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Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to streamline Foreign Military Sales under that Act.
Summary
This bill increases the monetary thresholds that trigger various administrative requirements and approval processes for Foreign Military Sales under the Arms Export Control Act. The bill raises nine different dollar amounts at which specific procedures apply, ranging from doubling the $250,000 threshold to $500,000 up to raising the $300,000,000 threshold to $615,000,000. These threshold increases streamline the foreign military sales process by reducing the number of transactions that must go through certain reporting, approval, or oversight requirements. The specific effect of raising each threshold is to move higher-value sales into categories with fewer administrative steps, though the bill does not specify which particular procedures or approvals are tied to each threshold.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT)
7 cosponsors
Actions (4)
- Jul 22, 2025 Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 27 - 23. · house
- Jul 22, 2025 Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held · house
- May 23, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. · house
- May 23, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 23, 2025
Mr. Zinke (for himself and Mr. Panetta) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to streamline Foreign Military Sales under that Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Streamlining Foreign Military Sales Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO ARMS EXPORT CONTROL ACT.
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 “$500,000”;
(2) in section 25(a)(1), by striking “$7,000,000” and inserting “$30,000,000”;
(3) in section 25(a)(1), by striking “25,000,000” and inserting “105,000,000”;
(4) in sections 3(d)(1), 3(d)(3)(A), 36(b)(1), 35(b)(5)(C), 36(c)(1), and 63(a)(1), by striking “$14,000,000” each place it appears and inserting “$30,000,000”;
(5) in sections 3(d)(5), 25(a)(1), 36(b)(6)(A), 36(c)(5)(A) and 63(a)(2), by striking “$25,000,000” each place it appears and inserting “$55,000,000”;
(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 “$105,000,000”;
(7) in sections 3(d)(5), 36(b)(6)(B), 36(c)(5)(B), and 63(a)(2), by striking “$100,000,000” each place it appears and inserting “$205,000,000”;
(8) in sections 36(b)(1), 36(b)(5)(C), and 47(6), by striking “$200,000,000” each place it appears and inserting “$410,000,000”; and
(9) in section 36(b)(6)(C), by striking “$300,000,000” and inserting “$615,000,000”. <all>
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