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‘‘(D)(i) Any joint resolution under this paragraph
shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the
provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security
Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
‘‘(ii) For the purpose of expediting the consideration
and enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph,
a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint
resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate
committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the
House of Representatives.’’.
(b) THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS UNDER COMMER-
CIAL SALES.—Section 3(d)(3) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2753(d)(3)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’;
(2) in the first sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘at least 30 calendar
days’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘report’’ and inserting
‘‘certification’’; and
(3) by striking the last sentence and inserting
the following: ‘‘Such certification shall be submit-
ted—
‘‘(i) at least 15 calendar days before such con-
sent is given in the case of a transfer to a country
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which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and
‘‘(ii) at least 30 calendar days before such con-
sent is given in the case of a transfer to any other
country,
unless the President states in his certification that an
emergency exists which requires that consent to the pro-
posed transfer become effective immediately in the na-
tional security interests of the United States. If the Presi-
dent states in his certification that such an emergency ex-
ists (thus waiving the requirements of clause (i) or (ii),
as the case may be, and of subparagraph (B)) the Presi-
dent shall set forth in the certification a detailed justifica-
tion for his determination, including a description of the
emergency circumstances which necessitate that consent
to the proposed transfer become effective immediately and
a discussion of the national security interests involved.
‘‘(B) Consent to a transfer subject to subparagraph
(A) shall become effective after the end of the 15-day or
30-day period specified in subparagraph (A)(i) or (ii), as
the case may be, only if the Congress does not enact, with-
in that period, a joint resolution prohibiting the proposed
transfer.
‘‘(C)(i) Any joint resolution under this paragraph
shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the
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provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security
Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
‘‘(ii) For the purpose of expediting the consideration
and enactment of joint resolutions under this paragraph,
a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint
resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate
committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the
House of Representatives.’’.
(c) COMMERCIAL SALES.—Section 36(c)(2) of such
Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)) is amended by amending sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) to read as follows:
‘‘(A) in the case of a license for an export to
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, any mem-
ber country of that Organization or Australia,
Japan, or New Zealand, shall not be issued until at
least 15 calendar days after the Congress receives
such certification, and shall not be issued then if the
Congress, within that 15-day period, enacts a joint
resolution prohibiting the proposed export; and
‘‘(B) in the case of any other license, shall not
be issued until at least 30 calendar days after the
Congress receives such certification, and shall not be
issued then if the Congress, within that 30-day pe-
riod, enacts a joint resolution prohibiting the pro-
posed export.’’.
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(d) COMMERCIAL MANUFACTURING AGREEMENTS.—
Section 36(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(d)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘for or in a country not a mem-
ber of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) A certification under this subsection shall be
submitted—
‘‘(A) at least 15 days before approval is given
in the case of an agreement for or in a country
which is a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and
‘‘(B) at least 30 days before approval is given
in the case of an agreement for or in any other
country;
unless the President states in his certification that an
emergency exists which requires the immediate approval
of the agreement in the national security interests of the
United States.
‘‘(3) If the President states in his certification that
an emergency exists which requires the immediate ap-
proval of the agreement in the national security interests
of the United States, thus waiving the requirements of
paragraph (4), he shall set forth in the certification a de-
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tailed justification for his determination, including a de-
scription of the emergency circumstances which neces-
sitate the immediate approval of the agreement and a dis-
cussion of the national security interests involved.
‘‘(4) Approval for an agreement subject to paragraph
(1) may not be given under section 38 if the Congress,
within the 15-day or 30-day period specified in paragraph
(2)(A) or (B), as the case may be, enacts a joint resolution
prohibiting such approval.
‘‘(5)(A) Any joint resolution under paragraph (4)
shall be considered in the Senate in accordance with the
provisions of section 601(b) of the International Security
Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
‘‘(B) For the purpose of expediting the consideration
and enactment of joint resolutions under paragraph (4),
a motion to proceed to the consideration of any such joint
resolution after it has been reported by the appropriate
committee shall be treated as highly privileged in the
House of Representatives.’’.
(e) GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT LEASES.—
(1) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW PERIOD.—Section
62 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2796a) is amended—
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Not less
than 30 days before’’ and inserting ‘‘Before’’;
(B) in subsection (b)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘determines, and im-
mediately reports to the Congress’’ and in-
serting ‘‘states in his certification’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end of the sub-
section the following: ‘‘If the President
states in his certification that such an
emergency exists, he shall set forth in the
certification a detailed justification for his
determination, including a description of
the emergency circumstances which neces-
sitate that the lease be entered into imme-
diately and a discussion of the national se-
curity interests involved.’’; and
(C) by adding at the end of the section the
following:
‘‘(c) The certification required by subsection (a) shall
be transmitted—
‘‘(1) not less than 15 calendar days before the
agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of
an agreement with the North Atlantic Treaty Orga-
nization, any member country of that Organization
or Australia, Japan, or New Zealand; and
‘‘(2) not less than 30 calendar days before the
agreement is entered into or renewed in the case of
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an agreement with any other organization or coun-
try.’’.
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
DISAPPROVAL.—Section
63(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)’’;
(B) by striking out the ‘‘30 calendar days
after receiving the certification with respect to
that proposed agreement pursuant to section
62(a),’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the 15-
day or 30-day period specified in section 62(c)
(1) or (2), as the case may be,’’; and
(C) by striking paragraph (2).
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply with respect to certifications required
to be submitted on or after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 142. STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANS-
FERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.
Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2753) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(b) The consent of the President under paragraph
(2) of subsection (a) or under paragraph (1) of section
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defense articles to the United States Government
not later than 30 days after the date of such trans-
fer.’’.
SEC. 143. INCREASED STANDARDIZATION, RATIONALIZA-
TION, AND INTEROPERABILITY OF ASSIST-
ANCE AND SALES PROGRAMS.
Paragraph (6) of section 515(a) of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321i(a)(6)) is amended
by striking ‘‘among members of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization and with the Armed Forces of Japan, Aus-
tralia, and New Zealand’’.
SEC. 144. DEFINITION OF SIGNIFICANT MILITARY EQUIP-
MENT.
Section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2794) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(9) ‘significant military equipment’ means articles—
‘‘(A) for which special export controls are war-
ranted because of the capacity of such articles for
substantial military utility or capability; and
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‘‘(B) identified on the United States Munitions
List.’’.
SEC. 145. ELIMINATION OF ANNUAL REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENT RELATING TO THE SPECIAL DEFENSE
ACQUISITION FUND.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 53 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2795b) is hereby repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 51(a)(4) of
such Act (22 U.S.C. 2795(a)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (B).
SEC. 146. COST OF LEASED DEFENSE ARTICLES THAT HAVE
BEEN LOST OR DESTROYED.
Section 61(a)(4) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2796(a)(4)) is amended by striking ‘‘and the re-
placement cost’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and, if the articles are lost or destroyed while
leased—
‘‘(A) in the event the United States in-
tends to replace the articles lost or destroyed,
the replacement cost (less any depreciation in
the value) of the articles; or
‘‘(B) in the event the United States does
not intend to replace the articles lost or de-
stroyed, an amount not less than the actual
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value (less any depreciation in the value) speci-
fied in the lease agreement.’’.
SEC. 147. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.
(a) DESIGNATION.—
(1) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Chapter 2 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2311 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
tion:
‘‘SEC. 517. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.
‘‘(a) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—The President shall no-
tify the Congress in writing at least 30 days before—
‘‘(1) designating a country as a major non-
NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); or
‘‘(2) terminating such a designation.
‘‘(b) INITIAL DESIGNATIONS.—Australia, Egypt, Is-
rael, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand shall
be deemed to have been so designated by the President
as of the effective date of this section, and the President
is not required to notify the Congress of such designation
of those countries.’’.
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 644 of such Act (22
U.S.C. 2403) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
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‘‘(q) ‘Major non-NATO ally’ means a country which
is designated in accordance with section 517 as a major
non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms Ex-
port Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).’’.
(3) EXISTING DEFINITIONS.—(A) The last sen-
tence of section 21(g) of the Arms Export Control
Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(g)) is repealed.
(B) Section 65(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2796d(d)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘or major non-NATO’’; and
(ii) by striking out ‘‘or a’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘Code’’.
(b) COOPERATIVE TRAINING AGREEMENTS.—Section
21(g) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2761(g)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘similar agreements’’ and all that follows through ‘‘other
countries’’ and inserting ‘‘similar agreements with coun-
tries’’.
SEC. 148. CERTIFICATION THRESHOLDS.
(a) INCREASE IN DOLLAR THRESHOLDS.—The Arms
Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 3(d) (22 U.S.C. 2753(d))—
(A) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking
‘‘$14,000,000’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and
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(B) in paragraphs (1) and (3), by striking
‘‘$50,000,000’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$75,000,000’’;
(2) in section 36 (22 U.S.C. 2776)—
(A) in subsections (b)(1), (b)(5)(C), and
(c)(1), by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘$25,000,000’’;
(B) in subsections (b)(1), (b)(5)(C), and
(c)(1), by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000’’; and
(C) in subsections (b)(1) and (b)(5)(C), by
striking ‘‘$200,000,000’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘$300,000,000’’; and
(3) in section 63(a) (22 U.S.C. 2796b(a))—
(A) by striking ‘‘$14,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$25,000,000’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$50,000,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$75,000,000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) apply with respect to certifications submit-
ted on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 149. DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION.
Chapter 1 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370 et seq.), as amended by this Act,
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is further amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 620G. DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION.
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), none of the funds made available to carry out
this Act or any other Act may be made available to facili-
tate in any way the sale of M–833 antitank shells or any
comparable antitank shells containing a depleted uranium
penetrating component to any country other than—
‘‘(1) a country that is a member of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization;
‘‘(2) a country that has been designated as a
major non-NATO ally (as defined in section 644(q));
or
‘‘(3) Taiwan.
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The prohibition contained in sub-
section (a) shall not apply with respect to the use of funds
to facilitate the sale of antitank shells to a country if the
President determines that to do so is in the national secu-
rity interest of the United States.’’.
SEC. 150. END-USE MONITORING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES
AND DEFENSE SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended by inserting after chapter
3 the following new chapter: