22 U.S.C. § 2796b — Legislative review procedures

submitted 45 years ago by Pub. L. 90-629 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 332 words · no verdicts yet

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Congress may block certain long-term leases or loans of high-value defense articles by enacting a joint resolution during the applicable review period. Higher value thresholds apply to NATO members and certain named countries.

(a)(1) For a one-year-or-longer lease under this subchapter or loan under the Foreign Assistance Act to a foreign country or international organization, the agreement may not be entered or renewed if Congress enacts a joint resolution prohibiting it during the applicable 15- or 30-day period in section 2796a(c). This applies when the articles are major defense equipment valued at least $14 million, measured by replacement cost less depreciation, or defense articles valued at least $50 million on that basis. (2) For NATO members, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and New Zealand, these limits apply only at $25 million or more for major defense equipment or $100 million or more for defense articles. (b) The Senate must consider the joint resolution under section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976. (c) In the House, after the appropriate committee reports the resolution, a motion to proceed is highly privileged to speed consideration and enactment.

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(a) Applicability

(1)

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 $14,000,000 or more, or (ii) defense articles valued (in terms of their replacement cost less any depreciation in their value) 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.

(2)

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—

(A)

major defense equipment valued (in terms of its replacement cost less any depreciation in its value) at $25,000,000 or more; or

(B)

defense articles valued (in terms of their replacement cost less any depreciation in their value) 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.

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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 6, § 63, as added Pub. L. 97–113, title I, § 109(a), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1525; amended Pub. L. 99–247, § 1(d), Feb. 12, 1986, 100 Stat. 9; Pub. L. 104–164, title I, § 141(e)(2), July 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 107–228, div. B, title XIV, § 1405(a)(3), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1457; Pub. L. 110–429, title II, § 203(b)(1), Oct. 15, 2008, 122 Stat. 4845; Pub. L. 111–266, title III, § 301(1), Oct. 8, 2010, 124 Stat. 2804.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1981Enacted · Pub. L. 90-629 · 95 Stat. 1525
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-247 · 100 Stat. 9
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-164 · 110 Stat. 1433
2002Amended · Pub. L. 107-228 · 116 Stat. 1457
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-429 · 122 Stat. 4845
2010Amended · Pub. L. 111-266 · 124 Stat. 2804

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 90-629 on 1981-12-29.

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