AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SURCHARGES ON CERTAIN SALES TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION

SEC. 1002. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE SURCHARGES ON CERTAIN SALES TO NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION Section 21(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(3)(A) The President may waive the charges for administrative services that would otherwise be required by paragraph (1)(A) in connection with any sale to the Maintenance and Supply Agency of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in support of— “(i) a weapon system partnership agreement; or “(ii) a NATO/SHAPE project. “(B) The Secretary of Defense may reimburse the fund established to carry out section 43(b) of this Act in the amount of the charges waived under subparagraph (A) of this paragraph. Any such reimbursement may be made from any funds available to the Department of Defense. “(C) As used in this paragraph— “(i) the term ‘weapon system partnership agreement’ means an agreement between two or more member countries of the Maintenance and Supply Agency of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that— 102 STAT. 2038 “(I) is entered into pursuant to the terms of the charter of that organization; and “(II) is for the common logistic support of a specific weapon system common to the participating countries; and “(ii) the term ‘NATO/SHAPE project’ means a common-funded project supported by allocated credits from North Atlantic Treaty Organization bodies or by host nations with NATO Infrastructure funds.”.