22 U.S.C. § 2796
Leasing authority
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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The President may lease defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense to an eligible foreign country or international organization if—
the country or international organization has agreed to pay in United States dollars all costs incurred by the United States Government in leasing such articles, including reimbursement for depreciation of such articles while leased, the costs of restoration or replacement if the articles are damaged while leased, and, if the articles are lost or destroyed while leased—
Defense articles in the stocks of the Department of Defense may be leased or loaned to a foreign country or international organization only under the authority of this subchapter or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.], and may not be leased to a foreign country or international organization under the authority of section 2667 of title 10.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1987, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1988, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1989House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991
- Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.House: 288–126Senate: no recorded tally
- Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996
- To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Export Control Act to make improvements to certain defense and security assistance provisions under those Acts, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign countries, and for other purposes.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997
- Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998House: 333–76Senate: no recorded tally
- Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003House: 352–73Senate: no recorded tally