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S ept . 27, c o nsid e r ed a nd passed Ho u se. Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate. (6)Enha n cedsup p ortf or defense cooperat i on w ith the R epu bl ic of K orea is i m portant to the national securit y of the U nited S tates , includin g through creation of a status in law for the Republic of Korea similar to the countries in the N orth A tlantic T reaty O rgani z ation, J apan, Australia, and New Z ealand, with respect to consideration by C ongress of foreign military sales to the Republic of Korea . (b) S PECIALFOR EI GNM ILI T AR Y SALE S STAT U S F OR REPU B LIC OF KOREA. — The Arms E x port Control Act ( 2 2 U.S.C. 2 751 et se q .) is amended— (1) in sections 3 (d)(2)( B ), 3(d)(3)(A)(i), 3(d)(5), 21(e)(2)(A), 36(b), 36(c), 36(d)(2)(A), 62(c)(1), and 63(a)(2), by inserting ‘ ‘the Republic of Korea, ’ ’ before ‘‘or New Zealand’’ each place it appears
(2) in section 3(b)(2), by inserting ‘‘the G o v ernment of the Republic of Korea,’’ before ‘‘or the Government of New Zealand’’; (3) in section 21(h)(1)(A), by inserting ‘‘the Republic of Korea,’’ before ‘‘or I srael’’; and ( 4 ) in section 21(h)(2), by stri k ing ‘‘or to any member government of that Organization if that Organization or member government’’ and inserting ‘‘, to any member govern - ment of that Organization, or to the Governments of the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel if that Organization, member government, or the Governments of the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, or Israel’’. Approved October 15, 2 0 0 8 . 2 2 USC 2 753, 27 61 , 2776, 27 9 6 a , 2796 b.
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