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- § 2799. Purpose
- § 2799a. CFE Treaty obligations
- § 2799b. Authorities
- § 2799c. Notifications and reports to Congress
- § 2799d. Definitions
§ 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—
(1) enhance NATO’s forces,
(2) increase NATO standardization and interoperability, and
(3) 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—
(1) 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”;
(2) 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
(3) 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
(c) Acceptance of NATO assistance in meeting certain United States obligations
(d) Authority to transfer on grant basis
(e) Third country transfers restrictions
(f) Maintenance of military balance in Eastern Mediterranean
(g) Expiration of authority
(1) In general
(2) Transition rule
(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 9, § 93, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1691.)
§ 2799c. Notifications and reports to Congress
(a) Notifications
(b) Annual reportsNot 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—
(1) 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;
(2) describes how those transfers further the purposes described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of section 2799 of this title; and
(3) lists, on a country-by-country basis, all transfers to another country of conventional armaments and equipment limited by the CFE Treaty—
(A) by each NATO/CFE country (other than the United States) in implementing the CFE Treaty, and
(B) by each country of the Eastern Group of States Parties in implementing the CFE Treaty.
(Pub. L. 90–629, ch. 9, § 94, as added Pub. L. 102–228, § 2, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1692; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 402(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324.)
§ 2799d. Definitions
As used in this subchapter—
(1) the term “CFE Treaty” means the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (signed at Paris, November 19, 1990);
(2) 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;
(3) the term “NATO” means the North Atlantic Treaty Organization;
(4) 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
(5) 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.)