S.Amdt. 2469

SA 2469. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 128_. OVERSIGHT OF EXPORT OF SILENCERS TO PROTECT
AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND NATIONALS ABROAD.

(a) In General.--Any proposed license to export firearms
silencers, mufflers, and sound suppressors to any foreign
nongovernmental person, group, or organization may not be
issued until after the proposed license is submitted to
Congress for review and certification in accordance with
section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2776(c)), regardless of the dollar value of the proposed
export.
(b) Secretary of State Determination.--
(1) In general.--The license referred to in subsection (a)
may not be issued unless the Secretary of State--
(A) determines that the proposed export does not pose a
risk for the retransfer of the items referred to in such
subsection to foreign persons, including terrorists,
terrorist groups, insurgent groups, criminals or criminal
organizations; and
(B) submits a report to Congress that sets forth the
reasons for, and the information supporting, such
determination.
(2) Form of report.--The report required under paragraph
(1)(B) shall be unclassified and shall be made available to
the public to the maximum extent possible, but may include a
classified annex.
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