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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 · Sec. 887

Sec. 887. NOTIONAL MILESTONES AND STANDARD TIMELINES FOR CONTRACTS FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES

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## SEC. 887 NOTIONAL MILESTONES AND STANDARD TIMELINES FOR CONTRACTS FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES **[**[22 U.S.C. 2761 note](/us/usc/t22/s2761)**]** ###
(a)Establishment ####
(1)In general The Secretary of Defense shall establish specific notional milestones and standard timelines for the Department of Defense to achieve such milestones in its processing of a foreign military sale (as authorized under chapter 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761 et seq.)). Such milestones and timelines— #####
(A)may vary depending on the complexity of the foreign military sale; and #####
(B)shall cover the period beginning on the date of receipt of a complete letter of request (as described in chapter 5 of the Security Assistance Management Manual of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency) from a foreign country and ending on the date of the final delivery of a defense article or defense service sold through the foreign military sale. ####
(2)Report Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the milestones and timelines developed pursuant to paragraph
(1)of this section. ###
(b)Submissions to Congress ####
(1)Quarterly notification During the period beginning 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress, on a quarterly basis, a report that includes a list of each foreign military sale with a value greater than or equal to the dollar threshold for congressional notification under section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776)— #####
(A)for which the final delivery of a defense article or defense service has not been completed; and #####
(B)that has not met a standard timeline to achieve a notional milestone as established under subsection (a). ####
(2)Annual report Not later than November 1, 2019, and annually thereafter until December 31, 2022, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report that summarizes— #####
(A)the number, set forth separately by dollar value and notional milestone, of foreign military sales that met the standard timeline to achieve a notional milestone established under subsection
(a)during the preceding fiscal year; and #####
(B)the number, set forth separately by dollar value and notional milestone, of each foreign military sale that did not meet the standard timeline to achieve a notional milestone established under subsection (a), and a description of any extenuating factors explaining why such a sale did not achieve such milestone. ####
(3)Applicability The requirements of this subsection apply only to foreign military sales processes within the Department of Defense. ###
(c)Definitions In this section— ####
(1)the terms “defense article” and “defense service” have the meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2794); and ####
(2)the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— #####
(A)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and #####
(B)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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NOTIONAL MILESTONES AND STANDARD TIMELINES FOR CONTRACTS FOR FOREIGN MILITARY SALES
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