S.Amdt. 2606

SA 2606. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

After section 1725, insert the following:

SEC. 1726. PROTECTION OF EMERGING AND FOUNDATIONAL
TECHNOLOGIES.

(a) List Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
establish and maintain a list of emerging and foundational
technologies that are necessary for maintaining the national
security technological advantage of the United States over
countries of special concern, as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Technology Protection.--The Secretary shall use the
list required by subsection (a) to inform activities carried
out by the Secretary relating to technology protection,
including under interagency processes carried out under
section 1725 or any other provision of law.

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(c) Country of Special Concern.--In this section, the term
``country of special concern'' has the meaning given that
term in section 721(a) of the Defense Production Act of 1950,
as amended by section 1703.
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