; 130 Stat. 2562) is amended by striking subsection (c). 1283. Foreign military sales letters of request for pricing and availability Before delivering a formal pricing and availability response to a foreign customer with respect to a foreign military sale, the Department of Defense implementing agency shall consult with relevant United States commercial entities that would be involved in the foreign military sale case. If as a result of such consultation a commercial entity determines that the pricing and availability factors being developed by the implementing agency are not accurate, the implementing agency and the commercial entity shall each provide a justification with respect to the differences to the Defense Security Cooperation Agency within 30 days of the implementing agency being notified of such discrepancy. 1284. Sense of Congress on reaffirming strategic partnerships and allies (a) Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) Since World War II, the United States has sought partnership and cooperation in establishing a rules-based international order which has resulted in one of the most prosperous periods of human history. (2) The United States is signatory to seven mutual defense treaties with 56 different countries. (3) One of the United States defense alliances is the 29-nation-strong North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) which is celebrating its 68th anniversary. (4) The United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises and threats, including the emergence of competitors like Russia and China, increasingly unstable threats from North Korea and Iran, and the continued threat from transnational violent extremist groups like the Islamic State and al–Qaeda. (5) The strain of a decreased military budget has decreased capability at precisely the time when demand for United States military strength has increased. (6) Fifteen years of continuous war has stymied military modernization, focused training on asymmetrical warfare over large-scale conflicts. (7) Secretary of