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PUBLIC LAW 91-672-JAN. 12, 1971

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Public Law 91-672 AN ACT To amend the Foreign Military Sales Act, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America i7i Congress assembled, That subsection (b) of section 3 of the Foreign Military Sales Act (22 U.S.C. 2753(b)) is amended to read as follows: "(b) No sales, credits, or guaranties shall be made or extended under this Act to any country during a period of one year after such country seizes, or takes into custody, or fines an American fishing vessel for engaging in fishing more than twelve miles from the coast of that country. The President may waive the provisions of this subsection when he determines it to be important to the security of the United States or he receives reasonable assurances from the country involved that future violations will not occur, and promptly so reports to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The provisions of this subsection shall not be applicable in any case governed by an international agreement to which the United States is a party." SEC. 2. Section 31 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2771) is amended— (1) by striking out of subsection (a) "not to exceed $296,000,000 for the fiscal year 1969" and inserting in lieu thereof "not to exceed $250,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1970 and 1971"; and (2) by striking out of subsection (b) "during the fiscal year 1969 shall not exceed $296,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "shall not exceed $340,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1970 and 1971". SEC. 3. Section 33 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2773) is amended— (1) by striking out of subsection (a) "the fiscal year 1969" and inserting in lieu thereof "each fiscal year"; and (2) by striking out of subsection (b) "the fiscal year 1969" and inserting in lieu thereof "each fiscal year". SEC. 4. The last paragraph of section 1 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2751) is amended by striking out "denying social progress" and inserting in lieu thereof "denying the growth of fundamental rights or social progress". SEC. 5. I t is the sense of Congress that (1) the President should continue to press forw^ard urgently with his efforts to negotiate with the Soviet Union and other powers a limitation on arms shipments to the Middle East, (2) the President should be supported in his position that arms will be made available and credits provided to Israel and other friendly states, to the extent that the President determines such assistance to be needed in order to meet threats to the security and independence of such states, and (3) if the authorization provided in the Foreign Military Sales Act, as amended, should prove to be insufficient to effectuate this stated policy, the President should promptly submit to the Congress requests for an appropriate supplementary authorization and appropriation. SEC. 6. I t is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the President should immediately institute a thorough and comprehensive review of the military aid programs of the United States, particularly with respect to the military assistance and sales operations of the Department of Defense, and

January 12, 1971 [H. R. 15628]

Foreign Military Sales Act, amendmentSa 82 Stat. 1322.

Waiver; report.

Exception.

Foreign military sales credits, ceiling.

Foreign military s a l e s, ceiling.

Policy statement.

Sales to the Middle E a s t.

Military aid p r o grams, review.

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