S.Amdt. 1914

SA 1914. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1287. BRIEFING ON UNITED STATES-INDIA JOINT DEFENSE AND
RELATED INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
provide a briefing on joint defense and related industrial
and technology research and development and personnel
exchange opportunities between the United States and India.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The briefing under subsection
(a) shall include the following:
(1) A status update on the Defense Technology and Trade
Initiative and its efforts to increase private sector
industrial cooperation.
(2) An assessment of whether additional funds are necessary
for the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative for seed
funding and personnel exchanges.
(3) An assessment of whether the Israel-U.S. Binational
Industrial Research and Development Foundation and Fund
provides a model for United States and India private sector
collaboration on defense and critical technologies.
(4) A status update on the collaboration between the
Department of Defense Innovation Unit and the Innovations for
Defence Excellence program of the Ministry of Defence of
India to enhance the capacity of the Department of Defense
and Ministry of Defence of India to identify and source
solutions to military requirements by accessing cutting-edge
commercial technology through nontraditional processes.
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