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 PUBLIC LAW 103-295—AUG. 12, 1994 108 STAT. 1463 SEC. 3. COSTS OF TRANSFERS. Any expense of the United States in connection with a transfer authorized by this Act shall be charged to the recipient. SEC. 4. EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. The authority granted by section 1 of this Act shall expire at the end of the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that leases entered into during that period under section 1 may be renewed. SEC. 5. REPAIR AND REFURBISHMENT OF VESSELS IN THE UNITED STATES. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should request that each country to which a naval vessel is transferred under this Act have such repair or refurbishment of the vessel as is needed, before the vessel joins the naval forces of that country, performed at shipyards located in the United States, including United States navy shipyards. SEC. 6. CONDITION FOR TRANSFER. No vessel may be transferred under this Act until the Secretary of Defense certifies in writing to Congress that, after the transfer— (1) the amphibious lift capacity remaining available in the Navy is sufficient in all lift categories to transport 2^2 Marine Corps expeditionary brigades simultaneously; and (2) the amphibious lift capacity planned to be available in the Navy under the future-years defense program will be sufficient in all lift categories, throughout the period covered by the future-years defense program, to transport 2V2 Marine Corps expeditionary brigades simultaneously. Approved August 12, 1994. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 4429: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 140 (1994): May 23, considered and passed House. July 15, considered and passed Senate, amended. Aug. 1, House concurred in Senate amendments with amendments. Aug. 5, Senate concurred in House amendments.

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