S.Amdt. 1876

SA 1876. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the
National Science Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub
program, to require a strategy and report on economic security,
science, research, innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to
establish a critical supply chain resiliency program, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike sections 3002 through 3004 and insert the
following:

SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS.

In this division:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(2) CCP.--The term ``CCP'' means the Chinese Communist
Party.
(3) Indo-pacific region.--The terms ``Indo-Pacific'' and
``Indo-Pacific region'' mean the 37 countries and the
surrounding waterways that are under the area of
responsibility of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. These
countries are: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma,
Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati,
Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,
Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau,
Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa,
Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand,
Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
(4) People's liberation army; pla.--The terms ``People's
Liberation Army'' and ``PLA'' mean the armed forces of the
People's Republic of China.
(5) PRC; china.--The terms ``PRC'' and ``China'' mean the
People's Republic of China.
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