DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES.

SEC. 147. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES. (a) Designation.— (1) Notice to congress.— Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 517. DESIGNATION OF MAJOR NON-NATO ALLIES. “(a) Notice to Congress.— The President shall notify the Congress in writing at least 30 days before—110 STAT. 1435 “(1) designating a country as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.); or “(2) terminating such a designation. “(b) Initial Designations.— Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and New Zealand shall be deemed to have been so designated by the President as of the effective date of this section, and the President is not required to notify the Congress of such designation of those countries.”. (2) Definition.— Section 644 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2403) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(q) ‘Major non-NATO ally’ means a country which is designated in accordance with section 517 as a major non-NATO ally for purposes of this Act and the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).”. (3) Existing definitions.— (A) The last sentence of section 21(g) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(g)) is repealed. (B) Section 65(d) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2796d(d)) is amended— (i) by striking “or major non-NATO”; and (ii) by striking out “or a” and all that follows through “Code”. (b) Cooperative Training Agreements.— Section 21(g) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761(g)) is amended in the first sentence by striking "similar agreements" and all that follows through “other countries” and inserting “similar agreements with countries”.