[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3689]
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SA 2682. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12__. LIMITATION ON WAIVER OF NONRECURRING COSTS FOR
FOREIGN MILITARY SALES PENDING NOTICE AND WAIT
TO CONGRESS.
(a) In General.--The President may not issue a waiver of
nonrecurring costs for foreign military sales pursuant to
section 21(e)(2)(B) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2761(e)(2)(B)) with respect to a sale to a country other than
a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
Australia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Israel, or New
Zealand until 15 days after providing notice of the proposed
waiver to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(b) Element.--The notice required by subsection (a) shall
include a detailed justification for the proposed waiver.
(c) Form.--Such notice shall be provided--
(1) in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex; and
(2) in accordance with the procedures described in section
634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394).
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