[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2874]
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  SA 776. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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. __. MODIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR PRIOR NOTIFICATION 
                   OF SHIPMENTS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.

       Section 36(i) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2776(i)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(i) Prior Notification of Shipment of Arms.--Thirty days 
     prior to the first and last shipment relating to a sale of 
     defense articles subject to the requirements of subsection 
     (b), the President shall provide notification of such pending 
     shipment, in unclassified form, with a separate, classified 
     annex as necessary, to the Chairperson and Ranking Member 
     of--
       ``(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       ``(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.''.
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