[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4525]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 518. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REQUIREMENT FOR FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROVIDED 
                   AS GRANTS.

       (a) In General.--Financing provided to a country or 
     international organization pursuant to the authority of 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) 
     for the procurement of defense articles, defense services, 
     and design and construction services shall be made available 
     on a grant basis.
       (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the restriction in 
     subsection (a) in any fiscal year for any country or 
     international organization if the President first certifies 
     to the appropriate congressional committees that--
       (1) the provision of such financing on any other basis to a 
     specific country or international organization will not 
     result in the refusal by such country or international 
     organization to procure United States defense articles, 
     defense services, or design and construction services through 
     such financing;
       (2) if such financing is provided on a loan basis, the 
     country or international organization has sufficient funds to 
     repay such loan in a reasonable time, without causing an 
     impact on the services or activities of such country or 
     international organization provides to its citizens or 
     members, as the case may be; or
       (3) there will be no impact on United States defense sector 
     jobs.
       (c) Limitation.--The amounts of such financing to be 
     provided to each country shall be generally comparable to the 
     amount made available to such country for fiscal year 2017, 
     subject to appropriations, with the exception of Israel, 
     Egypt, Jordan, and Pakistan, unless the President certifies 
     to the appropriate congressional committees that the 
     different amount to be made available better serves the 
     national security and foreign policy interests of the United 
     States with respect to the United States relationship with 
     that country, including the rationale for such certification.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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