requirement in paragraph (5)(C) shall apply in the case of a letter of offer to sell to a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand that does not authorize a new sales territory that includes any country other than such countries only if the letter of offer involves— the sale of major defense equipment under this chapter for, or the enhancement or upgrade of major defense equipment at a cost of, $25,000,000ormore,asthecasemaybe;andthesaleofdefensearticlesorservicesfor,ortheenhancementorupgradeofdefensearticlesorservicesatacostof,$100,000,000 or more, as the case may be; or the sale of design and construction services for, or the enhancement or upgrade of design and construction services at a cost of, $300,000,000 or more, as the case may be.

(c) Application for export license; submission of numbered Presidential certification and statement to Congress; contents; emergency circumstances; joint resolution; exception; notification of upgrades Subject to paragraph (5), in the case of an application by a person (other than with regard to a sale under section 2761 or section 2762 of this title ) for a license for the export of any major defense equipment sold under a contract in the amount of $14,000,000ormoreorofdefensearticlesordefenseservicessoldunderacontractintheamountof$50,000,000 or more (or, in the case of a defense article that is a firearm controlled under category I of the United States Munitions List, $1,000,000ormore),beforeissuingsuchlicensethePresidentshalltransmittotheSpeakeroftheHouseofRepresentatives,theCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentatives,andtothechairmanoftheCommitteeonForeignRelationsoftheSenateanunclassifiednumberedcertificationwithrespecttosuchapplicationspecifying(A)theforeigncountryorinternationalorganizationtowhichsuchexportwillbemade,(B)thedollaramountoftheitemstobeexported,and(C)adescriptionoftheitemstobeexported.Eachsuchnumberedcertificationshallalsocontainanitemindicatingwhetheranyoffsetagreementisproposedtobeenteredintoinconnectionwithsuchexportandadescriptionofanysuchoffsetagreement.Inaddition,thePresidentshall,upontherequestofsuchcommitteeortheCommitteeonForeignAffairsoftheHouseofRepresentatives,transmitpromptlytobothsuchcommitteesastatementsettingforth,totheextentspecifiedinsuchrequest,adescriptionofthecapabilitiesoftheitemstobeexported,anestimateofthetotalnumberofUnitedStatespersonnelexpectedtobeneededintheforeigncountryconcernedinconnectionwiththeitemstobeexportedandananalysisofthearmscontrolimpactpertinenttosuchapplication,preparedinconsultationwiththeSecretaryofDefenseandadescriptionfromthepersonwhohassubmittedthelicenseapplicationofanyoffsetagreementproposedtobeenteredintoinconnectionwithsuchexport(ifknownonthedateoftransmittalofsuchstatement).InacaseinwhichsucharticlesorservicesarelistedontheMissileTechnologyControlRegimeAnnexandareintendedtosupportthedesign,development,orproductionofaCategoryIspacelaunchvehiclesystem(asdefinedinsection2797cofthistitle),suchreportshallincludeadescriptionoftheproposedexportandrationaleforapprovingsuchexport,includingtheconsistencyofsuchexportwithUnitedStatesmissilenonproliferationpolicy.Acertificationtransmittedpursuanttothissubsectionshallbeunclassified,exceptthattheinformationspecifiedinclause(B)andthedetailsofthedescriptionspecifiedinclause(C)maybeclassifiedifthepublicdisclosurethereofwouldbeclearlydetrimentaltothesecurityoftheUnitedStates,inwhichcasetheinformationshallbeaccompaniedbyadescriptionofthedamagetothenationalsecuritythatcouldbeexpectedtoresultfrompublicdisclosureoftheinformation.UnlessthePresidentstatesinhiscertificationthatanemergencyexistswhichrequirestheproposedexportinthenationalsecurityinterestsoftheUnitedStates,alicenseforexportdescribedinparagraph(1)—inthecaseofalicenseforanexporttotheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization,anymembercountryofthatOrganizationorAustralia,Japan,theRepublicofKorea,Israel,orNewZealand,shallnotbeissueduntilatleast15calendardaysaftertheCongressreceivessuchcertification,andshallnotbeissuedtheniftheCongress,withinthat15-dayperiod,enactsajointresolutionprohibitingtheproposedexport;inthecaseofalicenseforanexportofacommercialcommunicationssatelliteforlaunchfrom,andbynationalsof,theRussianFederation,Ukraine,orKazakhstan,shallnotbeissueduntilatleast15calendardaysaftertheCongressreceivessuchcertification,andshallnotbeissuedtheniftheCongress,withinthat15-dayperiod,enactsajointresolutionprohibitingtheproposedexport;andinthecaseofanyotherlicense,shallnotbeissueduntilatleast30calendardaysaftertheCongressreceivessuchcertification,andshallnotbeissuedtheniftheCongress,withinthat30-dayperiod,enactsajointresolutionprohibitingtheproposedexport.IfthePresidentstatesinhiscertificationthatanemergencyexistswhichrequirestheproposedexportinthenationalsecurityinterestsoftheUnitedStates,thuswaivingtherequirementsofsubparagraphs(A)and(B)ofthisparagraph,heshallsetforthinthecertificationadetailedjustificationforhisdetermination,includingadescriptionoftheemergencycircumstanceswhichnecessitatetheimmediateissuanceoftheexportlicenseandadiscussionofthenationalsecurityinterestsinvolved.AnyjointresolutionunderthissubsectionshallbeconsideredintheSenateinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofsection601(b)oftheInternationalSecurityAssistanceandArmsExportControlActof1976.Forthepurposeofexpeditingtheconsiderationandenactmentofjointresolutionsunderthissubsection,amotiontoproceedtotheconsiderationofanysuchjointresolutionafterithasbeenreportedbytheappropriatecommitteeshallbetreatedashighlyprivilegedintheHouseofRepresentatives.Theprovisionsofsubsection(b)(5)shallapplytoanyequipment,article,orserviceforwhichanumberedcertificationhasbeentransmittedtoCongresspursuanttoparagraph(1)inthesamemannerandtothesameextentasthatsubsectionappliestoanyequipment,article,orserviceforwhichanumberedcertificationhasbeentransmittedtoCongresspursuanttosubsection(b)(1).Forpurposesofsuchapplication,anyreferenceinsubsection(b)(5)to“aletterofoffer”or“anoffer”shallbedeemedtobeareferenceto“acontract”.Inthecaseofanapplicationbyaperson(otherthanwithregardtoasaleundersection2761or2762ofthistitle)foralicensefortheexporttoamembercountryoftheNorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization(NATO)orAustralia,Japan,theRepublicofKorea,Israel,orNewZealandthatdoesnotauthorizeanewsalesterritorythatincludesanycountryotherthansuchcountries,thelimitationsontheissuanceofthelicensesetforthinparagraph(1)shallapplyonlyifthelicenseisforexportof—majordefenseequipmentsoldunderacontractintheamountof$25,000,000 or more; or defense articles or defense services sold under a contract in the amount of $100,000,000 or more. The President shall notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate at least 15 days prior to an export pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title to which the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection would apply absent an exemption granted under section 2778(j)(1) of this title , for which purpose such notification shall contain information comparable to that specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(d) Commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreements with non-North Atlantic Treaty Organization member countries; submission of Presidential certification; contents In the case of an approval under section 2778 of this title of a United States commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreement which involves the manufacture abroad of any item of significant combat equipment on the United States Munitions List, before such approval is given, the President shall submit a certification with respect to such proposed commercial agreement in a manner similar to the certification required under subsection (c)(1) containing comparable information, except that the last sentence of such subsection shall not apply to certifications submitted pursuant to this subsection. A certification under this subsection shall be submitted— at least 15 days before approval is given in the case of an agreement for or in a country which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand; and at least 30 days before approval is given in the case of an agreement for or in any other country; unless the President states in his certification that an emergency exists which requires the immediate approval of the agreement in the national security interests of the United States. If the President states in his certification that an emergency exists which requires the immediate approval of the agreement in the national security interests of the United States, thus waiving the requirements of paragraph (4), he shall set forth in the certification a detailed justification for his determination, including a description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate the immediate approval of the agreement and a discussion of the national security interests involved. Approval for an agreement subject to paragraph (1) may not be given under section 2778 of this title if the Congress, within the 15-day or 30-day period specified in paragraph (2)(A) or (B), as the case may be, enacts a joint resolution prohibiting such approval. Any joint resolution under paragraph (4) shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint resolutions under paragraph (4), a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives. The President shall notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate at least 15 days prior to an export pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title to which the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection would apply absent an exemption granted under section 2778(j)(1) of this title , for which purpose such notification shall contain information comparable to that specified in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(e) Definitions For purposes of this section— the term “offset agreement” means an agreement, arrangement, or understanding between a United States supplier of defense articles or defense services and a foreign country under which the supplier agrees to purchase or acquire, or to promote the purchase or acquisition by other United States persons of, goods or services produced, manufactured, grown, or extracted, in whole or in part, in that foreign country in consideration for the purchase by the foreign country of defense articles or defense service from the supplier; and the term “United States person” means— an individual who is a national or permanent resident alien of the United States; and any corporation, business association, partnership, trust, or other juridical entity— organized under the laws of the United States or any State, district, territory, or possession thereof; or owned or controlled in fact by individuals described in subparagraph (A).

(f) Publication of arms sales certifications The President shall cause to be published in a timely manner in the Federal Register, upon transmittal to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the full unclassified text of— each numbered certification submitted pursuant to subsection (b); each notification of a proposed commercial sale submitted under subsection (c); and each notification of a proposed commercial technical assistance or manufacturing licensing agreement submitted under subsection (d).

(g) Confidentiality Information relating to offset agreements provided pursuant to subparagraph (C) of the fifth sentence of subsection (b)(1) and the second sentence of subsection (c)(1) shall be treated as confidential information in accordance with section 4614(c) 1 of title 50.

(h) Certification requirement relating to Israel’s qualitative military edge Any certification relating to a proposed sale or export of defense articles or defense services under this section to any country in the Middle East other than Israel shall include a determination that the sale or export of the defense articles or defense services will not adversely affect Israel’s qualitative military edge over military threats to Israel. A determination under paragraph (1) relating to the sale or export of major defense equipment shall include— a detailed explanation of Israel’s capacity to address the improved capabilities provided by such sale or export; a detailed evaluation of— how such sale or export alters the strategic and tactical balance in the region, including relative capabilities; and Israel’s capacity to respond to the improved regional capabilities provided by such sale or export; an identification of any specific new capacity, capabilities, or training that Israel may require to address the regional or country-specific capabilities provided by such sale or export; and a description of any additional United States security assurances to Israel made, or requested to be made, in connection with, or as a result of, such sale or export. In this subsection, the term “qualitative military edge” means the ability to counter and defeat any credible conventional military threat from any individual state or possible coalition of states or from non-state actors, while sustaining minimal damages and casualties, through the use of superior military means, possessed in sufficient quantity, including weapons, command, control, communication, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities that in their technical characteristics are superior in capability to those of such other individual or possible coalition of states or non-state actors.

(i) Prior notification of shipment of arms At least 30 days prior to a shipment of defense articles subject to the requirements of subsection (b) at the joint request of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the President shall provide notification of such pending shipment, in unclassified form, with a classified annex as necessary, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

§ 2776a Repealed. Pub. L. 112–81, div. A, title X, § 1062(d)(4), Dec. 31, 2011, 125 Stat. 1585

§ 2777 Fiscal provisions relating to foreign military sales credits

(a) Permissible uses of cash payments under sections 2761, 2762, 2763, and 2769 Cash payments received under sections 2761, 2762, and 2769 of this title and advances received under section 2763 of this title shall be available solely for payments to suppliers (including the military departments) and refunds to purchasers and shall not be available for financing credits and guaranties.

(b) Transfer of funds to miscellaneous receipts of Treasury Amounts received from foreign governments and international organizations as repayments for credits extended pursuant to section 2763 of this title , amounts received from the disposition of instruments evidencing indebtedness under section 2764(b) of this title (excluding such portion of the sales proceeds as may be required at the time of disposition to be obligated as a reserve for payment of claims under guaranties issued pursuant to section 2764(b) of this title , which sums are made available for such obligations), and other collections (including fees and interest) shall be transferred to the miscellaneous receipts of the Treasury.

(c) Credit of funds to reserve under section 2764(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), to the extent that any of the funds constituting the reserve under section 2764(c) of this title are paid out for a claim arising out of a loan guaranteed under section 2764 of this title , amounts received from a foreign government or international organization after the date of such payment, with respect to such claim, shall be credited to such reserve, shall be merged with the funds in such reserve, and shall be available for any purpose for which funds in such reserve are available.

§ 2778 Control of arms exports and imports

(a) Presidential control of exports and imports of defense articles and services, guidance of policy, etc.; designation of United States Munitions List; issuance of export licenses; negotiations information In furtherance of world peace and the security and foreign policy of the United States, the President is authorized to control the import and the export of defense articles and defense services and to provide foreign policy guidance to persons of the United States involved in the export and import of such articles and services. The President is authorized to designate those items which shall be considered as defense articles and defense services for the purposes of this section and to promulgate regulations for the import and export of such articles and services. The items so designated shall constitute the United States Munitions List. Decisions on issuing export licenses under this section shall take into account whether the export of an article would contribute to an arms race, aid in the development of weapons of mass destruction, support international terrorism, increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict, or prejudice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms control or nonproliferation agreements or other arrangements. In exercising the authorities conferred by this section, the President may require that any defense article or defense service be sold under this chapter as a condition of its eligibility for export, and may require that persons engaged in the negotiation for the export of defense articles and services keep the President fully and currently informed of the progress and future prospects of such negotiations.

(b) Registration and licensing requirements for manufacturers, exporters, or importers of designated defense articles and defense services As prescribed in regulations issued under this section, every person (other than an officer or employee of the United States Government acting in an official capacity) who engages in the business of manufacturing, exporting, or importing any defense articles or defense services designated by the President under subsection (a)(1) shall register with the United States Government agency charged with the administration of this section, and shall pay a registration fee which shall be prescribed by such regulations. Such regulations shall prohibit the return to the United States for sale in the United States (other than for the Armed Forces of the United States and its allies or for any State or local law enforcement agency) of any military firearms or ammunition of United States manufacture furnished to foreign governments by the United States under this chapter or any other foreign assistance or sales program of the United States, whether or not enhanced in value or improved in condition in a foreign country. This prohibition shall not extend to similar firearms that have been so substantially transformed as to become, in effect, articles of foreign manufacture. As prescribed in regulations issued under this section, every person (other than an officer or employee of the United States Government acting in official capacity) who engages in the business of brokering activities with respect to the manufacture, export, import, or transfer of any defense article or defense service designated by the President under subsection (a)(1), or in the business of brokering activities with respect to the manufacture, export, import, or transfer of any foreign defense article or defense service (as defined in subclause (IV)), shall register with the United States Government agency charged with the administration of this section, and shall pay a registration fee which shall be prescribed by such regulations. Such brokering activities shall include the financing, transportation, freight forwarding, or taking of any other action that facilitates the manufacture, export, or import of a defense article or defense service. No person may engage in the business of brokering activities described in subclause (I) without a license, issued in accordance with this chapter, except that no license shall be required for such activities undertaken by or for an agency of the United States Government— for use by an agency of the United States Government; or for carrying out any foreign assistance or sales program authorized by law and subject to the control of the President by other means. For purposes of this clause, the term “foreign defense article or defense service” includes any non-United States defense article or defense service of a nature described on the United States Munitions List regardless of whether such article or service is of United States origin or whether such article or service contains United States origin components. The prohibition under such regulations required by the second sentence of subparagraph (A) shall not extend to any military firearms (or ammunition, components, parts, accessories, and attachments for such firearms) of United States manufacture furnished to any foreign government by the United States under this chapter or any other foreign assistance or sales program of the United States if— such firearms are among those firearms that the Secretary of the Treasury is, or was at any time, required to authorize the importation of by reason of the provisions of section 925(e) of title 18 (including the requirement for the listing of such firearms as curios or relics under section 921(a)(13) of that title); and such foreign government certifies to the United States Government that such firearms are owned by such foreign government. A copy of each registration made under this paragraph shall be transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury for review regarding law enforcement concerns. The Secretary shall report to the President regarding such concerns as necessary. Except as otherwise specifically provided in regulations issued under subsection (a)(1), no defense articles or defense services designated by the President under subsection (a)(1) may be exported or imported without a license for such export or import, issued in accordance with this chapter and regulations issued under this chapter, except that no license shall be required for exports or imports made by or for an agency of the United States Government (A) for official use by a department or agency of the United States Government, or (B) for carrying out any foreign assistance or sales program authorized by law and subject to the control of the President by other means. For each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989, $250,000 of registration fees collected pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be credited to a Department of State account, to be available without fiscal year limitation. Fees credited to that account shall be available only for the payment of expenses incurred for— contract personnel to assist in the evaluation of munitions control license applications, reduce processing time for license applications, and improve monitoring of compliance with the terms of licenses; and the automation of munitions control functions and the processing of munitions control license applications, including the development, procurement, and utilization of computer equipment and related software. The authority of this paragraph may be exercised only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

(c) Criminal violations; punishment Any person who willfully violates any provision of this section, section 2779 of this title , a treaty referred to in subsection (j)(1)(C)(i), or any rule or regulation issued under this section or section 2779 of this title , including any rule or regulation issued to implement or enforce a treaty referred to in subsection (j)(1)(C)(i) or an implementing arrangement pursuant to such treaty, or who willfully, in a registration or license application or required report, makes any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, shall upon conviction be fined for each violation not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

(d) Repealed. Pub. L. 96–70, title III, § 3303(a)(4), Sept. 27, 1979, 93 Stat. 499

(e) Enforcement powers of President In carrying out functions under this section with respect to the export of defense articles and defense services, including defense articles and defense services exported or imported pursuant to a treaty referred to in subsection (j)(1)(C)(i), the President is authorized to exercise the same powers concerning violations and enforcement which are conferred upon departments, agencies and officials by subsections (c) and (d) of section 1760 of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4819 ), and by subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(7), (c), and (h) of section 1761 of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4820 ), subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to such powers under such Act, except that section 1760(c)(2) of such Act ( 50 U.S.C. 4819(c)(2) ) shall not apply, and instead, as prescribed in regulations issued under this section, the Secretary of State may assess civil penalties for violations of this chapter and regulations prescribed thereunder and further may commence a civil action to recover such civil penalties, and except further that the names of the countries and the types and quantities of defense articles for which licenses are issued under this section shall not be withheld from public disclosure unless the President determines that the release of such information would be contrary to the national interest. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing the withholding of information from the Congress. Notwithstanding section section 1 1760(c) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4819(c) ), the civil penalty for each violation involving controls imposed on the export of defense articles and defense services under this section may not exceed the greater of $1,200,000 or the amount that is twice the value of the transaction that is the basis of the violation with respect to which the penalty is imposed.. 1

(f) Periodic review of items on Munitions List; exemptions The President shall periodically review the items on the United States Munitions List to determine what items, if any, no longer warrant export controls under this section. The results of such reviews shall be reported to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate. The President may not remove any item from the Munitions List until 30 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of the proposed removal to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 2394–1(a) of this title . Such notice shall describe the nature of any controls to be imposed on that item under any other provision of law. The President may not authorize an exemption for a foreign country from the licensing requirements of this chapter for the export of defense items under subsection (j) or any other provision of this chapter until 30 days after the date on which the President has transmitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a notification that includes— a description of the scope of the exemption, including a detailed summary of the defense articles, defense services, and related technical data covered by the exemption; and a determination by the Attorney General that the bilateral agreement concluded under subsection (j) requires the compilation and maintenance of sufficient documentation relating to the export of United States defense articles, defense services, and related technical data to facilitate law enforcement efforts to detect, prevent, and prosecute criminal violations of any provision of this chapter, including the efforts on the part of countries and factions engaged in international terrorism to illicitly acquire sophisticated United States defense items. Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to an exemption for Canada, the United Kingdom, or Australia from the licensing requirements of this chapter for the export of defense items. Paragraph (2) shall not apply with respect to an exemption under subsection (j)(1) to give effect to a treaty referred to in subsection (j)(1)(C)(i) (and any implementing arrangements to such treaty), provided that the President promulgates regulations to implement and enforce such treaty under this section and section 2779 of this title . Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the President shall take such actions as may be necessary to require that, at the time of export or reexport of any major defense equipment listed on the 600 series of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, the major defense equipment will not be subsequently modified so as to transform such major defense equipment into a defense article. The President may authorize the transformation of any major defense equipment described in subparagraph (A) into a defense article if the President— determines that such transformation is appropriate and in the national interests of the United States; and provides notice of such transformation to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate consistent with the notification requirements of section 2776(b)(5)(A) of this title . In this paragraph, the term “defense article” means an item designated by the President pursuant to subsection (a)(1). The President shall ensure that any major defense equipment that is listed on the 600 series of the Commerce Control List contained in Supplement No. 1 to part 774 of subtitle B of title 15, Code of Federal Regulations, shall continue to be subject to the notification and reporting requirements of the following provisions of law: Section 2321j(f) of this title . Section 2415 of this title . Section 2753(d)(3)(A) of this title . Section 2765 of this title . Section 2776(b), (c), and (d) of this title.

(g) Identification of persons convicted or subject to indictment for violations of certain provisions The President shall develop appropriate mechanisms to identify, in connection with the export licensing process under this section— persons who are the subject of an indictment for, or have been convicted of, a violation under— this section, section 11 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2410), 2 section 793, 794, or 798 of title 18 (relating to espionage involving defense or classified information) or section 2339A of such title (relating to providing material support to terrorists), section 16 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 16) [ 50 U.S.C. 4315 ], section 206 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (relating to foreign assets controls; 50 U.S.C. App. 1705) [ 50 U.S.C. 1705 ], section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ( 15 U.S.C. 78dd–1 ) or section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( 15 U.S.C. 78dd–2 ), chapter 105 of title 18 (relating to sabotage), section 4(b) of the Internal Security Act of 1950 (relating to communication of classified information; 50 U.S.C. 783(b) ), section 57, 92, 101, 104, 222, 224, 225, or 226 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 ( 42 U.S.C. 2077 , 2122, 2131, 2134, 2272, 2274, 2275, and 2276), section 601 of the National Security Act of 1947 (relating to intelligence identities protection; [ 50 U.S.C. 3121 ]), section 603(b) or (c) of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 ( 22 U.S.C. 5113(b) and (c)), or sections 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act of 2004, relating to missile systems designed to destroy aircraft ( 18 U.S.C. 2332g ), prohibitions governing atomic weapons ( 42 U.S.C. 2122 ), radiological dispersal devices ( 18 U.S.C. 2332h ), and variola virus ( 18 U.S.C. 175c ); persons who are the subject of an indictment or have been convicted under section 371 of title 18 for conspiracy to violate any of the statutes cited in subparagraph (A); and persons who are ineligible— to contract with, to receive a license or other form of authorization to export from, or to receive a license or other form of authorization to import defense articles or defense services from, any agency of the United States Government. The President shall require that each applicant for a license to export an item on the United States Munitions List identify in the application all consignees and freight forwarders involved in the proposed export. If the President determines— that an applicant for a license to export under this section is the subject of an indictment for a violation of any of the statutes cited in paragraph (1), that there is reasonable cause to believe that an applicant for a license to export under this section has violated any of the statutes cited in paragraph (1), or that an applicant for a license to export under this section is ineligible to contract with, or to receive a license or other form of authorization to import defense articles or defense services from, any agency of the United States Government, the President may disapprove the application. The President shall consider requests by the Secretary of the Treasury to disapprove any export license application based on these criteria. A license to export an item on the United States Munitions List may not be issued to a person— if that person, or any party to the export, has been convicted of violating a statute cited in paragraph (1), or if that person, or any party to the export, is at the time of the license review ineligible to receive export licenses (or other forms of authorization to export) from any agency of the United States Government, except as may be determined on a case-by-case basis by the President, after consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, after a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding the conviction or ineligibility to export and a finding by the President that appropriate steps have been taken to mitigate any law enforcement concerns. A license to export an item on the United States Munitions List may not be issued to a foreign person (other than a foreign government). The President may require a license (or other form of authorization) before any item on the United States Munitions List is sold or otherwise transferred to the control or possession of a foreign person or a person acting on behalf of a foreign person. The President shall, in coordination with law enforcement and national security agencies, develop standards for identifying high-risk exports for regular end-use verification. These standards shall be published in the Federal Register and the initial standards shall be published not later than October 1, 1988 . Upon request of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Treasury shall detail to the office primarily responsible for export licensing functions under this section, on a nonreimbursable basis, personnel with appropriate expertise to assist in the initial screening of applications for export licenses under this section in order to determine the need for further review of those applications for foreign policy, national security, and law enforcement concerns. For purposes of this subsection— the term “foreign corporation” means a corporation that is not incorporated in the United States; the term “foreign government” includes any agency or subdivision of a foreign government, including an official mission of a foreign government; the term “foreign person” means any person who is not a citizen or national of the United States or lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act [ 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.], and includes foreign corporations, international organizations, and foreign governments; the term “party to the export” means— the president, the chief executive officer, and other senior officers of the license applicant; the freight forwarders or designated exporting agent of the license application; and any consignee or end user of any item to be exported; and the term “person” means a natural person as well as a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other entity, organization, or group, including governmental entities.

(h) Judicial review of designation of items as defense articles or services The designation by the President (or by an official to whom the President’s functions under subsection (a) have been duly delegated), in regulations issued under this section, of items as defense articles or defense services for purposes of this section shall not be subject to judicial review.

(i) Report to Department of State As prescribed in regulations issued under this section, a United States person to whom a license has been granted to export an item on the United States Munitions List shall, not later than 15 days after the item is exported, submit to the Department of State a report containing all shipment information, including a description of the item and the quantity, value, port of exit, and end-user and country of destination of the item.

(j) Requirements relating to country exemptions for licensing of defense items for export to foreign countries The President may utilize the regulatory or other authority pursuant to this chapter to exempt a foreign country from the licensing requirements of this chapter with respect to exports of defense items only if the United States Government has concluded a binding bilateral agreement with the foreign country. Such agreement shall— meet the requirements set forth in paragraph (2); and be implemented by the United States and the foreign country in a manner that is legally-binding under their domestic laws. The requirement to conclude a bilateral agreement in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to an exemption for Canada from the licensing requirements of this chapter for the export of defense items. The requirement to conclude a bilateral agreement in accordance with subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to an exemption from the licensing requirements of this chapter for the export of defense items to give effect to any of the following defense trade cooperation treaties, provided that the treaty has entered into force pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States: The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (and any implementing arrangement thereto). The Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney September 5, 2007 (and any implementing arrangement thereto). The United States shall exempt from the scope of a treaty referred to in clause (i)— complete rocket systems (including ballistic missile systems, space launch vehicles, and sounding rockets) or complete unmanned aerial vehicle systems (including cruise missile systems, target drones, and reconnaissance drones) capable of delivering at least a 500 kilogram payload to a range of 300 kilometers, and associated production facilities, software, or technology for these systems, as defined in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex Category I, Item 1; individual rocket stages, re-entry vehicles and equipment, solid or liquid propellant motors or engines, guidance sets, thrust vector control systems, and associated production facilities, software, and technology, as defined in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex Category I, Item 2; defense articles and defense services listed in the Missile Technology Control Regime Annex Category II that are for use in rocket systems, as that term is used in such Annex, including associated production facilities, software, or technology; toxicological agents, biological agents, and associated equipment, as listed in the United States Munitions List (part 121.1 of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations), Category XIV, subcategories (a), (b), (f)(1), (i), (j) as it pertains to (f)(1), ( l ) as it pertains to (f)(1), and (m) as it pertains to all of the subcategories cited in this paragraph; defense articles and defense services specific to the design and testing of nuclear weapons which are controlled under United States Munitions List Category XVI(a) and (b), along with associated defense articles in Category XVI(d) and technology in Category XVI(e); with regard to the treaty cited in clause (i)(I), defense articles and defense services that the United States controls under the United States Munitions List that are not controlled by the United Kingdom, as defined in the United Kingdom Military List or Annex 4 to the United Kingdom Dual Use List, or any successor lists thereto; and with regard to the treaty cited in clause (i)(II), defense articles for which Australian laws, regulations, or other commitments would prevent Australia from enforcing the control measures specified in such treaty. A bilateral agreement referred to in paragraph (1)— shall, at a minimum, require the foreign country, as necessary, to revise its policies and practices, and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to establish an export control regime that is at least comparable to United States law, regulation, and policy requiring— conditions on the handling of all United States-origin defense items exported to the foreign country, including prior written United States Government approval for any reexports to third countries; end-use and retransfer control commitments, including securing binding end-use and retransfer control commitments from all end-users, including such documentation as is needed in order to ensure compliance and enforcement, with respect to such United States-origin defense items; establishment of a procedure comparable to a “watchlist” (if such a watchlist does not exist) and full cooperation with United States Government law enforcement agencies to allow for sharing of export and import documentation and background information on foreign businesses and individuals employed by or otherwise connected to those businesses; and establishment of a list of controlled defense items to ensure coverage of those items to be exported under the exemption; and should, at a minimum, require the foreign country, as necessary, to revise its policies and practices, and promulgate or enact necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to establish an export control regime that is at least comparable to United States law, regulation, and policy regarding— controls on the export of tangible or intangible technology, including via fax, phone, and electronic media; appropriate controls on unclassified information relating to defense items exported to foreign nationals; controls on international arms trafficking and brokering; cooperation with United States Government agencies, including intelligence agencies, to combat efforts by third countries to acquire defense items, the export of which to such countries would not be authorized pursuant to the export control regimes of the foreign country and the United States; and violations of export control laws, and penalties for such violations. Not less than 30 days before authorizing an exemption for a foreign country from the licensing requirements of this chapter for the export of defense items, the President shall transmit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a certification that— the United States has entered into a bilateral agreement with that foreign country satisfying all requirements set forth in paragraph (2); the foreign country has promulgated or enacted all necessary modifications to its laws and regulations to comply with its obligations under the bilateral agreement with the United States; and the appropriate congressional committees will continue to receive notifications pursuant to the authorities, procedures, and practices of section 2776 of this title for defense exports to a foreign country to which that section would apply and without regard to any form of defense export licensing exemption otherwise available for that country. In this section: The term “defense items” means defense articles, defense services, and related technical data. The term “appropriate congressional committees” means— the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(k) Licensing of certain commerce-controlled items A license or other approval from the Department of State granted in accordance with this section may also authorize the export of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations if such items are to be used in or with defense articles controlled on the United States Munitions List. The following requirements shall apply with respect to a license or other approval to authorize the export of items subject to the Export Administration Regulations under paragraph (1): Separate approval from the Department of Commerce shall not be required for such items if such items are approved for export under a Department of State license or other approval. Such items subject to the Export Administration Regulations that are exported pursuant to a Department of State license or other approval would remain under the jurisdiction of the Department of Commerce with respect to any subsequent transactions. The inclusion of the term “subject to the EAR” or any similar term on a Department of State license or approval shall not affect the jurisdiction with respect to such items. In this subsection, the term “Export Administration Regulations” means— the Export Administration Regulations as maintained and amended under the authority of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); or any successor regulations.

(l) AUKUS defense trade cooperation Not later than 120 days after December 22, 2023 , the President shall determine and certify in writing, and include a detailed justification, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives whether Australia or the United Kingdom has— implemented a system of export controls comparable to those of the United States that satisfies the elements of subsection (j)(2)(A)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) and subsection (j)(2)(B)(i), (ii) and (v) for United States-origin defense articles and defense services, and for controlling the provision of military training; and implemented a comparable exemption from its export controls for the United States. If the President makes the determination that Australia or the United Kingdom meets the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the justification required by such subparagraph shall include an assessment of how the country satisfied the specific elements described in such clauses. If the President makes a determination that Australia or the United Kingdom does not meet the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A), the justification required by such subparagraph shall include, as applicable— the specific elements of either such clause (i) or (ii) that were determined not to meet the comparability standards; the specific actions the country needs to take in order to meet the comparability standards; and the actions the United States is taking, as appropriate, to facilitate that the country is granted an exemption in a timely manner upon meeting the comparability standards. The determination and certification described in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Upon submittal of a determination and certification to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that Australia or the United Kingdom has met the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), and subject to the limitation in paragraph (4), the President shall immediately exempt from the licensing or other approval requirements of this section exports and transfers (including reexports, transfers, temporary imports, and brokering activities) of defense articles and defense services between the United States and that country or among the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The congressional notification requirements of subsections (c) and (d) of section 2776 of this title shall not apply with respect to the export or transfer of defense articles or defense services subject to the exemption described in this paragraph. If the President is unable to make a determination that Australia or the United Kingdom has met the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A) or suspends the exemption pursuant to paragraph (5), the President shall— not less frequently than once every 120 days reassess whether the country has met those requirements; report the results of such reassessment in writing, and include a detailed justification, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and report on steps the country must take to establish the exemption. Upon any reassessment under subparagraph (A) in which the President determines that Australia or the United Kingdom has met the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), the President shall immediately provide to that country an exemption described in paragraph (2). If the President finds in any reassessment under subparagraph (A) that Australia or the United Kingdom has not met the comparability standards of clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), the written reassessment shall include, as applicable— the specific elements of either such clauses that were determined not to be comparable; the specific actions the country needs to take in order to meet the comparability standards; and the actions the United States is taking, as appropriate, to facilitate that the country is granted an exemption in a timely manner upon meeting the comparability standards. The reassessment described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be submitted in an unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. An exemption described in paragraph (2) shall not apply to any activity (including exports, transfers, reexports, retransfers, temporary imports, or brokering) of defense articles and defense services between or among the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia that— are excluded by those countries; are referred to in subsection (j)(1)(C)(ii); or involve individuals or entities that are not approved by— the Secretary of State; and the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, or other similar authority within those countries. The President may suspend an exemption described in paragraph (2) with respect to Australia or the United Kingdom if the President determines and certifies in writing, and includes a detailed justification, to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that— the country has ceased to implement a system of export controls comparable to those of the United States that satisfies the elements of subsection (j)(2)(A)(i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) and subsection (j)(2)(B)(i), (ii) and (v) for United States-origin defense articles and defense services, and for controlling the provision of military training; and due to a substantial change in circumstance, the suspension is necessary to protect the vital national security or foreign policy interests of the United States in relation to the country concerned; or the country concerned has ceased to implement a comparable exemption from its export controls for the United States. The justification required to be included in the determination and certification described in subparagraph (A) shall also include a description of the specific actions the United States and the country are taking to address the reasons for the suspension. The determination and certification described in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. If the President reissues an exemption described in paragraph (2) with respect to Australia or the United Kingdom that the President suspended pursuant to subparagraph (A), the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report stating the steps the country took that allowed the exemption to be so reinstated. Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 2753(d) of this title shall not apply to any export or transfer that is the subject of an exemption described in paragraph (2). The Secretary of State shall— require all exports and transfers that would be subject to the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 2753(d) of this title but for the application of subparagraph (A) to be reported to the Secretary; and submit such reports to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives on a quarterly basis. Defense articles sold by the United States under this chapter, whether pursuant to the exemption authorized under this section or pursuant to an exemption under another authority under this chapter, may be reexported, retransferred or temporarily imported exclusively between the Government of Australia, the Government of the United Kingdom, or entities described in paragraph (b) of section 126.7(b)(2) of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations, that are eligible for the exemption described in paragraph (a) of such section, notwithstanding the requirement for the consent of the President under section 2753(a)(2) of this title or section 2314(a)(1)(B) of this title . Intra-company, intra-organization, and intra-governmental transfers related to defense articles described in subparagraph (A) are authorized to be made between officers, employees, and agents who meet the definition of the term “regular employee” under section 120.64 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations, including dual nationals or third-country nationals who satisfy the requirements of section 126.18 of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations. Any exemption described in paragraph (2) shall terminate on the date that is 15 years after December 22, 2023 . The Secretary of State may renew such exemption for 5 years upon a certification to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that such exemption is in the vital national interest of the United States with a detailed justification for such certification.

“SEC. 1261 REMOVAL OF SATELLITES AND RELATED ITEMS FROM THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

(“(a) Repeal.—

(“(b) Additional Determination and Report.— Accompanying but separate from the submission to Congress of the first notification after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Jan. 2, 2013 ] under section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(f) ) relating to the removal of satellites and related items from the United States Munitions List, the President shall also submit to Congress— a determination by the President that the removal of such satellites and items from the United States Munitions List is in the national security interests of the United States; and a report identifying and analyzing any differences between— the recommendations and draft regulations for controlling the export, re-export, and transfer of such satellites and related items that were submitted in the report to Congress required by section 1248 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2546 ); and the final regulations under which the export, re-export, and transfer of such satellites and related items would continue to be controlled.

(“(c) Prohibition.— Subject to paragraph (3), no satellites or related items that are made subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) as a result of the enactment of subsection (a) of this section, whether or not enumerated on the Commerce Control List— may be exported, re-exported, or transferred, directly or indirectly, to— any government of a country described in paragraph (2); or any entity or person in or acting for or on behalf of such government, entity, or person; or may be launched in a country described in paragraph (2) or as part of a launch vehicle owned, operated, or manufactured by the government of such country or any entity or person in or acting for or on behalf of such government, entity, or person. The countries referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: The People’s Republic of China. North Korea. Any country that is a state sponsor of terrorism. The President may waive the prohibition in paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis if not later than 30 days before doing so the President— determines that it is in the national interest of the United States to do so; and notifies the appropriate congressional committees of such determination.

(“(d) Presumption of Denial.— Any license or other authorization to export satellites and related items to a country with respect to which the United States maintains a comprehensive arms embargo shall be subject to a presumption of denial.

(“(e) Report.— Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and once every two years thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on efforts of state sponsors of terrorism, other foreign countries, or entities to illicitly acquire satellites and related items. The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

“SEC. 1262 REPORT ON LICENSES AND OTHER AUTHORIZATIONS TO EXPORT CERTAIN SATELLITES AND RELATED ITEMS.

(“(a) In General.— Not later than 60 days after the end of each calendar year through 2020, the President shall submit to the committees of Congress specified in subsection (b) a report summarizing all licenses and other authorizations to export satellites and related items that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) as a result of the enactment of section 1261(a).

(“(b) Committees of Congress Specified.— The committees of Congress specified in this subsection are— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.

“SEC. 1263 REPORT ON COUNTRY EXEMPTIONS FOR LICENSING OF EXPORTS OF CERTAIN SATELLITES AND RELATED ITEMS.

(“(a) In General.— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Jan. 2, 2013 ], the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies as appropriate, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that contains an assessment of the extent to which the terms and conditions of exemptions for foreign countries to the licensing requirements and other authorizations to export satellites and related items that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) as a result of the enactment of section 1261(a) contain strong safeguards.

(“(b) Matters to Be Included.— The report required by subsection (a) shall include a description of the extent to which the terms and conditions of exemptions described in subsection (a), including other relevant laws, regulations, and practices, support law enforcement efforts to detect, prevent, and prosecute criminal, administrative, and other violations of any provision of the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.), including efforts on the part of state sponsors of terrorism, organizations determined by the Secretary of State to have provided support for international terrorism, or other foreign countries, to acquire illicitly satellites and related items from the United States.

“SEC. 1264 END-USE MONITORING OF CERTAIN SATELLITES AND RELATED ITEMS.

(“(a) In General.— In order to ensure accountability with respect to the export of satellites and related items that become subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) as a result of the enactment of section 1261(a), the President shall provide for the end-use monitoring of such satellites and related items.

(“(b) Report.— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Jan. 2, 2013 ], the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the heads of other Federal departments and agencies as appropriate, shall submit to Congress a report describing the actions taken to implement this section, including identification of resource shortfalls or other constraints on effective end-use monitoring of satellites and related items described in subsection (a).

“SEC. 1265 INTERAGENCY REVIEW OF MODIFICATIONS TO CATEGORY XV OF THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

(“(a) In General.— Subject to section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(f) ), the President shall ensure that the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Commerce and, as appropriate, the Director of National Intelligence and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies, will review any removal or addition of an item to Category XV of the United States Munitions List (relating to spacecraft systems and associated equipment).

(“(b) Effective Date.— The requirement of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any item described in subsection (a) that is proposed to be removed or added to Category XV of the United States Munitions List on or after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Jan. 2, 2013 ].

“SEC. 1266 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

(“(a) In General.— Subtitle B of title XV of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ( Public Law 105–261 ; 112 Stat. 2173 ; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) shall continue to apply to satellites and related items that are subject to the Export Administration Regulations (15 CFR part 730 et seq.) as a result of the enactment of section 1261(a).

(“(b) Additional Rule.— Nothing in this subtitle or any amendment made by this subtitle shall be construed as removing or limiting the authorities of the President under subsection (a) or (b) of section 1514 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ( Public Law 105–261 ; 112 Stat. 2175 ; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) with respect to defense articles and defense services that remain subject to the jurisdiction of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

“SEC. 1267 DEFINITIONS.

“In this subtitle: The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means— the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The term ‘state sponsor of terrorism’ means any country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— [former] section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (50 U.S.C. App. 2405) [former 50 U.S.C. 4605(j) ] (as continued in effect under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [ 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.]); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or any other provision of law. The term ‘United States Munitions List’ means the list referred to in section 38(a)(1) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1) ).”

“SEC. 1402 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRANSFERS OF MILITARILY SENSITIVE TECHNOLOGY TO COUNTRIES AND ENTITIES OF CONCERN

(“(a) Annual Report.— Not later than March 30 of each year beginning in the year 2000 and ending in the year 2007, the President shall transmit to Congress a report on transfers to countries and entities of concern during the preceding calendar year of the most significant categories of United States technologies and technical information with potential military applications.

(“(b) Contents of Report.— The report required by subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: An assessment by the Director of Central Intelligence of efforts by countries and entities of concern to acquire technologies and technical information referred to in subsection (a) during the preceding calendar year. An assessment by the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of Central Intelligence, of the cumulative impact of licenses granted by the United States for exports of technologies and technical information referred to in subsection (a) to countries and entities of concern during the preceding 5-calendar year period on— the military capabilities of such countries and entities; and countermeasures that may be necessary to overcome the use of such technologies and technical information. An audit by the Inspectors General of the Departments of Defense, State, Commerce, and Energy, in consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, of the policies and procedures of the United States Government with respect to the export of technologies and technical information referred to in subsection (a) to countries and entities of concern. The status of the implementation or other disposition of recommendations included in reports of audits by Inspectors General that have been set forth in a previous annual report under this section pursuant to paragraph (3).

(“(c) Additional Requirement for First Report.— The first annual report required by subsection (a) shall include an assessment by the Inspectors General of the Departments of State, Defense, Commerce, and the Treasury and the Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency of the adequacy of current export controls and counterintelligence measures to protect against the acquisition by countries and entities of concern of United States technology and technical information referred to in subsection (a).

(“(d) Support of Other Agencies.— Upon the request of the officials responsible for preparing the assessments required by subsection (b), the heads of other departments and agencies shall make available to those officials all information necessary to carry out the requirements of this section.

(“(e) Classified and Unclassified Reports.— Each report required by this section shall be submitted in classified form and unclassified form.

(“(f) Definition.— As used in this section, the term ‘countries and entities of concern’ means— any country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of [former] section 6(j) of the Export Administration Act of 1979 [former 50 U.S.C. 4605(j) ] or other applicable law, to have repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; any country that— has detonated a nuclear explosive device (as defined in section 830(4) of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994 ( 22 U.S.C. 6305(4) )); and is not a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and any entity that— is engaged in international terrorism or activities in preparation thereof; or is directed or controlled by the government of a country described in paragraph (1) or (2).

“SEC. 1403 RESOURCES FOR EXPORT LICENSE FUNCTIONS

(“(a) Office of Defense Trade Controls.— The Secretary of State shall take the necessary steps to ensure that, in any fiscal year, adequate resources are allocated to the functions of the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State relating to the review and processing of export license applications so as to ensure that those functions are performed in a thorough and timely manner. The Secretary of State shall take the necessary steps to ensure that those funds made available under the heading ‘Administration of Foreign Affairs, Diplomatic and Consular Programs’ in title IV of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, as contained in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 ( Public Law 105–277 ) [ 112 Stat. 2681–92 ] are made available, upon the enactment of this Act, to the Office of Defense Trade Controls of the Department of State to carry out the purposes of the Office.

(“(b) Defense Threat Reduction Agency.— The Secretary of Defense shall take the necessary steps to ensure that, in any fiscal year, adequate resources are allocated to the functions of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the Department of Defense relating to the review of export license applications so as to ensure that those functions are performed in a thorough and timely manner.

(“(c) Updating of State Department Report.— Not later than March 1, 2000 , the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall transmit to Congress a report updating the information reported to Congress under section 1513(d)(3) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 [ Pub. L. 105–261 ] ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 note).

“SEC. 1404 SECURITY IN CONNECTION WITH SATELLITE EXPORT LICENSING

“As a condition of the export license for any satellite to be launched in a country subject to section 1514 of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 [ Pub. L. 105–261 ] ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 note), the Secretary of State shall require the following: That the technology transfer control plan required by section 1514(a)(1) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) be prepared by the Department of Defense and the licensee, and that the plan set forth enhanced security arrangements for the launch of the satellite, both before and during launch operations. That each person providing security for the launch of that satellite— report directly to the launch monitor with regard to issues relevant to the technology transfer control plan; have received appropriate training in the International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (hereafter in this title [enacting this note and amending provisions set out as a note under section 4604 of Title 50 , War and National Defense] referred to as ‘ITAR’). have significant experience and expertise with satellite launches; and have been investigated in a manner at least as comprehensive as the investigation required for the issuance of a security clearance at the level designated as ‘Secret’. That the number of such persons providing security for the launch of the satellite shall be sufficient to maintain 24-hour security of the satellite and related launch vehicle and other sensitive technology. That the licensee agree to reimburse the Department of Defense for all costs associated with the provision of security for the launch of the satellite.

“SEC. 1405 REPORTING OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSMITTED TO PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND OF FOREIGN LAUNCH SECURITY VIOLATIONS

(“(a) Monitoring of Information.— The Secretary of Defense shall require that space launch monitors of the Department of Defense assigned to monitor launches in the People’s Republic of China maintain records of all information authorized to be transmitted to the People’s Republic of China with regard to each space launch that the monitors are responsible for monitoring, including copies of any documents authorized for such transmission, and reports on launch-related activities.

(“(b) Transmission to Other Agencies.— The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that records under subsection (a) are transmitted on a current basis to appropriate elements of the Department of Defense and to the Department of State, the Department of Commerce, and the Central Intelligence Agency.

(“(c) Retention of Records.— Records described in subsection (a) shall be retained for at least the period of the statute of limitations for violations of the Arms Export Control Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.].

(“(d) Guidelines.— The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe guidelines providing space launch monitors of the Department of Defense with the responsibility and the ability to report serious security violations, problems, or other issues at an overseas launch site directly to the headquarters office of the responsible Department of Defense component.

“SEC. 1408 ENHANCED MULTILATERAL EXPORT CONTROLS

(“(a) New International Controls.— The President shall seek to establish new enhanced international controls on technology transfers that threaten international peace and United States national security.

(“(b) Improved Sharing of Information.— The President shall take appropriate actions to improve the sharing of information by nations that are major exporters of technology so that the United States can track movements of technology covered by the Wassenaar Arrangement and enforce technology controls and re-export requirements for such technology.

(“(c) Definition.— As used in this section, the term ‘Wassenaar Arrangement’ means the multilateral export control regime covering conventional armaments and sensitive dual-use goods and technologies that was agreed to by 33 co-founding countries in July 1996 and began operation in September 1996.

“SEC. 1409 ENHANCEMENT OF ACTIVITIES OF DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION AGENCY

(“(a) In General.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 5, 1999 ], the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe regulations to— authorize the personnel of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) who monitor satellite launch campaigns overseas to suspend such campaigns at any time if the suspension is required for purposes of the national security of the United States; ensure that persons assigned as space launch campaign monitors are provided sufficient training and have adequate experience in the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State known as the ITAR and have significant experience and expertise with satellite technology, launch vehicle technology, and launch operations technology; ensure that adequate numbers of such monitors are assigned to space launch campaigns so that 24-hour, 7-day per week coverage is provided; take steps to ensure, to the maximum extent possible, the continuity of service by monitors for the entire space launch campaign period (from satellite marketing to launch and, if necessary, completion of a launch failure analysis); adopt measures designed to make service as a space launch campaign monitor an attractive career opportunity; allocate funds and other resources to the Agency at levels sufficient to prevent any shortfalls in the number of such personnel; establish mechanisms in accordance with the provisions of section 1514(a)(2)(A) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 ( Public Law 105–261 ; 112 Stat. 2175 ; 22 U.S.C. 2778 note) that provide for— the payment to the Department of Defense by the person or entity receiving the launch monitoring services concerned, before the beginning of a fiscal year, of an amount equal to the amount estimated to be required by the Department to monitor the launch campaigns during that fiscal year; the reimbursement of the Department of Defense, at the end of each fiscal year, for amounts expended by the Department in monitoring the launch campaigns in excess of the amount provided under subparagraph (A); and the reimbursement of the person or entity receiving the launch monitoring services if the amount provided under subparagraph (A) exceeds the amount actually expended by the Department of Defense in monitoring the launch campaigns; review and improve guidelines on the scope of permissible discussions with foreign persons regarding technology and technical information, including the technology and technical information that should not be included in such discussions; provide, in conjunction with other Federal agencies, on at least an annual basis, briefings to the officers and employees of United States commercial satellite entities on United States export license standards, guidelines, and restrictions, and encourage such officers and employees to participate in such briefings; establish a system for— the preparation and filing by personnel of the Agency who monitor satellite launch campaigns overseas of detailed reports of all relevant activities observed by such personnel in the course of monitoring such campaigns; the systematic archiving of reports filed under subparagraph (A); and the preservation of such reports in accordance with applicable laws; and establish a counterintelligence program within the Agency as part of its satellite launch monitoring program.

(“(b) Annual Report on Implementation of Satellite Technology Safeguards.— The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall each submit to Congress each year, as part of the annual report for that year under section 1514(a)(8) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 [ Pub. L. 105–261 , 22 U.S.C. 2778 note], the following: A summary of the satellite launch campaigns and related activities monitored by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency during the preceding fiscal year. A description of any license infractions or violations that may have occurred during such campaigns and activities. A description of the personnel, funds, and other resources dedicated to the satellite launch monitoring program of the Agency during that fiscal year. An assessment of the record of United States satellite makers in cooperating with Agency monitors, and in complying with United States export control laws, during that fiscal year. Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in classified form and unclassified form.

“SEC. 1410 TIMELY NOTIFICATION OF LICENSING DECISIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

“Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 5, 1999 ], the Secretary of State shall prescribe regulations to provide timely notice to the manufacturer of a commercial satellite of United States origin of the final determination of the decision on the application for a license involving the overseas launch of such satellite.

“SEC. 1411 ENHANCED INTELLIGENCE CONSULTATION ON SATELLITE LICENSE APPLICATIONS

(“(a) Consultation During Review of Applications.— The Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall consult with the Director of Central Intelligence during the review of any application for a license involving the overseas launch of a commercial satellite of United States origin. The purpose of the consultation is to assure that the launch of the satellite, if the license is approved, will meet the requirements necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States.

(“(b) Advisory Group.— The Director of Central Intelligence shall establish within the intelligence community an advisory group to provide information and analysis to Congress, and to appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government, on the national security implications of granting licenses involving the overseas launch of commercial satellites of United States origin. The advisory group shall include technically-qualified representatives of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, the National Air Intelligence Center, and the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research and representatives of other elements of the intelligence community with appropriate expertise. In addition to the duties under paragraph (1), the advisory group shall— review, on a continuing basis, information relating to transfers of satellite, launch vehicle, or other technology or knowledge with respect to the course of the overseas launch of commercial satellites of United States origin; and analyze the potential impact of such transfers on the space and military systems, programs, or activities of foreign countries. The Director of the Nonproliferation Center of the Central Intelligence Agency shall serve as chairman of the advisory group. The advisory group shall, upon request (but not less often than annually), submit reports on the matters referred to in paragraphs (1) and (3) to the appropriate committees of Congress and to appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government. The first annual report under subparagraph (A) shall be submitted not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 5, 1999 ].

(“(c) Intelligence Community Defined.— In this section, the term ‘intelligence community’ has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 401a(4) ) [now 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ].

“SEC. 1412 INVESTIGATIONS OF VIOLATIONS OF EXPORT CONTROLS BY UNITED STATES SATELLITE MANUFACTURERS

(“(a) Notice to Congress of Investigations.— The President shall promptly notify the appropriate committees of Congress whenever an investigation is undertaken by the Department of Justice of— an alleged violation of United States export control laws in connection with a commercial satellite of United States origin; or an alleged violation of United States export control laws in connection with an item controlled under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778 ) that is likely to cause significant harm or damage to the national security interests of the United States.

(“(b) Notice to Congress of Certain Export Waivers.— The President shall promptly notify the appropriate committees of Congress whenever an export waiver pursuant to section 902 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 [ Pub. L. 101–246 ] ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 note) is granted on behalf of any United States person that is the subject of an investigation described in subsection (a). The notice shall include a justification for the waiver.

(“(c) Exception.— The requirements in subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply if the President determines that notification of the appropriate committees of Congress under such subsections would jeopardize an on-going criminal investigation. If the President makes such a determination, the President shall provide written notification of such determination to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the Senate. The notification shall include a justification for the determination.

(“(d) Identification of Persons Subject to Investigation.— The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall develop appropriate mechanisms to identify, for the purposes of processing export licenses for commercial satellites, persons who are the subject of an investigation described in subsection (a).

(“(e) Protection of Classified and Other Sensitive Information.— The appropriate committees of Congress shall ensure that appropriate procedures are in place to protect from unauthorized disclosure classified information, information relating to intelligence sources and methods, and sensitive law enforcement information that is furnished to those committees pursuant to this section.

(“(f) Statutory Construction.— Nothing in this section shall be construed to modify or supersede any other requirement to report information on intelligence activities to Congress, including the requirement under section 501 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 413 ) [now 50 U.S.C. 3091 ].

(“(g) Definitions.— As used in this section: The term ‘appropriate committees of Congress’ means the following: The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on International Relations [now Committee on Foreign Affairs], and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. The term ‘United States person’ means any United States resident or national (other than an individual resident outside the United States and employed by other than a United States person), any domestic concern (including any permanent domestic establishment of any foreign concern), and any foreign subsidiary or affiliate (including any permanent foreign establishment) of any domestic concern which is controlled in fact by such domestic concern, as determined under regulations of the President.”

“SEC. 1511 SENSE OF CONGRESS.

“It is the sense of Congress that— United States business interests must not be placed above United States national security interests; United States foreign policy and the policies of the United States regarding commercial relations with other countries should affirm the importance of observing and adhering to the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); the United States should encourage universal observance of the Guidelines to the Missile Technology Control Regime; the exportation or transfer of advanced communication satellites and related technologies from United States sources to foreign recipients should not increase the risks to the national security of the United States; due to the military sensitivity of the technologies involved, it is in the national security interests of the United States that United States satellites and related items be subject to the same export controls that apply under United States law and practices to munitions; the United States should not issue any blanket waiver of the suspensions contained in section 902 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 ( Public Law 101–246 ) [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 note], regarding the export of satellites of United States origin intended for launch from a launch vehicle owned by the People’s Republic of China; the United States should pursue policies that protect and enhance the United States space launch industry; and the United States should not export to the People’s Republic of China missile equipment or technology that would improve the missile or space launch capabilities of the People’s Republic of China.

“SEC. 1512 CERTIFICATION OF EXPORTS OF MISSILE EQUIPMENT OR TECHNOLOGY TO CHINA.

(“(a) Certification.— The President shall certify to the Congress at least 15 days in advance of any export to the People’s Republic of China of missile equipment or technology (as defined in section 74 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2797c )) that— such export is not detrimental to the United States space launch industry; and the missile equipment or technology, including any indirect technical benefit that could be derived from such export, will not measurably improve the missile or space launch capabilities of the People’s Republic of China.

(“(b) Exception.— The certification requirement contained in subsection (a) shall not apply to the export of inertial reference units and components in manned civilian aircraft or supplied as spare or replacement parts for such aircraft. [For delegation of functions of the President under section 1512 of Pub. L. 105–261 , set out above, see Determination of President of the United States, No. 2009–31, Sept. 29, 2009 , 74 F.R. 50913, set out below.]

“SEC. 1513 SATELLITE CONTROLS UNDER THE UNITED STATES MUNITIONS LIST.

(“[(a) Repealed. Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XII, § 1261(a)(1) , Jan. 2, 2013 , 126 Stat. 2018 .]

(“(b) Defense Trade Controls Registration Fees.—

(“(c) Effective Date.— The amendments made by subsection (b) [amending section 2717 of this title ] shall be effective as of October 1, 1998 .

(“(d) Report.— Not later than January 1, 1999 , the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to Congress a report containing— a detailed description of the plans of the Department of State to implement the requirements of this section, including any organizational changes that are required and any Executive orders or regulations that may be required; an identification and explanation of any steps that should be taken to improve the license review process for exports of the satellites and related items described in subsection (a), including measures to shorten the timelines for license application reviews, and any measures relating to the transparency of the license review process and dispute resolution procedures; an evaluation of the adequacy of resources available to the Department of State, including fiscal and personnel resources, to carry out the additional activities required by this section; and any recommendations for additional actions, including possible legislation, to improve the export licensing process under the Arms Export Control Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] for the satellites and related items described in subsection (a).

“SEC. 1514 NATIONAL SECURITY CONTROLS ON SATELLITE EXPORT LICENSING.

(“(a) Actions by the President.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President shall take such actions as are necessary to implement the following requirements for improving national security controls in the export licensing of satellites and related items: All export licenses shall require a technology transfer control plan approved by the Secretary of Defense and an encryption technology transfer control plan approved by the Director of the National Security Agency. In any case in which a license is approved for the export of a satellite or related items for launch in a foreign country, the Secretary of Defense shall monitor all aspects of the launch in order to ensure that no unauthorized transfer of technology occurs, including technical assistance and technical data. The costs of such monitoring services shall be fully reimbursed to the Department of Defense by the person or entity receiving such services. All reimbursements received under this subparagraph shall be credited to current appropriations available for the payment of the costs incurred in providing such services. The monitoring under subparagraph (A) shall cover, but not be limited to— technical discussions and activities, including the design, development, operation, maintenance, modification, and repair of satellites, satellite components, missiles, other equipment, launch facilities, and launch vehicles; satellite processing and launch activities, including launch preparation, satellite transportation, integration of the satellite with the launch vehicle, testing and checkout prior to launch, satellite launch, and return of equipment to the United States; activities relating to launch failure, delay, or cancellation, including post-launch failure investigations; and all other aspects of the launch. In the event of the failure of a launch from a foreign country of a satellite of United States origin— the activities of United States persons or entities in connection with any subsequent investigation of the failure are subject to the controls established under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2778 ], including requirements for licenses issued by the Secretary of State for participation in that investigation; officials of the Department of Defense shall monitor all activities associated with the investigation to insure against unauthorized transfer of technical data or services; and the Secretary of Defense shall establish and implement a technology transfer control plan for the conduct of the investigation to prevent the transfer of information that could be used by the foreign country to improve its missile or space launch capabilities. All technology transfer control plans for satellites or related items shall require any United States person or entity involved in the export of a satellite of United States origin or related items to notify the Department of Defense in advance of all meetings and interactions with any foreign person or entity providing launch services and require the United States person or entity to certify after the launch that it has complied with this notification requirement. The Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of State shall provide to the Secretary of Defense and the Director of Central Intelligence copies of all export license applications and technical assistance agreements submitted for approval in connection with launches in foreign countries of satellites to verify the legitimacy of the stated end-user or end-users. The Secretary of State shall provide copies of all approved export licenses and technical assistance agreements associated with launches in foreign countries of satellites to the Secretaries of Defense and Energy, the Director of Central Intelligence, and the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Upon issuing a license for the export of a satellite or related items for launch in a foreign country, the head of the department or agency issuing the license shall so notify Congress. The Secretary of Defense shall provide to Congress an annual report on the monitoring of all launches in foreign countries of satellites of United States origin. The Secretary of Defense shall establish a program for recruiting, training, and maintaining a staff dedicated to monitoring launches in foreign countries of satellites and related items of United States origin.

(“(b) Exception.— This section shall not apply to the export of a satellite or related items for launch in, or by nationals of, a country that is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or that is a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

(“(c) Effective Date.— The President shall take the actions required by subsection (a) not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act [ Oct. 17, 1998 ].

“SEC. 1515 REPORT ON EXPORT OF SATELLITES FOR LAUNCH BY PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.

(“(a) Requirement for Report.— Each report to Congress submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 902 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 note; Public Law 101–246 ) to waive the restrictions contained in subsection (a) of that section on the export to the People’s Republic of China of any satellite of United States origin or related items shall be accompanied by a detailed justification setting forth the following: A detailed description of all militarily sensitive characteristics integrated within, or associated with, the satellite. An estimate of the number of United States civilian contract personnel expected to be needed in country to carry out the proposed satellite launch. A detailed description of the United States Government’s plan to monitor the proposed satellite launch to ensure that no unauthorized transfer of technology occurs, together with an estimate of the number of officers and employees of the United States that are expected to be needed in country to carry out monitoring of the proposed satellite launch; and the estimated cost to the Department of Defense of monitoring the proposed satellite launch and the amount of such cost that is to be reimbursed to the department. The reasons why the proposed satellite launch is in the national security interest of the United States. The impact of the proposed export on employment in the United States, including the number of new jobs created in the United States, on a State-by-State basis, as a direct result of the proposed export. The number of existing jobs in the United States that would be lost, on a State-by-State basis, as a direct result of the proposed export not being licensed. The impact of the proposed export on the balance of trade between the United States and the People’s Republic of China and on reducing the current United States trade deficit with the People’s Republic of China. The impact of the proposed export on the transition of the People’s Republic of China from a nonmarket economy to a market economy and the long-term economic benefit to the United States. The impact of the proposed export on opening new markets to United States-made products through the purchase by the People’s Republic of China of United States-made goods and services not directly related to the proposed export. The impact of the proposed export on reducing acts, policies, and practices that constitute significant trade barriers to United States exports or foreign direct investment in the People’s Republic of China by United States nationals. The increase that will result from the proposed export in the overall market share of the United States for goods and services in comparison to Japan, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Russia. The impact of the proposed export on the willingness of the People’s Republic of China to modify its commercial and trade laws, practices, and regulations to make United States-made goods and services more accessible to that market. The impact of the proposed export on the willingness of the People’s Republic of China to reduce formal and informal trade barriers and tariffs, duties, and other fees on United States-made goods and services entering that country.

(“(b) Militarily Sensitive Characteristics Defined.— In this section, the term ‘militarily sensitive characteristics’ includes antijamming capability, antennas, crosslinks, baseband processing, encryption devices, radiation-hardened devices, propulsion systems, pointing accuracy, kick motors, and other such characteristics as are specified by the Secretary of Defense.

“SEC. 1516 RELATED ITEMS DEFINED.

“In this subtitle, the term ‘related items’ means the satellite fuel, ground support equipment, test equipment, payload adapter or interface hardware, replacement parts, and non-embedded solid propellant orbit transfer engines described in the report submitted to Congress by the Department of State on February 6, 1998 , pursuant to section 38(f) of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2778(f) ).”

“SEC. 401 FINDINGS.

“The Congress finds that— nations in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, which accounted for over 40 percent of the international trade in weapons and related equipment and services during the decade of the 1980’s, are the principal market for the worldwide arms trade; regional instability, large financial resources, and the desire of arms-supplying governments to gain influence in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, contribute to a regional arms race; the continued proliferation of weapons and related equipment and services contribute further to a regional arms race in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region that is politically, economically, and militarily destabilizing; the continued proliferation of unconventional weapons, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, as well as delivery systems associated with those weapons, poses an urgent threat to security and stability in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region; the continued proliferation of ballistic missile technologies and ballistic missile systems that are capable of delivering conventional, nuclear, biological, or chemical warheads undermines security and stability in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region; future security and stability in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region would be enhanced by establishing a stable military balance among regional powers by restraining and reducing both conventional and unconventional weapons; security, stability, peace, and prosperity in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region are important to the welfare of the international economy and to the national security interests of the United States; future security and stability in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region would be enhanced through the development of a multilateral arms transfer and control regime similar to those of the Nuclear Suppliers’ Group, the Missile Technology Control Regime, and the Australia Chemical Weapons Suppliers Group; such a regime should be developed, implemented, and agreed to through multilateral negotiations, including under the auspices of the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council; confidence-building arms control measures such as the establishment of a centralized arms trade registry at the United Nations, greater multinational transparency on the transfer of defense articles and services prior to agreement or transfer, cooperative verification measures, advanced notification of military exercises, information exchanges, on-site inspections, and creation of a Middle East and Persian Gulf Conflict Prevention Center, are important to implement an effective multilateral arms transfer and control regime; as an interim step, the United States should consider introducing, during the ongoing negotiations on confidence security-building measures at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) [now the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe], a proposal regarding the international exchange of information, on an annual basis, on the sale and transfer of major military equipment, particularly to the Middle East and Persian Gulf region; and such a regime should be applied to other regions with the ultimate objective of achieving an effective global arms transfer and control regime, implemented and enforced through the United Nations Security Council, that— includes a linkage of humanitarian and developmental objectives with security objectives in Third World countries, particularly the poorest of the poor countries; and encourages countries selling military equipment and services to consider the following factors before making conventional arms sales: the security needs of the purchasing countries, the level of defense expenditures by the purchasing countries, and the level of indigenous production of the purchasing countries.

“SEC. 402 MULTILATERAL ARMS TRANSFER AND CONTROL REGIME.

(“(a) Implementation of the Regime.— The President shall continue negotiations among the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and commit the United States to a multilateral arms transfer and control regime for the Middle East and Persian Gulf region. In the context of these negotiations, the President should propose to the 5 permanent members of the United Nations Security Council a temporary moratorium on the sale and transfer of major military equipment to nations in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region until such time as the 5 permanent members agree to a multilateral arms transfer and control regime.

(“(b) Purpose of the Regime.— The purpose of the multilateral arms transfer and control regime should be— to slow and limit the proliferation of conventional weapons in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region with the aim of preventing destabilizing transfers by— controlling the transfer of conventional major military equipment; achieving transparency among arms suppliers nations through advanced notification of agreement to, or transfer of, conventional major military equipment; and developing and adopting common and comprehensive control guidelines on the sale and transfer of conventional major military equipment to the region; to halt the proliferation of unconventional weapons, including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, as well as delivery systems associated with those weapons and the technologies necessary to produce or assemble such weapons; to limit and halt the proliferation of ballistic missile technologies and ballistic missile systems that are capable of delivering conventional, nuclear, biological, or chemical warheads; to maintain the military balance in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region through reductions of conventional weapons and the elimination of unconventional weapons; and to promote regional arms control in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region.

(“(c) Achieving the Purposes of the Regime.— In order to achieve the purposes described in subsection (b)(1), the United States should pursue the development of a multilateral arms transfer and control regime which includes— greater information-sharing practices among supplier nations regarding potential arms sales to all nations of the Middle East and Persian Gulf region; applying, for the control of conventional major military equipment, procedures already developed by the International Atomic Energy Agency, the Multilateral Coordinating Committee on Export Controls (COCOM), and the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); and other strict controls on the proliferation of conventional major military equipment to the Middle East and Persian Gulf region. In order to achieve the purposes described in subsections (b)(2) and (3), the United States should build on existing and future agreements among supplier nations by pursuing the development of a multilateral arms transfer and control regime which includes— limitations and controls contained in the Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative; limitations and controls contained in the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR); guidelines followed by the Australia Group on chemical and biological arms proliferation; guidelines adopted by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (the London Group); and other appropriate controls that serve to halt the flow of unconditional [unconventional] weapons to the Middle East and Persian Gulf region. In order to achieve the purposes described in subsections (b)(4) and (5), the United States should pursue with nations in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region— the maintenance of the military balance within the region, while eliminating nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons and associated delivery systems, and ballistic missiles; the implementation of confidence-building and security-building measures, including advance notification of certain ground and aerial military exercises in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf; and other useful arms control measures.

(“(d) Major Military Equipment.— As used in this title, the term ‘major military equipment’ means— air-to-air, air-to-surface, and surface-to-surface missiles and rockets; turbine-powered military aircraft; attack helicopters; main battle tanks; submarines and major naval surface combatants; nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons; and such other defense articles and defense services as the President may determine.

“SEC. 403 LIMITATION ON UNITED STATES ARMS SALES TO THE REGION.

“Beginning 60 days after the date of enactment of the International Cooperation Act of 1991 [probably means H.R. 2508, which had not been enacted into law by the end of the first session of the 102d Congress] or the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 [ Oct. 28, 1991 ], whichever is enacted first, no sale of any defense article or defense service may be made to any nation in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, and no license may be issued for the export of any defense article or defense service to any nation in the Middle East and Persian Gulf region, unless the President— certifies in writing to the relevant congressional committees that the President has undertaken good faith efforts to convene a conference for the establishment of an arms suppliers regime having elements described in section 402; and submits to the relevant congressional committees a report setting forth a United States plan for leading the world community in establishing such a multilateral regime to restrict transfers of advanced conventional and unconventional arms to the Middle East and Persian Gulf region.

“[SEC. 404

Repealed. Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 715(a)(2) , Dec. 16, 2016 , 130 Stat. 1946 .]

“SEC. 405 RELEVANT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

“As used in this title, the term ‘relevant congressional committees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”

§ 2778a Exportation of uranium depleted in the isotope 235

Upon a finding that an export of uranium depleted in the isotope 235 is incorporated in defense articles or commodities solely to take advantage of high density or pyrophoric characteristics unrelated to its radioactivity, such exports shall be exempt from the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [ 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.] and of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 [ 22 U.S.C. 3201 et seq.] when such exports are subject to the controls established under the Arms Export Control Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.] or the Export Administration Act of 1979. ( Pub. L. 96–533, title I, § 110 , Dec. 16, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3138 .)

§ 2779 Fees of military sales agents

(a) Adequate and timely reports to Secretary of State; maintenance of records In accordance with such regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary of State shall require adequate and timely reporting on political contributions, gifts, commissions and fees paid, or offered or agreed to be paid, by any person in connection with— sales of defense articles or defense services under section 2762 of this title , or of design and construction services under section 2769 of this title ; commercial sales of defense articles or defense services licensed or approved under section 2778 of this title ; or exports of defense articles or defense services pursuant to a treaty referenced in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title ; to or for the armed forces of a foreign country or international organization in order to solicit, promote, or otherwise to secure the conclusion of such sales. Such regulations shall specify the amounts and the kinds of payments, offers, and agreements to be reported, and the form and timing of reports, and shall require reports on the names of sales agents and other persons receiving such payments. The Secretary of State shall by regulation require such recordkeeping as he determines is necessary.

(b) Presidential regulation The President may, by regulation, prohibit, limit, or prescribe conditions with respect to such contributions, gifts, commissions, and fees as he determines will be in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter.

(c) Allocation to contract; improper influence No such contribution, gift, commission, or fee may be included, in whole or in part, in the amount paid under any procurement contract entered into under section 2762 or section 2769 of this title , unless the amount thereof is reasonable, allocable to such contract, and not made to a person who has solicited, promoted, or otherwise secured such sale, or has held himself out as being able to do so, through improper influence. For the purposes of this section, “improper influence” means influence, direct or indirect, which induces or attempts to induce consideration or action by any employee or officer of a purchasing foreign government or international organization with respect to such purchase on any basis other than such consideration of merit as are involved in comparable United States procurements.

(d) Availability of records to Congress and Federal agencies All information reported to the Secretary of State and all records maintained by any person pursuant to regulations prescribed under this section shall be available, upon request, to any standing committee of the Congress or any subcommittee thereof and to any agency of the United States Government authorized by law to have access to the books and records of the person required to submit reports or to maintain records under this section. Access by an agency of the United States Government to records maintained under this section shall be on the same terms and conditions which govern the access by such agency to the books and records of the person concerned.

§ 2779a Prohibition on incentive payments

(a) In general No United States supplier of defense articles or services sold or licensed under this chapter or exported pursuant to a treaty referred to in section 2778(j)(1)(C)(i) of this title , nor any employee, agent, or subcontractor thereof, shall, with respect to the sale or export of any such defense article or defense service to a foreign country, make any incentive payments for the purpose of satisfying, in whole or in part, any offset agreement with that country.

(b) Civil penalties Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be subject to the imposition of civil penalties as provided for in this section.

(c) Presidential authority In the enforcement of this section, the President is authorized to exercise the same powers concerning violations and enforcement and imposition of civil penalties which are conferred upon departments, agencies and officials by subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of section 11 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979, and section 12(a) 1 of such Act, subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to such powers under that Act, except that section 11(c)(2)(B) of such Act shall not apply, and instead, as prescribed in regulations issued under this section, the Secretary of State may assess civil penalties for violations of this chapter and regulations prescribed thereunder and further may commence a civil action to recover such civil penalties, and except further that notwithstanding section 11(c) of that Act, the civil penalty for each violation of this section may not exceed $500,000 or five times the amount of the prohibited incentive payment, whichever is greater.

(d) Definitions For purposes of this section— the term “offset agreement” means an agreement, arrangement, or understanding between a United States supplier of defense articles or defense services and a foreign country under which the supplier agrees to purchase or acquire, or to promote the purchase or acquisition by other United States persons of, goods or services produced, manufactured, grown, or extracted, in whole or in part, in that foreign country in consideration for the purchase by the foreign country of defense articles or defense services from the supplier; the term “incentive payments” means direct monetary compensation made by a United States supplier of defense articles or defense services or by any employee, agent or subcontractor thereof to any other United States person to induce or persuade that United States person to purchase or acquire goods or services produced, manufactured, grown, or extracted, in whole or in part, in the foreign country which is purchasing those defense articles or services from the United States supplier; and the term “United States person” means— an individual who is a national or permanent resident alien of the United States; and any corporation, business association, partnership, trust, or other juridical entity— organized under the laws of the United States or any State, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States; or owned or controlled in fact by individuals described in subparagraph (A) or by an entity described in clause (i).

§ 2780 Transactions with countries supporting acts of international terrorism

(a) Prohibited transactions by United States Government The following transactions by the United States Government are prohibited: Exporting or otherwise providing (by sale, lease or loan, grant, or other means), directly or indirectly, any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d) under the authority of this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government— shall suspend delivery to such country of any such item pursuant to any such transaction which has not been completed at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), and shall terminate any lease or loan to such country of any such item which is in effect at the time the Secretary of State makes that determination. Providing credits, guarantees, or other financial assistance under the authority of this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)), with respect to the acquisition of any munitions item by a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall suspend expenditures pursuant to any such assistance obligated before the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d). The President may authorize expenditures otherwise required to be suspended pursuant to the preceding sentence if the President has determined, and reported to the Congress, that suspension of those expenditures causes undue financial hardship to a supplier, shipper, or similar person and allowing the expenditure will not result in any munitions item being made available for use by such country. Consenting under section 2753(a) of this title , under section 505(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2314(a) ], under the regulations issued to carry out section 2778 of this title , or under any other law (except as provided in subsection (h)), to any transfer of any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall withdraw any such consent which is in effect at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), except that this sentence does not apply with respect to any item that has already been transferred to such country. Providing any license or other approval under section 2778 of this title for any export or other transfer (including by means of a technical assistance agreement, manufacturing licensing agreement, or coproduction agreement) of any munitions item to a country described in subsection (d). In implementing this paragraph, the United States Government shall suspend any such license or other approval which is in effect at the time the Secretary of State makes the determination described in subsection (d), except that this sentence does not apply with respect to any item that has already been exported or otherwise transferred to such country. Otherwise facilitating the acquisition of any munitions item by a country described in subsection (d). This paragraph applies with respect to activities undertaken— by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the Government, by any officer or employee of the Government (including members of the United States Armed Forces), or by any other person at the request or on behalf of the Government. The Secretary of State may waive the requirements of the second sentence of paragraph (1), the second sentence of paragraph (3), and the second sentence of paragraph (4) to the extent that the Secretary determines, after consultation with the Congress, that unusual and compelling circumstances require that the United States Government not take the actions specified in that sentence.

(b) Prohibited transactions by United States persons A United States person may not take any of the following actions: Exporting any munitions item to any country described in subsection (d). Selling, leasing, loaning, granting, or otherwise providing any munitions item to any country described in subsection (d). Selling, leasing, loaning, granting, or otherwise providing any munitions item to any recipient which is not the government of or a person in a country described in subsection (d) if the United States person has reason to know that the munitions item will be made available to any country described in subsection (d). Taking any other action which would facilitate the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of any munitions item by the government of any country described in subsection (d), or any person acting on behalf of that government, if the United States person has reason to know that that action will facilitate the acquisition of that item by such a government or person. A United States person violates this subsection if a corporation or other person that is controlled in fact by that United States person (as determined under regulations, which the President shall issue) takes an action described in paragraph (1) outside the United States. Paragraph (1) applies with respect to actions described in that paragraph which are taken either within or outside the United States by a United States person described in subsection ( l )(3)(A) or (B). To the extent provided in regulations issued under subsection ( l )(3)(D), paragraph (1) applies with respect to actions described in that paragraph which are taken outside the United States by a person designated as a United States person in those regulations.

(c) Transfers to governments and persons covered This section applies with respect to— the acquisition of munitions items by the government of a country described in subsection (d); and the acquisition of munitions items by any individual, group, or other person within a country described in subsection (d), except to the extent that subparagraph (D) of subsection (b)(1) provides otherwise.

(d) Countries covered by prohibition The prohibitions contained in this section apply with respect to a country if the Secretary of State determines that the government of that country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. For purposes of this subsection, such acts shall include all activities that the Secretary determines willfully aid or abet the international proliferation of nuclear explosive devices to individuals or groups, willfully aid or abet an individual or groups in acquiring unsafeguarded special nuclear material, or willfully aid or abet the efforts of an individual or group to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire chemical, biological, or radiological weapons.

(e) Publication of determinations Each determination of the Secretary of State under subsection (d) shall be published in the Federal Register.

(f) Rescission A determination made by the Secretary of State under subsection (d) may not be rescinded unless the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate— before the proposed rescission would take effect, a report certifying that— there has been a fundamental change in the leadership and policies of the government of the country concerned; that government is not supporting acts of international terrorism; and that government has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future; or at least 45 days before the proposed rescission would take effect, a report justifying the rescission and certifying that— the government concerned has not provided any support for international terrorism during the preceding 6-month period; and the government concerned has provided assurances that it will not support acts of international terrorism in the future. No rescission under paragraph (1)(B) of a determination under subsection (d) may be made if the Congress, within 45 days after receipt of a report under paragraph (1)(B), enacts a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the proposed rescission of the determination under section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act pursuant to the report submitted to the Congress on _________ is hereby prohibited.”, the blank to be completed with the appropriate date. A joint resolution described in subparagraph (A) and introduced within the appropriate 45-day period shall be considered in the Senate and the House of Representatives in accordance with paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act (as contained in Public Law 98–473 ), except that references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, respectively.

(g) Waiver The President may waive the prohibitions contained in this section with respect to a specific transaction if— the President determines that the transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States; and not less than 15 days prior to the proposed transaction, the President— consults with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing— the name of any country involved in the proposed transaction, the identity of any recipient of the items to be provided pursuant to the proposed transaction, and the anticipated use of those items; a description of the munitions items involved in the proposed transaction (including their market value) and the actual sale price at each step in the transaction (or if the items are transferred by other than sale, the manner in which they will be provided); the reasons why the proposed transaction is essential to the national security interests of the United States and the justification for such proposed transaction; the date on which the proposed transaction is expected to occur; and the name of every United States Government department, agency, or other entity involved in the proposed transaction, every foreign government involved in the proposed transaction, and every private party with significant participation in the proposed transaction. To the extent possible, the information specified in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) shall be provided in unclassified form, with any classified information provided in an addendum to the report.

(h) Exemption for transactions subject to National Security Act reporting requirements The prohibitions contained in this section do not apply with respect to any transaction subject to reporting requirements under title V of the National Security Act of 1947 ([ 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.]; relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities).

(i) Relation to other laws With regard to munitions items controlled pursuant to this chapter, the provisions of this section shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of law, other than section 614(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2364(a) ). If the authority of section 614(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2364(a) ] is used to permit a transaction under that Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] or this chapter which is otherwise prohibited by this section, the written policy justification required by that section shall include the information specified in subsection (g)(2)(B) of this section.

(j) Criminal penalty Any person who willfully violates this section shall be fined for each violation not more than $1,000,000, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.

(k) Civil penalties; enforcement In the enforcement of this section, the President is authorized to exercise the same powers concerning violations and enforcement which are conferred upon departments, agencies, and officials by sections 11(c), 11(e), 11(g), and 12(a) 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 (subject to the same terms and conditions as are applicable to such powers under that Act), except that section 11(c)(2)(B) of such Act shall not apply, and instead, as prescribed in regulations issued under this section, the Secretary of State may assess civil penalties for violations of this chapter and regulations prescribed thereunder and further may commence a civil action to recover such civil penalties, and except further that, notwithstanding section 11(c) of that Act, the civil penalty for each violation of this section may not exceed $500,000.

(l) Definitions As used in this section— the term “munitions item” means any item enumerated on the United States Munitions list 2 (without regard to whether the item is imported into or exported from the United States); the term “United States”, when used geographically, means the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any territory or possession of the United States; the term “United States person” means— any citizen or permanent resident alien of the United States; any sole proprietorship, partnership, company, association, or corporation having its principal place of business within the United States or organized under the laws of the United States, any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, or any territory or possession of the United States; any other person with respect to that person’s actions while in the United States; and to the extent provided in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, any person that is not described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) but— is a foreign subsidiary or affiliate of a United States person described in subparagraph (B) and is controlled in fact by that United States person (as determined in accordance with those regulations), or is otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, with respect to that person’s actions while outside the United States; the term “nuclear explosive device” has the meaning given that term in section 6305(4) of this title ; and the term “unsafeguarded special nuclear material” has the meaning given that term in section 6305(8) of this title .

§ 2781 Transactions with countries not fully cooperating with United States antiterrorism efforts

(a) Prohibited transactions No defense article or defense service may be sold or licensed for export under this chapter in a fiscal year to a foreign country that the President determines and certifies to Congress, by May 15 of the calendar year in which that fiscal year begins, is not cooperating fully with United States antiterrorism efforts.

(b) Waiver The President may waive the prohibition set forth in subsection (a) with respect to a specific transaction if the President determines that the transaction is important to the national interests of the United States.

§ 2785 End-use monitoring of defense articles and defense services

(a) Establishment of monitoring program In order to improve accountability with respect to defense articles and defense services sold, leased, or exported under this chapter or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), the President shall establish a program which provides for the end-use monitoring of such articles and services. To the extent practicable, such program— shall provide for the end-use monitoring of defense articles and defense services in accordance with the standards that apply for identifying high-risk exports for regular end-use verification developed under section 2778(g)(7) of this title (commonly referred to as the “Blue Lantern” program); and shall be designed to provide reasonable assurance that— the recipient is complying with the requirements imposed by the United States Government with respect to use, transfers, and security of defense articles and defense services; and such articles and services are being used for the purposes for which they are provided.

(b) Conduct of program In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the President shall ensure that the program— provides for the end-use verification of defense articles and defense services that incorporate sensitive technology, defense articles and defense services that are particularly vulnerable to diversion or other misuse, or defense articles or defense services whose diversion or other misuse could have significant consequences; and prevents the diversion (through reverse engineering or other means) of technology incorporated in defense articles.

(c) Report to Congress Not later than 6 months after July 21, 1996 , and annually thereafter as a part of the annual congressional presentation documents submitted under section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2394 ], the President shall transmit to the Congress a report describing the actions taken to implement this section, including a detailed accounting of the costs and number of personnel associated with the monitoring program and the numbers, range, and findings of end-use monitoring of United States transfers of small arms and light weapons.

(d) Third country transfers For purposes of this section, defense articles and defense services sold, leased, or exported under this chapter or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) includes defense articles and defense services that are transferred to a third country or other third party.

§ 2791 General provisions

(a) Considerations in procurement outside United States In carrying out this chapter, special emphasis shall be placed on procurement in the United States, but, subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, consideration shall also be given to coproduction or licensed production outside the United States of defense articles of United States origin when such production best serves the foreign policy, national security, and economy of the United States. In evaluating any sale proposed to be made pursuant to this chapter, there shall be taken into consideration (A) the extent to which the proposed sale damages or infringes upon licensing arrangements whereby United States entities have granted licenses for the manufacture of the defense articles selected by the purchasing country to entities located in friendly foreign countries, which licenses result in financial returns to the United States, (B) the portion of the defense articles so manufactured which is of United States origin, and (C) whether, and the extent to which, such sale might contribute to an arms race, aid in the development of weapons of mass destruction, support international terrorism, increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict, or prejudice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms control or nonproliferation agreements or other arrangements.

(b) Information to Congress on credit sales and guaranties No credit sale shall be extended under section 2763 of this title , and no guarantee shall be issued under section 2764 of this title , in any case involving coproduction or licensed, production outside the United States of any defense article of United States origin unless the Secretary of State shall, in advance of any such transaction, advise the appropriate committees of the Congress and furnish the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate with full information regarding the proposed transaction, including, but not limited to, a description of the particular defense article or articles which would be produced under a license or coproduced outside the United States, the estimated value of such production or coproduction, and the probable impact of the proposed transaction on employment and production within the United States.

(c) Availability of funds for procurement outside United States Funds made available under this chapter may be used for procurement outside the United States only if the President determines that such procurement will not result in adverse effects upon the economy of the United States or the industrial mobilization base, with special reference to any areas of labor surplus or to the net position of the United States in its balance of payments with the rest of the world, which outweigh the economic or other advantages to the United States of less costly procurement outside the United States.

(d) Responsibility of Secretary of Defense with respect to sales and guaranties With respect to sales and guaranties under sections 2761, 2762, 2763, 2764, 2769 and 2770 of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall, under the direction of the President, have primary responsibility for— the determination of military end-item requirements; the procurement of military equipment in a manner which permits its integration with service programs; the supervision of the training of foreign military personnel; the movement and delivery of military end-items; and within the Department of Defense, the performance of any other functions with respect to sales and guaranties. The establishment of priorities in the procurement, delivery, and allocation of military equipment shall, under the direction of the President, be determined by the Secretary of Defense.

(e) Revocation and suspension provisions of contracts for sale and export licenses; appropriations for refunds Each contract for sale entered into under sections 2761, 2762, 2769 and 2770 of this title, and each contract entered into under section 2767(d) of this title , shall provide that such contract may be canceled in whole or in part, or its execution suspended, by the United States at any time under unusual or compelling circumstances if the national interest so requires. Each export license issued under section 2778 of this title shall provide that such license may be revoked, suspended, or amended by the Secretary of State, without prior notice, whenever the Secretary deems such action to be advisable. Nothing in this paragraph may be construed as limiting the regulatory authority of the President under this chapter. There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time such sums as may be necessary (A) to refund moneys received from purchasers under contracts of sale entered into under sections 2761, 2762, 2769 and 2770 of this title, or under contracts entered into under section 2767(d) of this title , that are canceled or suspended under this subsection to the extent such moneys have previously been disbursed to private contractors and United States Government agencies for work in progress, and (B) to pay such damages and costs that accrue from the corresponding cancellation or suspension of the existing procurement contracts or United States Government agency work orders involved.

(f) Use of civilian contract personnel in foreign countries The President shall, to the maximum extent possible and consistent with the purposes of this chapter, use civilian contract personnel in any foreign country to perform defense services sold under this chapter.

§ 2792 Administrative expenses

(a) Availability of funds Funds made available under other law for the operations of United States Government agencies carrying out functions under this chapter shall be available for the administrative expenses incurred by such agencies under this chapter.

(b) Charges for administrative expenses and official reception and representation expenses Charges for administrative services calculated under section 2761(e)(1)(A) of this title shall include recovery of administrative expenses and official reception and representation expenses incurred by any department or agency of the United States Government, including any mission or group thereof, in carrying out functions under this chapter when— such functions are primarily for the benefit of any foreign country; such expenses are not directly and fully charged to, and reimbursed from amounts received for, sale of defense services under section 2761(a) of this title ; and such expenses are neither salaries of the Armed Forces of the United States nor represent unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits.

(c) Limitations on funds used for official reception and representation expenses Not more than $86,500 of the funds derived from charges for administrative services pursuant to section 2761(e)(1)(A) of this title may be used each fiscal year for official reception and representation expenses.

§ 2793 Other provisions unaffected

No provision of this chapter shall be construed as modifying in any way the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended [ 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], or section 8677 of title 10 . ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 4, § 44, Oct. 22, 1968 , 82 Stat. 1327 ; Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 809(f) , Aug. 13, 2018 , 132 Stat. 1842 .)

§ 2794 Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the term— “excess defense article” has the meaning provided by section 2403(g) of this title ; “value” means, in the case of an excess defense article, except as otherwise provided in section 2761(a) of this title , not less than the greater of— the gross cost incurred by the United States Government in repairing, rehabilitating, or modifying such article, plus the scrap value; or the market value, if ascertainable; “defense article”, except as provided in paragraph (7) of this section, means, with respect to a sale or transfer by the United States under the authority of this chapter or any other foreign assistance or sales program of the United States— any weapon, weapons system, munition, aircraft, vessel, boat, or other implement of war, any property, installation, commodity, material, equipment, supply, or goods used for the purposes of making military sales, any machinery, facility, tool, material, supply, or other item necessary for the manufacture, production, processing, repair, servicing, storage, construction, transportation, operation, or use of any article listed in this paragraph, and any component or part of any article listed in this paragraph, but does not include merchant vessels or (as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [ 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.]) source material (except uranium depleted in the isotope 235 which is incorporated in defense articles solely to take advantage of high density or pyrophoric characteristics unrelated to radioactivity), byproduct material, special nuclear material, production facilities, utilization facilities, or atomic weapons or articles involving Restricted Data; “defense service”, except as provided in paragraph (7) of this section, means, with respect to a sale or transfer by the United States under the authority of this chapter or any other foreign assistance or sales program of the United States, any service, test, inspection, repair, training, publication, technical or other assistance, or defense information (as defined in section 2403(e) of this title ), used for the purposes of making military sales, but does not include design and construction services under section 2769 of this title ; “training” includes formal or informal instruction of foreign students in the United States or overseas by officers or employees of the United States, contract technicians, or contractors (including instruction at civilian institutions), or by correspondence courses, technical, educational, or information publications and media of all kinds, training aid, orientation, training exercise, and military advice to foreign military units and forces; “major defense equipment” means any item of significant military equipment on the United States Munitions List having a nonrecurring research and development cost of more than $50,000,000oratotalproductioncostofmorethan$200,000,000; “defense articles and defense services” means, with respect to commercial exports subject to the provisions of section 2778 of this title , those items designated by the President pursuant to subsection (a)(1) of such section; “design and construction services” means, with respect to sales under section 2769 of this title , the design and construction of real property facilities, including necessary construction equipment and materials, engineering services, construction contract management services relating thereto, and technical advisory assistance in the operation and maintenance of real property facilities provided or performed by any department or agency of the Department of Defense or by a contractor pursuant to a contract with such department or agency; “significant military equipment” means articles— for which special export controls are warranted because of the capacity of such articles for substantial military utility or capability; and identified on the United States Munitions List; “weapons of mass destruction” has the meaning provided by section 2302(1) of title 50 ; and “Sales territory” means a country or group of countries to which a defense article or defense service is authorized to be reexported. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 4, § 47, as added Pub. L. 93–189, § 25(12) , Dec. 17, 1973 , 87 Stat. 731 ; amended Pub. L. 94–329, title II, § 215 , June 30, 1976 , 90 Stat. 746 ; Pub. L. 96–92, § 22 , Oct. 29, 1979 , 93 Stat. 710 ; Pub. L. 96–533, title I, § 105(f) , Dec. 16, 1980 , 94 Stat. 3135 ; Pub. L. 99–83, title I, § 107(b) , title XII, § 1211(b)(3), Aug. 8, 1985 , 99 Stat. 197 , 279; Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 144 , July 21, 1996 , 110 Stat. 1434 ; Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XII, § 1202(b) , title XIV, § 1405(a)(4), Sept. 30, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1427 , 1458; Pub. L. 113–276, title II , §§ 207, 208(b)(1)(B), Dec. 18, 2014 , 128 Stat. 2992 , 2993.)

§ 2795 Fund

(a) Establishment; purposes; special requirements and responsibilities; continuous orders for certain articles and services; articles for narcotics control purposes Under the direction of the President and in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense shall establish a Special Defense Acquisition Fund (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the “Fund”), to be used as a revolving fund separate from other accounts, under the control of the Department of Defense, to finance the acquisition of defense articles and defense service in anticipation of their transfer pursuant to this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or as otherwise authorized by law, to eligible foreign countries and international organizations, and may acquire such articles and services with the funds in the Fund as he may determine. Acquisition under this subchapter of items for which the initial issue quantity requirements for United States Armed Forces have not been fulfilled and are not under current procurement contract shall be emphasized when compatible with security assistance requirements for the transfer of such items. Nothing in this subchapter may be construed to limit or impair any responsibilities conferred upon the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense under this chapter or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.]. The Fund may be used to keep on continuous order such defense articles and defense services as are assigned by the Department of Defense for integrated management by a single agency thereof for the common use of all military departments in anticipation of the transfer of similar defense articles and defense services to foreign countries and international organizations pursuant to this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or other law. The Fund shall also be used to acquire defense articles that are particularly suited for use for narcotics control purposes and are appropriate to the needs of recipient countries, such as small boats, planes (including helicopters), and communications equipment.

(b) Collections in Fund The Fund shall consist of— collections from sales made under letters of offer issued pursuant to section 2761(a)(1)(A) of this title representing the actual value of defense articles not intended to be replaced in stock, collections from sales representing the value of asset use charges (including contractor rental payments for United States Government-owned plant and production equipment) and charges for the proportionate recoupment of nonrecurring research, development, and production costs, and collections from sales made under letters of offer (or transfers made under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.]) of defense articles and defense services acquired under this subchapter, representing the value of such items calculated in accordance with subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 2761(a)(1) of this title or section 2762 of this title or section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2403(m) ], as appropriate, together with such funds as may be authorized and appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of the Fund.

(c) Amounts The size of the Fund may not exceed such dollar amount as is prescribed in section 114(c) of title 10 . For purposes of this limitation, the size of the Fund is the amounts in the Fund plus the value (in terms of acquisition cost) of the defense articles acquired under this subchapter which have not been transferred from the Fund in accordance with this subchapter. Amounts in the Fund shall be available for obligation in any fiscal year only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

§ 2795a Use and transfer of items procured by Fund

(a) Authorization No defense article or defense service acquired by the Secretary of Defense under this subchapter may be transferred to any foreign country or international organization unless such transfer is authorized by this chapter, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], or other law.

(b) Temporary use The President may authorize the temporary use by the United States Armed Forces of defense articles and defense services acquired under this subchapter prior to their transfer to a foreign country or international organization, if such is necessary to meet national defense requirements and the United States Armed Forces bear the costs of operation and maintenance of such articles or services while in their use and the costs of restoration or replacement upon the termination of such use.

(c) Storage, maintenance and other costs Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Fund may be used to pay for storage, maintenance, and other costs related to the preservation and preparation for transfer of defense articles and defense services acquired under this subchapter prior to their transfer, as well as the administrative costs of the Department of Defense incurred in the acquisition of such items to the extent not reimbursed pursuant to section 2792(b) of this title .

§ 2795b Repealed. Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 145(a), July 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1434

§ 2796 Leasing authority

(a) Preconditions The President may lease defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense to an eligible foreign country or international organization if— he determines that there are compelling foreign policy and national security reasons for providing such articles on a lease basis rather than on a sales basis under this chapter; he determines that the articles are not for the time needed for public use; the President first considers the effects of the lease of the articles on the national technology and industrial base, particularly the extent, if any, to which the lease reduces the opportunities of entities in the national technology and industrial base to sell new equipment to the country or countries to which the articles are leased; and the country or international organization has agreed to pay in United States dollars all costs incurred by the United States Government in leasing such articles, including reimbursement for depreciation of such articles while leased, the costs of restoration or replacement if the articles are damaged while leased, and, if the articles are lost or destroyed while leased— in the event the United States intends to replace the articles lost or destroyed, the replacement cost (less any depreciation in the value) of the articles; or in the event the United States does not intend to replace the articles lost or destroyed, an amount not less than the actual value (less any depreciation in the value) specified in the lease agreement. The requirement of paragraph (4) shall not apply to leases entered into for purposes of cooperative research or development, military exercises, or communications or electronics interface projects. The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (4) for reimbursement of depreciation for any defense article which has passed three-quarters of its normal service life if the President determines that to do so is important to the national security interest of the United States. The President may waive the requirement of paragraph (4) with respect to a lease which is made in exchange with the lessee for a lease on substantially reciprocal terms of defense articles for the Department of Defense, except that this waiver authority— may be exercised only if the President submits to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in accordance with the regular notification procedures of those Committees, a detailed notification for each lease with respect to which the authority is exercised; and may be exercised only during the fiscal year 1 the current fiscal year and only with respect to one country, unless the Congress hereafter provides otherwise. The preceding sentence does not constitute authorization of appropriations for payments by the United States for leased articles.

(b) Duration; termination Each lease agreement under this section shall be for a fixed duration which may not exceed (A) five years, and (B) a specified period of time required to complete major refurbishment work of the leased articles to be performed prior to the delivery of the leased articles, and shall provide that, at any time during the duration of the lease, the President may terminate the lease and require the immediate return of the leased articles. In this subsection, the term “major refurbishment work” means work for which the period of performance is 6 months or more.

(c) Applicable statutory authorities Defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense may be leased or loaned to a foreign country or international organization only under the authority of this subchapter or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.], and may not be leased to a foreign country or international organization under the authority of section 2667 of title 10 .

§ 2796a Reports to Congress

(a) Written certification to Speaker of the House and chairmen of Congressional committees Before entering into or renewing any agreement with a foreign country or international organization to lease any defense article under this subchapter, or to loan any defense article under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.], for a period of one year or longer, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, a written certification which specifies— the country or international organization to which the defense article is to be leased or loaned; the type, quantity, and value (in terms of replacement cost) of the defense article to be leased or loaned; the terms and duration of the lease or loan; and a justification for the lease or loan, including an explanation of why the defense article is being leased or loaned rather than sold under this chapter.

(b) Waiver; determination of emergency The President may waive the requirements of this section (and in the case of an agreement described in section 2796b of this title , may waive the provisions of that section) if he states in his certification, that an emergency exists which requires that the lease or loan be entered into immediately in the national security interests of the United States. If the President states in his certification that such an emergency exists, he shall set forth in the certification a detailed justification for his determination, including a description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate that the lease be entered into immediately and a discussion of the national security interests involved.

(c) Transmission of certification The certification required by subsection (a) shall be transmitted— not less than 15 calendar days before the agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organization or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand; and not less than 30 calendar days before the agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with any other organization or country.

§ 2796b Legislative review procedures

(a) Applicability Subject to paragraph (2), in the case of any agreement involving the lease under this subchapter, or the loan under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.], to any foreign country or international organization for a period of one year or longer of any defense articles which are either (i) major defense equipment valued (in terms of its replacement cost less any depreciation in its value) at $14,000,000ormore,or(ii)defensearticlesvalued(intermsoftheirreplacementcostlessanydepreciationintheirvalue)at$50,000,000 or more, the agreement may not be entered into or renewed if the Congress, within the 15-day or 30-day period specified in section 2796a(c)(1) or (2) of this title, as the case may be, enacts a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed lease or loan. In the case of an agreement described in paragraph (1) that is entered into with a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New Zealand, the limitations in paragraph (1) shall apply only if the agreement involves a lease or loan of— major defense equipment valued (in terms of its replacement cost less any depreciation in its value) at $25,000,000ormore;ordefensearticlesvalued(intermsoftheirreplacementcostlessanydepreciationintheirvalue)at$100,000,000 or more.

(b) Consideration of resolution Any joint resolution under subsection (a) shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

(c) Highly privileged nature of resolution For the purpose of expediting the consideration and enactment of joint resolutions under subsection (a), a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the House of Representatives.

§ 2796c Applicability of other statutory provisions

Any reference to sales of defense articles under this chapter in any provision of law restricting the countries or organizations to which such sales may be made shall be deemed to include a reference to leases of defense articles under this subchapter. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 6, § 64, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 109(a) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1526 .)

§ 2796d Loan of materials, supplies, and equipment for research and development purposes

(a) Loan or gift transactions; written agreement; covered programs Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Defense may loan to a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for the purpose of carrying out a program of cooperative research, development, testing, or evaluation. The Secretary may accept as a loan or a gift from a country that is a NATO or major non-NATO ally materials, supplies, or equipment for such purpose. Each loan or gift transaction entered into by the Secretary under this section shall be provided for under the terms of a written agreement between the Secretary and the country concerned. A program of testing or evaluation for which the Secretary may loan materials, supplies, or equipment under this section includes a program of testing or evaluation conducted solely for the purpose of standardization, interchangeability, or technical evaluation if the country to which the materials, supplies, or equipment are loaned agrees to provide the results of the testing or evaluation to the United States without charge.

(b) Reimbursement of consumed materials, etc. The materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to a country under this section may be expended or otherwise consumed in connection with any testing or evaluation program without a requirement for reimbursement of the United States if the Secretary— determines that the success of the research, development, test, or evaluation depends upon expending or otherwise consuming the materials, supplies, or equipment loaned to the country; and approves of the expenditure or consumption of such materials, supplies, or equipment.

(c) Prohibitions The Secretary of Defense may not loan to a country under this section any material if the material is a strategic and critical material and if, at the time the loan is to be made, the quantity of the material in the National Defense Stockpile (provided for under section 98b of title 50 ) is less than the quantity of such material to be stockpiled, as determined by the President under section 98b(a) of title 50 .

(d) “NATO ally” defined For purposes of this section, the term “NATO ally” means a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (other than the United States).

§ 2797 Licensing

(a) Establishment of list of controlled items The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other appropriate departments and agencies, shall establish and maintain, as part of the United States Munitions List, a list of all items on the MTCR Annex the export of which is not controlled under section 4605( l ) 1 of title 50.

(b) Referral of license applications A determination of the Secretary of State to approve a license for the export of an item on the list established under subsection (a) may be made only after the license application is referred to the Secretary of Defense. Within 10 days after a license is issued for the export of an item on the list established under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall provide to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce the license application and accompanying documents issued to the applicant, to the extent that the relevant Secretary indicates the need to receive such application and documents.

(c) Information sharing The Secretary of State shall establish a procedure for sharing information with appropriate officials of the intelligence community, as determined by the Director of Central Intelligence, and with other appropriate Government agencies, that will ensure effective monitoring of transfers of MTCR equipment or technology and other missile technology.

(d) Exports to space launch vehicle programs Within 15 days after the issuance of a license (including any brokering license) for the export of items valued at less than $50,000,000 that are controlled under this chapter pursuant to United States obligations under the Missile Technology Control Regime and are goods or services that are intended to support the design, utilization, development, or production of a space launch vehicle system listed in Category I of the MTCR Annex, the Secretary shall transmit to the Congress a report describing the licensed export and rationale for approving such export, including the consistency of such export with United States missile nonproliferation policy. The requirement contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply to licenses for exports to countries that were members of the MTCR as of April 17, 1987 .

§ 2797a Denial of transfer of missile equipment or technology by United States persons

(a) Sanctions If the President determines that a United States person knowingly— exports, transfers, or otherwise engages in the trade of any item on the MTCR Annex, in violation of the provisions of section 2778 of this title , section 4604 or 4605 1 of title 50 or any regulations or orders issued under any such provisions, conspires to or attempts to engage in such export, transfer, or trade, or facilitates such export, transfer, or trade by any other person, then the President shall impose the applicable sanctions described in paragraph (2). The sanctions which apply to a United States person under paragraph (1) are the following: If the item on the MTCR Annex involved in the export, transfer, or trade is missile equipment or technology within category II of the MTCR Annex, then the President shall deny to such United States person for a period of 2 years— United States Government contracts relating to missile equipment or technology; and licenses for the transfer of missile equipment or technology controlled under this chapter. If the item on the MTCR Annex involved in the export, transfer, or trade is missile equipment or technology within category I of the MTCR, then the President shall deny to such United States person for a period of not less than 2 years— all United States Government contracts, and all export licenses and agreements for items on the United States Munitions List.

(b) Discretionary sanctions In the case of any determination made pursuant to subsection (a), the President may pursue any penalty provided in section 2778(c) of this title .

(c) Presumption In determining whether to apply sanctions under subsection (a) to a United States person involved in the export, transfer, or trade of an item on the MTCR Annex, it should be a rebuttable presumption that such item is designed for use in a missile listed in the MTCR Annex if the President determines that the final destination of the item is a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 2 4605(j)(1)(A) 1 of title 50, has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

(d) Waiver The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a product or service if the President certifies to the Congress that— the product or service is essential to the national security of the United States; and such person is a sole source supplier of the product or service, the product or service is not available from any alternative reliable supplier, and the need for the product or service cannot be met in a timely manner by improved manufacturing processes or technological developments.

§ 2797b Transfers of missile equipment or technology by foreign persons

(a) Sanctions Subject to subsections (c) through (g), 1 if the President determines that a foreign person, after November 5, 1990 , knowingly— exports, transfers, or otherwise engages in the trade of any MTCR equipment or technology that contributes to the acquisition, design, development, or production of missiles in a country that is not an MTCR adherent and would be, if it were United States-origin equipment or technology, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under this chapter, conspires to or attempts to engage in such export, transfer, or trade, or facilitates such export, transfer, or trade by any other person, or if the President has made a determination with respect to a foreign person under section 4612(b)(1) of title 50 , then the President shall impose on that foreign person the applicable sanctions under paragraph (2). The sanctions which apply to a foreign person under paragraph (1) are the following: If the item involved in the export, transfer, or trade is within category II of the MTCR Annex, then the President shall deny, for a period of 2 years— United States Government contracts relating to missile equipment or technology; and licenses for the transfer to such foreign person of missile equipment or technology controlled under this chapter. If the item involved in the export, transfer, or trade is within category I of the MTCR Annex, then the President shall deny, for a period of not less than 2 years— all United States Government contracts with such foreign person; and licenses for the transfer to such foreign person of all items on the United States Munitions List. If, in addition to actions taken under subparagraphs (A) and (B), the President determines that the export, transfer, or trade has substantially contributed to the design, development, or production of missiles in a country that is not an MTCR adherent, then the President shall prohibit, for a period of not less than 2 years, the importation into the United States of products produced by that foreign person.

(b) Inapplicability with respect to MTCR adherents Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsection (a) does not apply with respect to— any export, transfer, or trading activity that is authorized by the laws of an MTCR adherent, if such authorization is not obtained by misrepresentation or fraud; or any export, transfer, or trade of an item to an end user in a country that is an MTCR adherent. Notwithstanding paragraph (1), subsection (a) shall apply to an entity subordinate to a government that engages in exports or transfers described in section 2295a(b)(3)(A) of this title .

(c) Effect of enforcement actions by MTCR adherents Sanctions set forth in subsection (a) may not be imposed under this section on a person with respect to acts described in such subsection or, if such sanctions are in effect against a person on account of such acts, such sanctions shall be terminated, if an MTCR adherent is taking judicial or other enforcement action against that person with respect to such acts, or that person has been found by the government of an MTCR adherent to be innocent of wrongdoing with respect to such acts, and if the President certifies to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives that— for any judicial or other enforcement action taken by the MTCR adherent, such action has— been comprehensive; and been performed to the satisfaction of the United States; and with respect to any finding of innocence of wrongdoing, the United States is satisfied with the basis for such finding.

(d) Advisory opinions The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, may, upon the request of any person, issue an advisory opinion to that person as to whether a proposed activity by that person would subject that person to sanctions under this section. Any person who relies in good faith on such an advisory opinion which states that the proposed activity would not subject a person to such sanctions, and any person who thereafter engages in such activity, may not be made subject to such sanctions on account of such activity.

(e) Waiver and report to Congress In any case other than one in which an advisory opinion has been issued under subsection (d) stating that a proposed activity would not subject a person to sanctions under this section, the President may waive the application of subsection (a) to a foreign person if the President determines that such waiver is essential to the national security of the United States. In the event that the President decides to apply the waiver described in paragraph (1), the President shall so notify the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives not less than 45 working days before issuing the waiver. Such notification shall include a report fully articulating the rationale and circumstances which led the President to apply the waiver.

(f) Presumption In determining whether to apply sanctions under subsection (a) to a foreign person involved in the export, transfer, or trade of an item on the MTCR Annex, it should be a rebuttable presumption that such item is designed for use in a missile listed in the MTCR Annex if the President determines that the final destination of the item is a country the government of which the Secretary of State has determined, for purposes of 4605(j)(1)(A) 2 of title 50, has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism.

(g) Additional waiver The President may waive the imposition of sanctions under paragraph (1) on a person with respect to a product or service if the President certifies to the Congress that— the product or service is essential to the national security of the United States; and such person is a sole source supplier of the product or service, the product or service is not available from any alternative reliable supplier, and the need for the product or service cannot be met in a timely manner by improved manufacturing processes or technological developments.

(h) Exceptions The President shall not apply the sanction under this section prohibiting the importation of the products of a foreign person— in the case of procurement of defense articles or defense services— under existing contracts or subcontracts, including the exercise of options for production quantities to satisfy requirements essential to the national security of the United States; if the President determines that the person to which the sanctions would be applied is a sole source supplier of the defense articles and services, that the defense articles or services are essential to the national security of the United States, and that alternative sources are not readily or reasonably available; or if the President determines that such articles or services are essential to the national security of the United States under defense coproduction agreements or NATO Programs of Cooperation; to products or services provided under contracts entered into before the date on which the President publishes his intention to impose the sanctions; or to— spare parts, component parts, but not finished products, essential to United States products or production, routine services and maintenance of products, to the extent that alternative sources are not readily or reasonably available, or information and technology essential to United States products or production.

§ 2797b–1 Notification of admittance of MTCR adherents

(a) Policy report Following any action by the United States that results in a country becoming a MTCR adherent, the President shall transmit promptly to the Congress a report which describes the rationale for such action, together with an assessment of that country’s nonproliferation policies, practices, and commitments. Such report shall also include the text of any agreements or understandings between the United States and such country regarding the terms and conditions of the country’s adherence to the MTCR.

(b) Intelligence assessment report At such times that a report is transmitted pursuant to subsection (a), the Director of Central Intelligence shall promptly prepare and submit to the Congress a separate report containing any credible information indicating that the country described in subsection (a) has engaged in any activity identified under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 2797b(a)(1) of this title within the previous two years.

§ 2797b–2 Authority relating to MTCR adherents

Notwithstanding section 2797b(b) of this title , the President may take the actions under section 2797b(a)(2) of this title under the circumstances described in section 2797c(b)(2) of this title . ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 7, § 73B, as added Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. B, title XI, § 1137] , Nov. 29, 1999 , 113 Stat. 1536 , 1501A–496).

§ 2797c Definitions

(a) In general For purposes of this subchapter— the term “missile” means a category I system as defined in the MTCR Annex, and any other unmanned delivery system of similar capability, as well as the specially designed production facilities for these systems; the term “Missile Technology Control Regime” or “MTCR” means the policy statement, between the United States, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan, announced on April 16, 1987 , to restrict sensitive missile-relevant transfers based on the MTCR Annex, and any amendments thereto; the term “MTCR adherent” means a country that participates in the MTCR or that, pursuant to an international understanding to which the United States is a party, controls MTCR equipment or technology in accordance with the criteria and standards set forth in the MTCR; the term “MTCR Annex” means the Guidelines and Equipment and Technology Annex of the MTCR, and any amendments thereto; the terms “missile equipment or technology” and “MTCR equipment or technology” mean those items listed in category I or category II of the MTCR Annex; the term “United States person” has the meaning given that term in section 4618(2) 1 of title 50; the term “foreign person” means any person other than a United States person; the term “person” means a natural person as well as a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group, and any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise, and any successor of any such entity; and in the case of countries with non-market economies (excluding former members of the Warsaw Pact), the term “person” means— all activities of that government relating to the development or production of any missile equipment or technology; and all activities of that government affecting the development or production of electronics, space systems or equipment, and military aircraft; and the term “otherwise engaged in the trade of” means, with respect to a particular export or transfer, to be a freight forwarder or designated exporting agent, or a consignee or end user of the item to be exported or transferred.

(b) International understanding defined For purposes of subsection (a)(3), as it relates to any international understanding concluded with the United States after January 1, 2000 , the term “international understanding” means— any specific agreement by a country not to export, transfer, or otherwise engage in the trade of any MTCR equipment or technology that contributes to the acquisition, design, development, or production of missiles in a country that is not an MTCR adherent and would be, if it were United States-origin equipment or technology, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under this chapter; or any specific understanding by a country that, notwithstanding section 2797b(b) of this title , the United States retains the right to take the actions under section 2797b(a)(2) of this title in the case of any export or transfer of any MTCR equipment or technology that contributes to the acquisition, design, development, or production of missiles in a country that is not an MTCR adherent and would be, if it were United States-origin equipment or technology, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States under this chapter.

§ 2798 Sanctions against certain foreign persons

(a) Imposition of sanctions Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), the President shall impose both of the sanctions described in subsection (c) if the President determines that a foreign person, on or after October 28, 1991 , has knowingly and materially contributed— through the export from the United States of any goods or technology that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, through the export from any other country of any goods or technology that would be, if they were United States goods or technology, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, or through any other transaction not subject to sanctions pursuant to the Export Administration Act of 1979, 1 to the efforts by any foreign country, project, or entity described in paragraph (2) to use, develop, produce, stockpile, or otherwise acquire chemical or biological weapons. Paragraph (1) applies in the case of— any foreign country that the President determines has, at any time after January 1, 1980 — used chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law; used lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals; or made substantial preparations to engage in the activities described in clause (i) or (ii); any foreign country whose government is determined for purposes of section 6(j) 1 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 to be a government that has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism; or any other foreign country, project, or entity designated by the President for purposes of this section. Sanctions shall be imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) on— the foreign person with respect to which the President makes the determination described in that paragraph; any successor entity to that foreign person; any foreign person that is a parent or subsidiary of that foreign person if that parent or subsidiary knowingly assisted in the activities which were the basis of that determination; and any foreign person that is an affiliate of that foreign person if that affiliate knowingly assisted in the activities which were the basis of that determination and if that affiliate is controlled in fact by that foreign person.

(b) Consultations with and actions by foreign government of jurisdiction If the President makes the determinations described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to a foreign person, the Congress urges the President to initiate consultations immediately with the government with primary jurisdiction over that foreign person with respect to the imposition of sanctions pursuant to this section. In order to pursue such consultations with that government, the President may delay imposition of sanctions pursuant to this section for a period of up to 90 days. Following these consultations, the President shall impose sanctions unless the President determines and certifies to the Congress that that government has taken specific and effective actions, including appropriate penalties, to terminate the involvement of the foreign person in the activities described in subsection (a)(1). The President may delay imposition of sanctions for an additional period of up to 90 days if the President determines and certifies to the Congress that that government is in the process of taking the actions described in the preceding sentence. The President shall report to the Congress, not later than 90 days after making a determination under subsection (a)(1), on the status of consultations with the appropriate government under this subsection, and the basis for any determination under paragraph (2) of this subsection that such government has taken specific corrective actions.

(c) Sanctions The sanctions to be imposed pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are, except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following: The United States Government shall not procure, or enter into any contract for the procurement of, any goods or services from any person described in subsection (a)(3). The importation into the United States of products produced by any person described in subsection (a)(3) shall be prohibited. The President shall not be required to apply or maintain sanctions under this section— in the case of procurement of defense articles or defense services— under existing contracts or subcontracts, including the exercise of options for production quantities to satisfy United States operational military requirements; if the President determines that the person or other entity to which the sanctions would otherwise be applied is a sole source supplier of the defense articles or services, that the defense articles or services are essential, and that alternative sources are not readily or reasonably available; or if the President determines that such articles or services are essential to the national security under defense coproduction agreements; to products or services provided under contracts entered into before the date on which the President publishes his intention to impose sanctions; to— spare parts, component parts, but not finished products, essential to United States products or production, or routine servicing and maintenance of products, to the extent that alternative sources are not readily or reasonably available; to information and technology essential to United States products or production; or to medical or other humanitarian items.

(d) Termination of sanctions The sanctions imposed pursuant to this section shall apply for a period of at least 12 months following the imposition of sanctions and shall cease to apply thereafter only if the President determines and certifies to the Congress that reliable information indicates that the foreign person with respect to which the determination was made under subsection (a)(1) has ceased to aid or abet any foreign government, project, or entity in its efforts to acquire chemical or biological weapons capability as described in that subsection.

(e) Waiver The President may waive the application of any sanction imposed on any person pursuant to this section, after the end of the 12-month period beginning on the date on which that sanction was imposed on that person, if the President determines and certifies to the Congress that such waiver is important to the national security interests of the United States. If the President decides to exercise the waiver authority provided in paragraph (1), the President shall so notify the Congress not less than 20 days before the waiver takes effect. Such notification shall include a report fully articulating the rationale and circumstances which led the President to exercise the waiver authority.

(f) “Foreign person” defined For the purposes of this section, the term “foreign person” means— an individual who is not a citizen of the United States or an alien admitted for permanent residence to the United States; or a corporation, partnership, or other entity which is created or organized under the laws of a foreign country or which has its principal place of business outside the United States.

§ 2799 Purpose

The purpose of this subchapter is to authorize the President to support, consistent with the CFE Treaty, a NATO equipment transfer program that will— enhance NATO’s forces, increase NATO standardization and interoperability, and better distribute defense burdens within the NATO alliance. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 9, § 91, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2 , Dec. 12, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1691 .)

§ 2799a CFE Treaty obligations

The authorities provided in this subchapter shall be exercised consistent with the obligations incurred by the United States in connection with the CFE Treaty. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 9, § 92, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2 , Dec. 12, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1691 .)

§ 2799b Authorities

(a) General authority The President may transfer to any NATO/CFE country, in accordance with NATO plans, defense articles— that are battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, or artillery included within the CFE Treaty’s definition of “conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty”; that were, as of the date of signature of the CFE Treaty, in the stocks of the Department of Defense and located in the CFE Treaty’s area of application; and that the President determines are not needed by United States military forces within the CFE Treaty’s area of application.

(b) Acceptance of NATO assistance in eliminating direct costs of transfers In order to eliminate direct costs of facilitating transfers of defense articles under subsection (a), the United States may utilize services provided by NATO or any NATO/CFE country, including inspection, repair, or transportation services with respect to defense articles so transferred.

(c) Acceptance of NATO assistance in meeting certain United States obligations In order to facilitate United States compliance with the CFE Treaty-mandated obligations for destruction of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty, the United States may utilize services or funds provided by NATO or any NATO/CFE country.

(d) Authority to transfer on grant basis Defense articles may be transferred under subsection (a) without cost to the recipient country.

(e) Third country transfers restrictions For purposes of sections 2753(a)(2), 2753(a)(3), 2753(c), and 2753(d) of this title, defense articles transferred under subsection (a) shall be deemed to have been sold under this chapter.

(f) Maintenance of military balance in Eastern Mediterranean The President shall ensure that transfers by the United States under subsection (a), taken together with transfers by other NATO/CFE countries in implementing the CFE Treaty, are of such valuations so as to be consistent with the United States policy, embodied in section 2373 of this title , of maintaining the military balance in the Eastern Mediterranean.

(g) Expiration of authority Except as provided in paragraph (2), the authority of subsection (a) expires at the end of the 40-month period beginning on the date on which the CFE Treaty enters into force. Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a transfer of defense articles for which notification under section 2799c(a) of this title is submitted before the end of the period described in that paragraph.

§ 2799c Notifications and reports to Congress

(a) Notifications Not less than 15 days before transferring any defense articles pursuant to section 2799b(a) of this title , the President shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications pursuant to section 2394–1 of this title .

(b) Annual reports Not later than February 1 each year, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate a report that— lists all transfers made to each recipient NATO/CFE country by the United States under section 2799b(a) of this title during the preceding calendar year; describes how those transfers further the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 2799 of this title ; and lists, on a country-by-country basis, all transfers to another country of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty— by each NATO/CFE country (other than the United States) in implementing the CFE Treaty, and by each country of the Eastern Group of States Parties in implementing the CFE Treaty.

§ 2799d Definitions

As used in this subchapter— the term “CFE Treaty” means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (signed at Paris, November 19, 1990 ); the term “conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty” has the same meaning as the term “conventional armaments and equipment limited by the Treaty” does under paragraph 1(J) of article II of the CFE Treaty; the term “NATO” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the term “NATO/CFE country” means a member country of NATO that is a party to the CFE Treaty and is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty within the group of States Parties that signed or acceded to the Treaty of Brussels of 1948 or the Treaty of Washington of 1949 (the North Atlantic Treaty); and the term “country of the Eastern Group of States Parties” means a country that is listed in paragraph 1(A) of article II of the CFE Treaty within the group of States Parties that signed the Treaty of Warsaw of 1955 or a successor state to such a country. ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 9, § 95, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2 , Dec. 12, 1991 , 105 Stat. 1693 ; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 402(2) , Dec. 17, 1993 , 107 Stat. 2324 .)

§ 2799aa Nuclear enrichment transfers

(a) Prohibitions; safeguards and management Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no funds made available to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] or this chapter may be used for the purpose of providing economic assistance (including assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.]), providing military assistance or grant military education and training, providing assistance under chapter 6 of part II of that Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.], or extending military credits or making guarantees, to any country which the President determines delivers nuclear enrichment equipment, materials, or technology to any other country on or after August 4, 1977 , or receives such equipment, materials, or technology from any other country on or after August 4, 1977 , unless before such delivery— the supplying country and receiving country have reached agreement to place all such equipment, materials, or technology, upon delivery, under multilateral auspices and management when available; and the recipient country has entered into an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency to place all such equipment, materials, technology, and all nuclear fuel and facilities in such country under the safeguards system of such Agency.

(b) Certification by President of necessity of continued assistance; disapproval by Congress Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the President may furnish assistance which would otherwise be prohibited under such subsection if he determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that— the termination of such assistance would have a serious adverse effect on vital United States interests; and he has received reliable assurances that the country in question will not acquire or develop nuclear weapons or assist other nations in doing so. Such certification shall set forth the reasons supporting such determination in each particular case. A certification under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall take effect on the date on which the certification is received by the Congress. However, if, within thirty calendar days after receiving this certification, the Congress enacts a joint resolution stating in substance that the Congress disapproves the furnishing of assistance pursuant to the certification, then upon the enactment of that resolution the certification shall cease to be effective and all deliveries of assistance furnished under the authority of that certification shall be suspended immediately. Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

§ 2799aa–1 Nuclear reprocessing transfers, illegal exports for nuclear explosive devices, transfers of nuclear explosive devices, and nuclear detonations

(a) Prohibitions on assistance to countries involved in transfer of nuclear reprocessing equipment, materials, or technology; exceptions; procedures applicable Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, no funds made available to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] or this chapter may be used for the purpose of providing economic assistance (including assistance under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.]), providing military assistance or grant military education and training, providing assistance under chapter 6 of part II of that Act [ 22 U.S.C. 2348 et seq.], or extending military credits or making guarantees, to any country which the President determines— delivers nuclear reprocessing equipment, materials, or technology to any other country on or after August 4, 1977 , or receives such equipment, materials, or technology from any other country on or after August 4, 1977 (except for the transfer of reprocessing technology associated with the investigation, under international evaluation programs in which the United States participates, of technologies which are alternatives to pure plutonium reprocessing), or is a non-nuclear-weapon state which, on or after August 8, 1985 , exports illegally (or attempts to export illegally) from the United States any material, equipment, or technology which would contribute significantly to the ability of such country to manufacture a nuclear explosive device, if the President determines that the material, equipment, or technology was to be used by such country in the manufacture of a nuclear explosive device. For purposes of clause (B), an export (or attempted export) by a person who is an agent of, or is otherwise acting on behalf of or in the interests of, a country shall be considered to be an export (or attempted export) by that country. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the President in any fiscal year may furnish assistance which would otherwise be prohibited under that paragraph if he determines and certifies in writing during that fiscal year to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the termination of such assistance would be seriously prejudicial to the achievement of United States nonproliferation objectives or otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security. The President shall transmit with such certification a statement setting forth the specific reasons therefor. A certification under paragraph (2) of this subsection shall take effect on the date on which the certification is received by the Congress. However, if, within 30 calendar days after receiving this certification, the Congress enacts a joint resolution stating in substance that the Congress disapproves the furnishing of assistance pursuant to the certification, then upon the enactment of that resolution the certification shall cease to be effective and all deliveries of assistance furnished under the authority of that certification shall be suspended immediately. Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.

(b) Prohibitions on assistance to countries involved in transfer or use of nuclear explosive devices; exceptions; procedures applicable Except as provided in paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), in the event that the President determines that any country, after the effective date of part B of the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994— transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon state a nuclear explosive device, is a non-nuclear-weapon state and either— receives a nuclear explosive device, or detonates a nuclear explosive device, transfers to a non-nuclear-weapon state any design information or component which is determined by the President to be important to, and known by the transferring country to be intended by the recipient state for use in, the development or manufacture of any nuclear explosive device, or is a non-nuclear-weapon state and seeks and receives any design information or component which is determined by the President to be important to, and intended by the recipient state for use in, the development or manufacture of any nuclear explosive device, then the President shall forthwith report in writing his determination to the Congress and shall forthwith impose the sanctions described in paragraph (2) against that country. The sanctions referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: The United States Government shall terminate assistance to that country under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [ 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], except for humanitarian assistance or food or other agricultural commodities. The United States Government shall terminate— sales to that country under this chapter of any defense articles, defense services, or design and construction services, and licenses for the export to that country of any item on the United States Munitions List. The United States Government shall terminate all foreign military financing for that country under this chapter. The United States Government shall deny to that country any credit, credit guarantees, or other financial assistance by any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government, except that the sanction of this subparagraph shall not apply— to any transaction subject to the reporting requirements of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 [ 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.] (relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities), to medicines, medical equipment, and humanitarian assistance, or to any credit, credit guarantee, or financial assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture to support the purchase of food or other agricultural commodity. The United States Government shall oppose, in accordance with section 262d of this title , the extension of any loan or financial or technical assistance to that country by any international financial institution. The United States Government shall prohibit any United States bank from making any loan or providing any credit to the government of that country, except for loans or credits for the purpose of purchasing food or other agricultural commodities, which includes fertilizer. The authorities of section 4605 1 of title 50 shall be used to prohibit exports to that country of specific goods and technology (excluding food and other agricultural commodities), except that such prohibition shall not apply to any transaction subject to the reporting requirements of title V of the National Security Act of 1947 [ 50 U.S.C. 3091 et seq.] (relating to congressional oversight of intelligence activities). As used in this subsection— the term “design information” means specific information that relates to the design of a nuclear explosive device and that is not available to the public; and the term “component” means a specific component of a nuclear explosive device. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, the President may, for a period of not more than 30 days of continuous session, delay the imposition of sanctions which would otherwise be required under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) of this subsection if the President first transmits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a certification that he has determined that an immediate imposition of sanctions on that country would be detrimental to the national security of the United States. Not more than one such certification may be transmitted for a country with respect to the same detonation, transfer, or receipt of a nuclear explosive device. If the President transmits a certification to the Congress under subparagraph (A), a joint resolution which would permit the President to exercise the waiver authority of paragraph (5) of this subsection shall, if introduced in either House within thirty days of continuous session after the Congress receives this certification, be considered in the Senate in accordance with subparagraph (C) of this paragraph. Any joint resolution under this paragraph shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “joint resolution” means a joint resolution the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: “That the Congress having received on __ a certification by the President under section 102(b)(4) of the Arms Export Control Act with respect to __, the Congress hereby authorizes the President to exercise the waiver authority contained in section 102(b)(5) of that Act.”, with the date of receipt of the certification inserted in the first blank and the name of the country inserted in the second blank. Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this subsection, if the Congress enacts a joint resolution under paragraph (4) of this subsection, the President may waive any sanction which would otherwise be required under paragraph (1)(A) or (1)(B) if he determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the imposition of such sanction would be seriously prejudicial to the achievement of United States nonproliferation objectives or otherwise jeopardize the common defense and security. The President shall transmit with such certification a statement setting forth the specific reasons therefor. In the event the President is required to impose sanctions against a country under paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D), the President shall forthwith so inform such country and shall impose the required sanctions beginning 30 days after submitting to the Congress the report required by paragraph (1) unless, and to the extent that, there is enacted during the 30-day period a law prohibiting the imposition of such sanctions. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the sanctions which are required to be imposed against a country under paragraph (1)(C) or (1)(D) shall not apply if the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives that the application of such sanctions against such country would have a serious adverse effect on vital United States interests. The President shall transmit with such certification a statement setting forth the specific reasons therefor. For purposes of this subsection, continuity of session is broken only by an adjournment of Congress sine die and the days on which either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days to a day certain are excluded in the computation of any period of time in which Congress is in continuous session. The President may not delegate or transfer his power, authority, or discretion to make or modify determinations under this subsection.

(c) “Non-nuclear-weapon state” defined As used in this section, the term “non-­nuclear-weapon state” means any country which is not a nuclear-weapon state, as defined in Article IX(3) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

§ 2799aa–2 “Nuclear explosive device” defined

As used in this subchapter, the term “nuclear explosive device” has the meaning given that term in section 6305(4) of this title . ( Pub. L. 90–629 , ch. 10, § 103, as added Pub. L. 103–236, title VIII, § 826(a) , Apr. 30, 1994 , 108 Stat. 519 .)