Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008
Latest action · Sep 10, 2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 949.
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.
- IntroducedMay 22, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008 - Authorizes the President to transfer on a grant basis to: (1) Pakistan, the OLIVER HAZARD PERRY class guided missile frigate MCINERNEY; (2) Greece, the OSPREY class minehunter coastal ships OSPREY and ROBIN; (3) Chile, the KAISER class oiler ANDREW J. HIGGINS; and (4) 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.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on May 22, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | May 22, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred May 22, 2008Markup Jul 29, 2008Reported Sep 10, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2008Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Dodd without amendment. With written report No. 110-451.
- Sep 10, 2008Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 949.
- Jul 29, 2008Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- May 22, 2008Introduced in Senate
- May 22, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4795)
- May 22, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4795-4796)
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S4795Text printed S4795 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE (text) | May 22, 2008 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 8, 2008S. 3052, Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 29, 2008</p>
- Aug 8, 2008S. 3052, Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on July 29, 2008
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide for the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Amphibious operations
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- Chile
- Europe
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Greece
- Guided missiles
- International Affairs
- Latin America
- Military assistance
- Minesweeping
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Shipbuilding
- South Asia
- Surplus government property
- Transportation and Public Works
- Warships
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2008Reported to Senate
- May 22, 2008Introduced in Senate
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; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
