The TIGER Act amends the Arms Export Control Act to significantly increase the dollar thresholds that trigger congressional notification and approval for foreign military sales of defense articles and services. The bill raises thresholds from $14 million to $23 million and from $50 million to $83 million for standard sales notifications, while increasing higher-tier thresholds from $200 million to $332 million and from $300 million to $500 million. These changes affect the State Department, Defense Department, and defense contractors involved in international arms sales by allowing larger transactions to proceed with less stringent oversight requirements. The bill also creates an enhanced review process for exceptionally large sales exceeding three times the applicable threshold, requiring State Department certification that delivery timelines serve U.S. foreign policy interests, and establishes authority for the Defense Department to transfer funds to support the Special Defense Acquisition Fund without standard reprogramming procedures.
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