[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6092. Mr. KAINE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 in subtitle D of title XII, insert 
     the following:

     SEC. __. PRE-APPROVAL FOR SALE OF DEFENSE ARTICLES TO TAIWAN.

       Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(h) Defense Sales to Taiwan.--
       ``(1) In general.--The sale of defense articles by the 
     United States under this Act shall be approved, and 
     subsections (a), (b), and (d) shall not apply to such a sale, 
     if--
       ``(A) the purchaser of the defense articles is the 
     Government of Taiwan;
       ``(B) the Government of Taiwan has provided a commitment in 
     writing to the United States Government, including to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, 
     that it will not transfer such defense articles, if not 
     demilitarized, to any other foreign country or person without 
     first obtaining the consent of the President; and
       ``(C) the sale corresponds to, as of January 15, 2026--
       ``(i) RSAT case number 26-AD;
       ``(ii) RSAT case number 26-AO;
       ``(iii) RSAT case number 26-AQ; or
       ``(iv) RSAT case number 26-AN.
       ``(2) Notice to congress.--Not later than 72 hours after a 
     sale of defense articles to the Government of Taiwan approved 
     under paragraph (1) is completed, the President shall notify 
     the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign 
     Affairs of the House of Representatives of the completed 
     sale.
       ``(3) Rules of construction.--
       ``(A) Selection of defense articles.--Nothing in this 
     subsection may be construed to limit--
       ``(i) the type or quantity of defense articles that may be 
     requested by, or transferred to, the Government of Taiwan; or
       ``(ii) the timing of such requests or transfers.
       ``(B) Retransfers.--Any request by the Government of Taiwan 
     to retransfer defense articles received by that Government 
     under this Act remains subject to all relevant provisions of 
     this Act.''.
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