[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5297]
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  SA 3512. Mr. DAINES (for himself and Mr. Murphy) 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1230B. AUTHORITY TO TERMINATE APPLICATION OF JACKSON-
                   VANIK AMENDMENT.

       (a) In General.--Section 402 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
     U.S.C. 2432) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Termination.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), the 
     President may terminate the application of subsection (a) and 
     (b) with respect to a country if the President--
       ``(A) determines that the government of the country is no 
     longer in violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of 
     subsection (a); and
       ``(B) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report on that determination.
       ``(2) Requirements for certain countries.--The President 
     may not terminate the application of subsection (a) and (b) 
     with respect to a country that is designated as a state 
     sponsor of terrorism or subject to an embargo imposed by the 
     United States until the designation or embargo, as the case 
     may be, is revoked.
       ``(3) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       ``(A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means--
       ``(i) the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate; and
       ``(ii) the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       ``(B) State sponsor of terrorism.--The term `state sponsor 
     of terrorism' means a country the government of which the 
     Secretary of State has determined has repeatedly provided 
     support for acts of international terrorism for purposes of--
       ``(i) section 1754(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Export Control Reform 
     Act of 2018 (50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A)(i));
       ``(ii) section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2371);
       ``(iii) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2780(d)); or
       ``(iv) any other provision of law.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 402(a) of the Trade Act 
     of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2432(a)) is amended, in the flush text 
     following paragraph (3), by inserting ``, subject to 
     subsection (f),'' after ``ending''.
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