110 STAT. 3009 -153 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996
COMPETITIVE PRICING FOR SALES OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
22 USC 2762
SEC. 533A. Direct costs associated with meeting a foreign cusiiote.
tomer's additional or unique requirements will continue to be allowable under contracts under section 22(d) of the Arms Export Control
Act. Loadings applicable to such direct costs shall be permitted
at the same rates applicable to procurement of like items purchased
by the Department of Defense for its own use.
POW/MIA MILITARY DRAWDOWN
SEC. 534. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President may direct the drawdown, without reimbursement by
the recipient, of defense articles from the stocks of the Department
of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and
military education and training, of an aggregate value not to exceed
$15,000,000 in fiscal year 1997, as may be necessary to carry
out subsection (b).
(b) Such defense articles, services and training may be provided
to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, under subsection (a) as the President determines are necessary to support efforts to locate and
repatriate members of the United States Armed Forces and civilians
employed directly or indirectly by the United States Government
who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and to ensure
the safety of United States Government personnel engaged in such
cooperative efforts and to support United States Department of
Defense-sponsored humanitarian projects associated with the POW/
MIA efforts. Any aircraft shall be provided under this section only
to Laos and only on a lease or loan basis, but may be provided
at no cost notwithstanding section 61 of the Arms Export Control
Act and may be maintained with defense articles, services and
training provided under this section.
(c) The President shall, within sixty days of the end of any
fiscal year in which the authority of subsection (a) is exercised,
submit a report to the Congress which identifies the articles, services, and training drawn down under this section.
MEDITERRANEAN EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
22 USC 2321J
SEC. 535. For the four-year period beginning on October 1,
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1996, the President shall ensure that excess defense articles will
be made available under section 516 and 519 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 consistent with the manner in which the President
made available excess defense articles under those sections during
the four-year period that began on October 1, 1992, pursuant to
section 5'73(e) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1990.
CASH FLOW FINANCING
SEC. 536. For each country that has been approved for cash
flow financing (as defined in section 25(d) of the Arms Export
Control Act, as added by section 112(b) of Public Law 99-83) under
the Foreign Military Financing Program, any Letter of Offer and
Acceptance or other purchase agreement, or any amendment thereto, for a procurement in excess of $100,000,000 that is to be financed
in whole or in part with funds made available under this Act
shall be submitted through the regular notification procedures to
the Committees on Appropriations.
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