“To amend the Arms Export Control Act to streamline Foreign Military Sales under that Act.”
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This section increases multiple dollar thresholds for congressional notification requirements on proposed arms sales, exports, licenses, and related activities under the Arms Export Control Act, as follows: (1) to $500,000 (from $250,000) in section 36(a)(10); (2) to $30 million (from $7 million) in section 25(a)(1); (3) to $105 million (from $25 million) in section 25(a)(1); (4) to $30 million (from $14 million) in sections 3(d)(1), 3(d)(3)(A), 36(b)(1), 35(b)(5)(C), 36(c)(1), and 63(a)(1); (5) to $55 million (from $25 million) in sections 3(d)(5), 25(a)(1), 36(b)(6)(A), 36(c)(5)(A), and 63(a)(2); (6) to $105 million (from $50 million) 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); (7) to $205 million (from $100 million) in sections 3(d)(5), 36(b)(6)(B), 36(c)(5)(B), and 63(a)(2); (8) to $410 million (from $200 million) in sections 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C), and 47(6); and (9) to $615 million (from $300 million) in section 36(b)(6)(C). (Thus, the executive branch may approve arms sales and exports up to these higher amounts without prior notification to Congress.)