SEC. 4. DESIGNATION OF COVERED COUNTRIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Com-
merce shall designate each country that the Secretary de-
termines meets the requirements under subsection (b) as 
a covered country for purposes of this Act. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A country meets the require-
ments under this subsection if the country— 
(1) is located in North America, South Amer-
ica, or the Caribbean; 
(2) is not a member state of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization; and 
(3) meets such other requirements as the Sec-
retary of State may determine appropriate. 
(c) INITIAL DESIGNATIONS.—The Bahamas, Belize, 
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti, Ja-
maica, and Trinidad and Tobago— 
(1) shall be deemed to have been so designated 
by the Secretary of Commerce as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
(2) shall continue to be deemed so designated 
for a five-year period, during which time the des-
ignation may not be terminated under subsection 
(d). 
(d) TERMINATION
OF DESIGNATION.—Subject to 
subsection (c)(2), the Secretary of Commerce may termi-
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nate the designation of a country under this section only 
if, at least 180 days prior to such termination, the Sec-
retary submits to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a notification of such termination. 
SEC. 5. LIMITATION ON LICENSES AND OTHER AUTHORIZA-
TIONS FOR EXPORT OF CERTAIN ITEMS RE-
MOVED FROM THE UNITED STATES MUNI-
TIONS LIST AND INCLUDED ON THE COM-
MERCE CONTROL LIST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Commerce may 
not grant a license or other authorization for the export 
of a covered item unless, before granting the license or 
other authorization, the Secretary submits to the chair-
man and ranking member of the Committee on Foreign 
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the chairman 
and ranking member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the Senate a written certification with respect to such 
proposed export license or other authorization con-
taining— 
(1) the name of the person applying for the li-
cense or other authorization; 
(2) the name of the person who is the proposed 
recipient of the export; 
(3) the name of the country or international or-
ganization to which the export will be made; 
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(4) a description of the items proposed to be ex-
ported; and 
(5) the value of the items proposed to be ex-
ported. 
(b) FORM.—A certification required under subsection 
(a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, except that 
information regarding the dollar value and number of 
items proposed to be exported may be restricted from pub-
lic disclosure if such disclosure would be detrimental to 
the security of the United States. 
(c) DEADLINES.—A certification required under sub-
section (a) shall be submitted— 
(1) at least 15 calendar days before a proposed 
export license or other authorization is granted in 
the case of a transfer of items to a country which 
is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion or Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, 
Israel, or New Zealand; and 
(2) at least 30 calendar days before a proposed 
export license or other authorization is granted in 
the case of a transfer of items to any other country. 
(d) 
CONGRESSIONAL
RESOLUTION
OF
DIS-
APPROVAL.—A proposed export license or other authoriza-
tion described in paragraph (1) of subsection (c) shall be-
come effective after the end of the 15-day period described 
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in such paragraph, and a proposed export license or other 
authorization described in paragraph (2) of subsection (c) 
shall become effective after the end of the 30-day period 
specified in such paragraph, only if the Congress does not 
enact, within the applicable time period, a joint resolution 
prohibiting the export of the covered item for which the 
export license or other authorization was proposed. 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
the House of Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) COVERED ITEM.—The term ‘‘covered item’’ 
means any item that— 
(A) as of March 8, 2020, was included in 
Category I, II, or III of the United States Mu-
nitions List; and 
(B) is included on the Commerce Control 
List. 
(3) FIREARM.—The term ‘‘firearm’’ includes— 
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(A) any item that is included in Category 
I, II, or III of the United States Munitions 
List; and 
(B) any covered item. 
(4) GROSS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONALLY 
RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.—The term ‘‘gross vio-
lations of internationally recognized human rights’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 502B(d) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
2304(d)). 
(5) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘secu-
rity assistance’’ includes— 
(A) the types of assistance specified in sec-
tion 502B(d)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304); and 
(B) assistance furnished under an inter-
national security assistance program of the 
United States conducted under any other provi-
sion of law, including under the authorities 
under chapter 16 of title 10, United States 
Code. 
(6) UNITED
STATES
MUNITIONS
LIST.—The 
term ‘‘United States Munitions List’’ means the list 
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maintained pursuant to part 121 of title 22, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
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