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[CITE: 10USC7307]

 
                         TITLE 10--ARMED FORCES
 
                    Subtitle C--Navy and Marine Corps
 
                     PART IV--GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
 
                       CHAPTER 633--NAVAL VESSELS
 
Sec. 7307. Disposals to foreign nations

    (a) Larger or Newer Vessels.--A naval vessel that is in excess of 
3,000 tons or that is less than 20 years of age may not be disposed of 
to another nation (whether by sale, lease, grant, loan, barter, 
transfer, or otherwise) unless the disposition of that vessel is 
approved by law enacted after August 5, 1974. A lease or loan of such a 
vessel under such a law may be made only in accordance with the 
provisions of chapter 6 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2796 
et seq.) or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.).
    (b) Other Vessels.--(1) A naval vessel not subject to subsection (a) 
may be disposed of to another nation (whether by sale, lease, grant, 
loan, barter, transfer, or otherwise) in accordance with applicable 
provisions of law, but only after--
        (A) the Secretary of the Navy notifies the Committee on Armed 
    Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
    House of Representatives in writing of the proposed disposition; and
        (B) 30 days of continuous session of Congress have expired 
    following the date on which such notice is sent to those committees.

    (2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the continuity of a session of 
Congress is broken only by an adjournment of the Congress sine die, and 
the days on which either House is not in session because of an 
adjournment of more than 3 days to a day certain are excluded in the 
computation of such 30-day period.

(Added Pub. L. 103-160, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 824(b), Nov. 30, 1993, 
107 Stat. 1709; amended Pub. L. 104-106, div. A, title XV, 
Sec. 1502(a)(1), Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 502; Pub. L. 106-65, div. A, 
title X, Sec. 1067(1), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 774.)

                       References in Text

    The Arms Export Control Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 
90-629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1320, as amended. Chapter 6 of that Act 
is classified generally to subchapter VI (Sec. 2796 et seq.) of chapter 
39 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 2751 of Title 22 and Tables.
    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended. Chapter 2 of 
part II of that Act is classified generally to part II (Sec. 2311 et 
seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 32 of Title 22. For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 2151 of Title 22 and Tables.


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 7307, acts Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 452; 
Aug. 5, 1974, Pub. L. 93-365, title VII, Sec. 702, 88 Stat. 405; Oct. 5, 
1976, Pub. L. 94-457, Sec. 2, 90 Stat. 1938; Dec. 12, 1980, Pub. L. 96-
513, title V, Sec. 513(28), 94 Stat. 2933; Aug. 8, 1985, Pub. L. 99-83, 
title I, Sec. 122, 99 Stat. 204; Nov. 5, 1990, Pub. L. 101-510, div. A, 
title XIV, Sec. 1484(b)(4), 104 Stat. 1716, related to restrictions on 
disposal of certain Navy ships, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-160, 
Sec. 824(b).


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 106-65 substituted ``and the 
Committee on Armed Services'' for ``and the Committee on National 
Security''.
    1996--Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 104-106 substituted ``Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on National Security of 
the House of Representatives'' for ``Committees on Armed Services of the 
Senate and House of Representatives''.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 2433 of this title; title 22 
section 2793; title 42 section 6939d; title 50 section 415.
