Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008
Latest action · Oct 15, 2008 Became Public Law No: 110-429.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2008
- Passed HouseSep 27, 2008
- Passed SenateOct 1, 2008
- To the PresidentOct 6, 2008
- Became lawOct 15, 2008
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The expanded summary of the House passed version is repeated here.)
Title I: Naval Vessel Transfer - Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008 - (Sec. 102) Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to: (1) Pakistan, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate MCINERNEY; (2) Chile, the KAISER class oiler ANDREW J. HIGGINS; and (3) Peru, the NEWPORT class amphibious tank landing ships FRESNO and RACINE.States that: (1) the value of such vessels transferred on a grant basis shall not be counted against the aggregate value of excess defense articles transferred to countries in any fiscal year under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) transfer costs shall be charged to the recipient; and (3) to the maximum extent practicable, the country to which a vessel is transferred shall have necessary vessel repair and refurbishment carried out at U.S. shipyards (including U.S. Navy shipyards).
Terminates transfer authority two years after enactment of this Act.
Title II: United States Arms Exports - (Sec. 201) Directs the President to: (1) carry out an ongoing assessment of the extent to which Israel possesses a qualitative military edge (as defined by this Act) over military threats; (2) use such assessment in reviewing applications to sell defense articles and services under the Arms Export Control Act to a Middle Eastern country other than Israel; and (3) submit an initial report on such assessment to the appropriate congressional committees by June 30, 2009, and then every four years thereafter.
Amends the Arms Export Control Act to require any certification relating to a proposed sale or export of defense articles or services to a Middle Eastern country other than Israel to include a determination that such sale or export will not adversely affect Israel's qualitative military edge (as defined by this Act for purposes of this provision) over military threats.
(Sec. 202) Makes specified foreign military financing program funds for FY2009 available on a grant basis for Israel.
Authorizes funding in FY2009 for the procurement of advanced weapons systems, including research and development, by Israel.
(Sec. 203) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to provide the Republic of Korea with special foreign military sales status, including expedited congressional review for export of U.S. defense items and services.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 27, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Sep 27, 2008 |
Actions 16
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 15, 2008Became Public Law No: 110-429.
- Oct 15, 2008Signed by President.
- Oct 6, 2008Presented to President.
- Oct 2, 2008Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Oct 1, 2008Cleared for White House.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Chile
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional reporting requirements
- East Asia
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- International Affairs
- Israel
- Latin America
- Middle East and North Africa
- Military assistance
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Shipbuilding
- South Asia
- South Korea
- Surplus government property
- Warships
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 2, 2008Enrolled Bill
- Sep 27, 2008Engrossed in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.