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 PUBLIC LAW 104-164-JULY 21, 1996 110 STAT. 1433 mination, including a description of the emergency circumstances which necessitate that the lease be entered into immediately and a discussion of the national security interests involved."; and (C) by adding at the end of the section the following: "(c) The certification required by subsection (a) shall be transmitted— "(1) not less than 15 calendar days before the agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any member country of that Organization or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and "(2) not less than 30 calendar days before the agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of an agreement with any other organization or country.". (2) CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL.— Section 63(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a)) is amended— (A) by striking "(a)(1)" and inserting "(a)"; (B) by striking "30 calendar days after receiving the certification with respect to that proposed agreement pursuant to section 62(a)," and inserting "the 15-day or 30- day period specified in section 62(c)(1) or (2), as the case may be,"; and (C) by striking paragraph (2). (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 22 USC 2753 apply with respect to certifications required to be submitted on ^°^- or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 142. STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) The consent of the President under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or under paragraph (1) of section 505(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as it relates to subparagraph (B) of such paragraph) shall not be required for the transfer by a foreign country or international organization of defense articles sold by the United States under this Act if— "(1) such articles constitute components incorporated into foreign defense articles; "(2) the recipient is the government of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Government of Australia, the Government of Japan, or the Government of New Zealand; "(3) the recipient is not a country designated under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; "(4) the United States-origin components are not— "(A) significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9)); "(B) defense articles for which notification to Congress is required under section 36(b); and "(C) identified by regulation as Missile Technology Control Regime items; and "(5) the foreign country or international organization provides notification of the transfer of the defense articles to -194O-96 -21:QL3Part2

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