[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5936]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6422. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1214. CLARIFICATION OF TIMING ISSUES RELATED TO 
                   CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED UNDER THE ARMS EXPORT 
                   CONTROL ACT.

       Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Rule of Construction Regarding Timing of Submission 
     and Receipt of Certifications.--A certification under this 
     section shall be construed as being submitted and received as 
     of the date that the Senate and the House of Representatives 
     have each published receipt of such certification in the 
     Congressional Record.''.
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