[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 132 (Thursday, July 31, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5133-S5134]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3399. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Ricketts, 
Mr. Cotton, and Ms. Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2026 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 F of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1067. MODIFICATION OF EXPEDITED REVIEW OF EXPORT 
                   LICENSES FOR EXPORTS OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES 
                   TO AUSTRALIA, THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND CANADA.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the President should work with the Governments of the United 
     Kingdom and Australia to formulate policy that would address 
     the application of restrictions under the International 
     Traffic in Arms Regulations to the sovereign territories of 
     Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States 
     that may present inefficiencies in defense repair, 
     maintenance, and sustainment among Australia, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States for defense articles and 
     defense services not on the excluded technology list.
       (b) Modification.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1344 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 U.S.C. 10423) is 
     amended--
       (A) in the section heading, by striking ``export licenses 
     for exports'' and inserting ``licenses for exports and 
     transfers'';
       (B) in subsection (a), by inserting ``or transfer 
     (including to reexport, retransfer, temporarily import, or 
     broker)'' after ``to export'';
       (C) in subsection (b), by striking ``an export'' and all 
     that follows and inserting ``an export or transfer (including 
     a reexport, retransfer, temporary import, or brokering 
     activity) of defense articles or defense services that will 
     take place wholly within or between the geographic territory 
     of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, or the United 
     States and with governments of such countries or corporate 
     entities from such countries that are authorized users of 
     defense articles exported pursuant to the exemption under 
     section 38(l) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2778(l)).''; and
       (D) in subsection (c)--
       (i) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``and the process must satisfy'' and inserting ``apply to all 
     exports and transfers (including reexports, retransfers, 
     temporary imports, and brokering activities) wholly within or 
     between the geographic territory of Australia, Canada, the 
     United Kingdom, or the United States, and satisfy''; and
       (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ``to export defense 
     articles and services'' and inserting ``to export, transfer, 
     reexport, retransfer, temporarily import, or broker defense 
     articles or defense services wholly within or between the 
     geographic territory of Australia, Canada, the United 
     Kingdom, or the United States''.
       (2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents in section 
     2(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
     Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), and at the beginning of title 
     XIII of division A of such Act, are each amended by striking 
     the item relating to section 1344 and inserting the 
     following:

``Sec. 1344. Expedited review of licenses for exports and transfers of 
              advanced technologies to Australia, the United Kingdom, 
              and Canada.''.
       (c) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--To the extent practicable given staff and 
     resources, not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 5 years, 
     the President shall submit to the Chairpersons and Ranking 
     Members of the appropriate congressional committees, the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Majority 
     Leader of the Senate a report on the use of the expedited 
     decision-making process established under section 1344 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (22 
     U.S.C. 10423).
       (2) Elements.--Each report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An update on the progress made toward implementing the 
     expedited decision-making process described in paragraph (1).
       (B) The number of licenses issued pursuant to such process.
       (C) A list of defense articles and defense services for 
     which such a license was issued.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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