S.Amdt. 3188

SA 3188. Mr. SCHMITT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 for

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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 title VIII, add the following:

Subtitle F--Strengthening Cyber Allied Coordination Act of 2025

SEC. 881. SHORT TITLE.

This subtitle may be cited as the ``Strengthening Cyber
Allied Coordination Act of 2025''.

SEC. 882. INCREASED SIMPLIFIED ACQUISITION THRESHOLD FOR
CYBERSECURITY PURCHASES.

Section 134 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ``In division B'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), in
division B''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(b) Simplified Acquisition Threshold for Cybersecurity
Purchases.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the simplified
acquisition threshold for purchases of cybersecurity-related
goods and services made by designated United States Embassy
officials in support of international cybersecurity
assistance programs shall be $500,000.''.

SEC. 883. INCREASED MICRO-PURCHASE THRESHOLDS FOR
CYBERSECURITY PURCHASES.

Section 1902 of title 41, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking ``of this
subsection'' and inserting ``and subsection (f)'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection:
``(f) Special Threshold for Cybersecurity Purchases.--
Notwithstanding subsection (a), the micro-purchase threshold
shall be $50,000 for--
``(1) purchases of cybersecurity-related goods and services
made by designated United States Embassy officials in support
of international cybersecurity assistance programs; and
``(2) cybersecurity purchases related to international
assistance.''.

SEC. 884. INCREASED MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR CERTIFICATION TO
CONGRESS OF CYBERSECURITY-RELATED FOREIGN
MILITARY SALES AND FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING
TRANSACTIONS.

Section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2776(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and paragraph (7)''
after ``Subject to paragraph (6)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(7) For proposed sales or agreements for the provision of
information technology and cybersecurity infrastructure,
tools, and services using funds made available under section
22 or 23, the certification required under paragraph (1) is
only required to be submitted if the value of the sale or
agreement equals or exceeds $50,000,000.''.

SEC. 885. DIRECT COMMERCIAL CONTRACTING FOR CYBERSECURITY
UNDER FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AND FOREIGN
MILITARY FINANCING.

Section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(i) Direct Commercial Contracting for Cybersecurity
Articles, Services, and Design and Construction.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the
President may authorize a foreign country receiving
assistance under this section to enter into direct commercial
contracts for the procurement of cybersecurity-related
articles and services approved by the President, using funds
made available for such assistance. Such contracts may only
be authorized for foreign countries that are not subject to
trade restrictions, embargoes, or sanctions imposed by the
United States. This restriction also applies to countries
whose governments are not recognized by the United States and
countries that are under United States trade prohibitions.
Such authority shall be subject to appropriate oversight of,
and in accordance with guidelines established by, the Defense
Security Cooperation Agency.''.
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