approval for transfer of defense articles

approval for transfer of defense articles Sec. 204. (a) Section 3 of the Foreign Military Sales Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: “(e) The President may not give his consent under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or under the third sentence of such subsection to a transfer of a defense article, or related training or other defense service. sold under this Act and may not give his consent to such a transfer under section 505(a)(1) or 505(a)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 unless, 30 days prior to giving such consent, the President submits to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a written certification with respect to such proposed transfer containing— “(1) the name of the country or international organization proposing to make such transfer, 90 STAT. 736 “(2) a description of the defense article or related training or other defense service proposed to be transferred, including the original acquisition cost of such defense article or related training or other defense service, “(3) the name of the proposed recipient of such defense article or related training or other defense service, “(4) the reasons for such proposed transfer, and “(5) the date on which such transfer is proposed to be made. Any certification submitted to Congress pursuant to this subsection shall be unclassified, except that information regarding the dollar value and number of defense articles, or related training or other defense services, proposed to be transferred may be classified if public disclosure thereof would be clearly detrimental to the security of the United States. “(f) If the President receives any information that a transfer of any defense article, or related training or other defense service, has been made without his consent as required under this section or under section 505 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, he shall report such information immediately to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.”. (b) (1) The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 3 of the Foreign Military Sales Act is amended by striking out “, and prior” and ail that follows thereafter through “transferred” the second time it appears. (2) The first sentence of section 505(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out “, and prior” and all that follows thereafter through “transferred” the second time it appears.