113 STAT. 744 PUBLIC LAW 106-65 —OCT. 5, 1999 SEC. 1016. SALES OF NAVAL SHIPYARD ARTICLES AND SERVICES TO NUCLEAR SHIP CONTRACTORS. (a) WAIVER OF REQUIRED CONDITIONS.—Chapter 633 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 7299a the following new section: "§ 7300. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards "The conditions set forth in section 2208(j)(l)(B) of this title and subsections (a)(1) and (c)(1)(A) of section 2553 of this title shall not apply to a sale by a naval shipyard of articles or services to a private shipyard that is made at the request of the private shipyard in order to facilitate the private shipyard's fulfillment of a Department of Defense contract with respect to a nuclear ship. This section does not authorize a naval shipyard to construct a nuclear ship for the private shipyard, to perform a majority of the work called for in a contract with a private entity, or to provide articles or services not requested by the private shipyard.". (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 7299a the following new item: "7300. Contracts for nuclear ships: sales of naval shipyard articles and services to private shipyards.". SEC. 1017. TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSEL TO FOREIGN COUNTRY. (a) TRANSFER TO THAILAND.— The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Thailand the CYCLONE class coastal patrol craft CYCLONE (PCI) or a craft with a similar hull. The transfer shall be made on a sale, lease, lease/buy, or grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). (b) COSTS.—Any expense incurred by the United States in connection with the transfer authorized by subsection (a) shall be charged to the Government of Thailand. (c) REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT IN UNITED STATES SHIPYARD.— To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary of the Navy shall require, as a condition of the transfer of the vessel to the Government of Thailand under this section, that the Government of Thailand have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, {)erformed at a United States naval shipyard or other shipyard ocated in the United States. (d) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. —The authority to transfer a vessel under subsection (a) shall expire at the end of the twoyear period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 1018. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. (a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER.— (1) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.— The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of the Dominican Republic the medium auxiliary floating dry dock AFDM 2. Such transfer shall be on a grant basis under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j). (2) ECUADOR. —The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to transfer to the Government of Ecuador the "OAK RIDGE" class medium auxiliary repair dry dock ALAMOGORDO (ARDM
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