S.Amdt. 3618

SA 3618. Mr. RISCH 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE ARMS EXPORT
CONTROL ACT.

(a) Dollar Amount Thresholds.--The Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 36(a)(10), by striking ``$250,000'' each
place it appears and inserting ``$440,000 (as adjusted
pursuant to section 48)'';
(2) in section 25(a)(1), by striking ``$7,000,000'' and
inserting ``$12,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section
48)'';
(3) in section 25(a)(1), by striking ``25,000,000'' and
inserting ``44,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section
48)'';
(4) in sections 3(d)(1), 3(d)(3)(A), 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C),
36(c)(1), and 63(a)(1), by striking ``$14,000,000'' each
place it appears and inserting ``$25,000,000 (as adjusted
pursuant to section 48)'';
(5) in sections 3(d)(5)(A), 36(b)(6)(A), 36(c)(5)(A), and
63(a)(2)(A), by striking ``$25,000,000'' each place it
appears and inserting ``$44,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to
section 48)'';
(6) in sections 3(d)(1), 3(d)(3)(A), 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C),
36(c)(1), 47(6), 63(a)(1), and 71(d), by striking
``$50,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting
``$88,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section 48)'';
(7) in sections 3(d)(5)(B), 36(b)(6)(B), 36(c)(5)(B), and
63(a)(2)(B), by striking ``$100,000,000'' each place it
appears and inserting ``$175,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to
section 48)'';
(8) in sections 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C), and 47(6), by
striking ``$200,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting
``$350,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section 48)'';
(9) in section 36(b)(6)(C), by striking ``$300,000,000''
and inserting ``$526,000,000 (as adjusted pursuant to section
48)''; and
(10) by inserting after section 47 the following:

``SEC. 48. INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.

``(a) In General.--On the date that is three years after
the date of the enactment of this section, and every three
years thereafter, the amounts specified in subsection (b)
shall be adjusted to reflect the percentage (if any) of the
increase in the average of the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding 12-month period compared to the Consumer Price
Index for fiscal year 2026.
``(b) Amounts Specified.--The amounts specified in this
subsection are the dollar amounts in--
``(1) sections 3(d)(1), 3(d)(3)(A), 3(d)(5)(A), and
3(d)(5)(B);
``(2) section 25(a)(1);
``(3) sections 36(a)(10), 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C),
36(b)(6)(A), 36(b)(6)(B), 36(b)(6)(C), 36(c)(1), 36(c)(5)(A),
and 36(c)(5)(B);
``(4) section 47(6);
``(5) sections 63(a)(1), 63(a)(2)(A), and 63(a)(2)(B); and
``(6) section 71(d).
``(c) Consumer Price Index Defined.--In this section, the
term `Consumer Price Index' means the Consumer Price Index
for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the Department of Labor.''.
(b) Information.--
(1) Foreign military sales.--Section 36(b)(1) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)) is amended, in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A), by inserting, after ``of such
technology.'', the following: ``Such numbered certifications
shall also contain any information on the proposed sale that
the Department of Defense provides to the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate or the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives, including information on
defense capability gaps and security cooperation
requirements, which shall be submitted by the Secretary of
Defense.''.
(2) Direct commercial sales.--Section 36(c)(1) of such Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776(c)(1)) is amended by inserting, after ``such
offset agreement.'', the following: ``Each such numbered
certification shall also contain any information on the
proposed export that the Department of Defense provides to
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate or the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives,
including information on defense capability gaps and security
cooperation requirements, which shall be submitted by the
Secretary of Defense.''.
(c) Quarterly Briefings.--Section 36 of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2776) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Quarterly Briefings.--Not less frequently than
quarterly, the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense shall each brief the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate on the letters of offers to sell, and licenses
to export, defense articles or defense services under this
Act issued during the preceding quarter for which a
certification was not required to be submitted to Congress
under subsection (b) or (c).''.
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