Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 119.djvu/3478

 119 STAT. 3460

PUBLIC LAW 109–163—JAN. 6, 2006

SEC. 1209. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER DEFENSE ARTICLES AND PROVIDE DEFENSE SERVICES TO THE MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES OF IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. President.

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(a) AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to transfer defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense and to provide defense services in connection with the transfer of such defense articles to the military and security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan in order to support the efforts of those forces to restore and maintain peace and security in those countries. (b) LIMITATION.—The aggregate value of all defense articles transferred and defense services provided to Iraq and Afghanistan under subsection (a) may not exceed $500,000,000. (c) APPLICABLE LAW.—Any defense articles transferred or defense services provided to Iraq or Afghanistan under the authority of subsection (a) shall be subject to the authorities and limitations applicable to the transfer of excess defense articles under section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j), other than the authorities and limitations contained in subsections (b)(1)(B), (e), (f), and (g) of such section. (d) NOTIFICATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The President may not transfer defense articles or provide defense services under subsection (a) until 15 days after the date on which the President has provided notice of the proposed transfer of defense articles or provision of defense services to the appropriate congressional committees. (2) CONTENTS.—Such notification shall include— (A) the information required by subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 516(f)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)(2)(A) through (D)); (B) a description of the amount and type of each defense article to be transferred or defense service to be provided and the brigade-level unit from which the defense article is to be transferred or defense service is to be provided, if applicable; and (C) an identification of the element of the military or security force that is the proposed recipient of each defense article to be transferred or defense service to be provided. (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means— (A) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives; and (B) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. (2) DEFENSE ARTICLES.—The term ‘‘defense articles’’ has the meaning given the term in section 644(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2403(d)). (3) DEFENSE SERVICES.—The term ‘‘defense services’’ has the meaning given the term in section 644(f) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2403(f)). (4) MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES.—The term ‘‘military and security forces’’ has the meaning given the term in section 1202(e) of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108–375).

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