SAFE Act

II Calendar No. 145 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1945 To amend section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) to preserve congressional review and oversight of foreign arms sales, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 24, 2019 Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. LEE, and Mr. MERKLEY) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations JULY 15, 2019 Reported by Mr. RISCH, without amendment A BILL To amend section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) to preserve congressional review and over- sight of foreign arms sales, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saudi Arabia False 4 Emergencies Act’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Jul 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1945.RS S1945 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1945 RS SEC. 2. PROTECTION OF CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW AND 1 OVERSIGHT OF ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARA- 2 BIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. 3 Section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 4 U.S.C. 2776) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 5 lowing: 6 ‘‘(j) DETERMINATION OF AN EMERGENCY.—Notwith- 7 standing any other provision of this Act related to a deter- 8 mination of an emergency to waive congressional review 9 of proposed letters of offer, licenses, or approvals— 10 ‘‘(1) a determination pursuant to subsection 11 (b)(1), (c)(2), (d)(2), section 3(d)(2), or any other 12 provision of this Act that an emergency exists shall 13 apply only to the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- 14 tion, any member country of the North Atlantic 15 Treaty Organization, Australia, Japan, the Republic 16 of Korea, Israel, and New Zealand; 17 ‘‘(2) the President— 18 ‘‘(A) shall submit a determination and de- 19 tailed justification for each letter of offer, li- 20 cense, or approval subject to an emergency de- 21 termination; and 22 ‘‘(B) shall include a specific and detailed 23 description of how such waiver of the congres- 24 sional review requirements directly responds to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Jul 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1945.RS S1945 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1945 RS or addresses the circumstances of the emer- 1 gency cited in the determination; and 2 ‘‘(3) the determination described in paragraph 3 (2)(A) shall only be available for a certification for 4 a letter of offer, license, or approval for defense arti- 5 cles or defense services— 6 ‘‘(A) that directly respond to or counter a 7 physical security threat; and 8 ‘‘(B) 75 percent of which will be delivered 9 not later than 2 months after the date of such 10 determination.’’. 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Jul 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1945.RS S1945 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS Calendar No. 145 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1945 A BILL To amend section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776) to preserve congressional review and oversight of foreign arms sales, and for other purposes. JULY 15, 2019 Reported without amendment VerDate Sep 11 2014 20:41 Jul 15, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\S1945.RS S1945 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS