S.Amdt. 2968
What it does: Adds SEC. 1024. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO TAIWAN at the end of subtitle C of title X
Sen. Daniel Coats (R-IN)What it changes
1 change to S. 3254 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1024. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO TAIWAN at the end of subtitle C of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(4) the Secretary of Homeland Security should maintain the recapitalization plans for the Coast Guard as a priority in all future force structure decisions.
Inserted: SEC. 1024. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO TAIWAN.
Inserted: (a) Transfer by Sale.--The President is authorized to transfer the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates USS UNDERWOOD (FFG-36), USS CARR (FFG-52), USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG-48), and USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office of the United States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))) on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
Inserted: (b) Alternative Transfer Authority.--In the event that a recipient to which a vessel transfer is authorized under subsection (a) declines to accept the transfer, the President is authorized to transfer such vessel to another eligible recipient. Each such transfer shall be on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761), and shall be subject to the applicable congressional notification requirements of that Act.
Inserted: (c) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with a transfer authorized by this section shall be charged to the recipient (notwithstanding section 516(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)(1))).
Inserted: (d) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the recipient to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that recipient, performed at a shipyard located in the United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.
Inserted: (e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
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SA 2968. Mr. COATS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3254, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2013 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle C of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1024. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN NAVAL VESSELS TO TAIWAN.
(a) Transfer by Sale.--The President is authorized to transfer the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigates USS UNDERWOOD (FFG-36), USS CARR (FFG-52), USS VANDEGRIFT (FFG-48), and USS NICHOLAS (FFG-47) to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office of the United States (which is the Taiwan instrumentality designated pursuant to section 10(a) of the Taiwan Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 3309(a))) on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761).
(b) Alternative Transfer Authority.--In the event that a recipient to which a vessel transfer is authorized under subsection (a) declines to accept the transfer, the President is authorized to transfer such vessel to another eligible recipient. Each such transfer shall be on a sale basis under section 21 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761), and shall be subject to the applicable congressional notification requirements of that Act.
(c) Costs of Transfers.--Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with a transfer authorized by this section shall be charged to the recipient (notwithstanding section 516(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(e)(1))).
(d) Repair and Refurbishment in United States Shipyards.--To the maximum extent practicable, the President shall require, as a condition of the transfer of a vessel under this section, that the recipient to which the vessel is transferred have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that recipient, performed at a shipyard located in the United States, including a United States Navy shipyard.
(e) Expiration of Authority.--The authority to transfer a vessel under this section shall expire at the end of the 3-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 27, 2012