§2776a. Annual report on foreign sales of significant military equipment manufactured in the United States

(a) Report required

Not later than March 31 of each year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on foreign military sales and direct sales to foreign entities of significant military equipment manufactured in the United States during the preceding calendar year.

(b) Contents

Each report required by subsection (a) shall indicate, for each sale of significant military equipment in excess of $2,000,000-

(1) the nature of the equipment and the dollar value of the sale;

(2) the country to which the equipment was sold; and

(3) the manufacturer of the equipment and the State in which the equipment was manufactured.

(c) Public availability

The Secretary of Defense shall make each report required by subsection (a) publicly available to the maximum extent practicable.

(d) Significant military equipment defined

In this section, the term "significant military equipment" has the meaning given the term in section 2794(9) of this title.

( Pub. L. 109–364, div. A, title XII, §1231, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2430 ; Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1063(c)(11), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 323 .)

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, and not as part of the Arms Export Control Act which comprises this chapter.

Amendments

2008-Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 110–181 made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to section 2794(9) of this title.

Effective Date of 2008 Amendment

Pub. L. 110–181, div. A, title X, §1063(c), Jan. 28, 2008, 122 Stat. 322 , provided that the amendment made by section 1063(c)(11) of Pub. L. 110–181 is effective as of Oct. 17, 2006, and as if included in Pub. L. 109–364 as enacted.

"Congressional Defense Committees" defined

Congressional defense committees has the meaning given that term in section 101(a)(16) of Title 10, Armed Forces, see section 3 of Pub. L. 109–364, Oct. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 2100 . See note under section 101 of Title 10.