STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES.

SEC. 142. STANDARDIZATION OF THIRD COUNTRY TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE ARTICLES. Section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2753) is amended by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection: “(b) The consent of the President under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) or under paragraph (1) of section 505(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as it relates to subparagraph (B) of such paragraph) shall not be required for the transfer by a foreign country or international organization of defense articles sold by the United States under this Act if— “(1) such articles constitute components incorporated into foreign defense articles; “(2) the recipient is the government of a member country of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Government of Australia, the Government of Japan, or the Government of New Zealand; “(3) the recipient is not a country designated under section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; “(4) the United States-origin components are not— “(A) significant military equipment (as defined in section 47(9)); “(B) defense articles for which notification to Congress is required under section 36(b); and “(C) identified by regulation as Missile Technology Control Regime items; and “(5) the foreign country or international organization provides notification of the transfer of the defense articles to110 STAT. 1434 the United States Government not later than 30 days after the date of such transfer.”.