[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2469. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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. 128_. OVERSIGHT OF EXPORT OF SILENCERS TO PROTECT 
                   AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND NATIONALS ABROAD.

       (a) In General.--Any proposed license to export firearms 
     silencers, mufflers, and sound suppressors to any foreign 
     nongovernmental person, group, or organization may not be 
     issued until after the proposed license is submitted to 
     Congress for review and certification in accordance with 
     section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776(c)), regardless of the dollar value of the proposed 
     export.
       (b) Secretary of State Determination.--
       (1) In general.--The license referred to in subsection (a) 
     may not be issued unless the Secretary of State--
       (A) determines that the proposed export does not pose a 
     risk for the retransfer of the items referred to in such 
     subsection to foreign persons, including terrorists, 
     terrorist groups, insurgent groups, criminals or criminal 
     organizations; and
       (B) submits a report to Congress that sets forth the 
     reasons for, and the information supporting, such 
     determination.
       (2) Form of report.--The report required under paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall be unclassified and shall be made available to 
     the public to the maximum extent possible, but may include a 
     classified annex.
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