[20000110]RS20428_多余国防用品：向盟国和友好国家提供赠款和销售.pdf

Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20428January 10, 2000Excess Defense Articles: Grants and Salesto Allies and Friendly Countries(name redacted)Specialist in National DefenseForeign Affairs, Defense, and Trade DivisionSummaryThe Excess Defense Articles (EDA) program provides one means by which theUnited States can advance foreign policy objectives assisting friendly and alliednations through provision of equipment excess to the requirements of its own defenseforces. The current program is an outgrowth of military assistance programs developedby the United States in the 1950s and 1960s to provide allies and friends with relativelyinexpensive military items during the Cold War. Since many EDA recipients alreadyhave U.S. military equipment in their inventories, U.S. EDA items can supplement earlieracquisitions at a reduced cost to the recipient. They can be made available throughoutright grants or sales at a depreciated price. Among objectives furthered by transferof EDA are assisting modernization efforts of U.S. allies, assisting in multilateralpeacekeeping efforts, combating illegal narcotics product