PROCEDURES REGARDING TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-FUNDED ITEMS.

SEC. 203. PROCEDURES REGARDING TRANSFERS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-FUNDED ITEMS. (a) Limitation on Certain Military Technology Transfers.— (1) Section 223 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (10 U.S.C. 2431 note) is amended to read as follows: “SEC. 223. LIMITATION ON TRANSFER OF CERTAIN MILITARY TECHNOLOGY TO INDEPENDENT STATES OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. “Military technology developed with funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the Ballistic Missile Defense Program may not be transferred (or made available for transfer) to Russia or any other independent state of the former Soviet Union by the United States (or with the consent of the United States) unless the President determines, and certifies to the Congress at least 15 days prior to any such transfer, that such transfer is in the national interest of the United States and is to be made for the purpose of maintaining peace.”. (2) Section 6 of that Act is amended by amending the item in the table of contents relating to section 223 to read as follows: “Sec. 223. Limitation on transfer of certain military technology to independent states of the former Soviet Union.”. 107 STAT. 2322 (b) Repeal of Obsolete Provision.— Section 709 of the Department of Defense Appropriations Authorization Act, 1975 (50 U.S.C. App. 2403–1) is repealed.