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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 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.”.