S.Amdt. 4143

SA 4143. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2022 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1253. PLAN TO PRIORITIZE TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE
ARTICLES TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO-
PACIFIC REGION.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States Government should--
(1) prioritize the review of excess defense article
transfers to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region;
(2) coordinate and align excess defense article transfers
with capacity-building efforts of such allies and partners;
and
(3) assist Taiwan to develop asymmetric capability through
excess defense article transfers pursuant to section
516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2321j(c)(2)).
(b) Plan Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than February 15, 2022, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on future-year
activities and resources for the purposes described in
subsection (a).
(2) Elements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) A summary of progress made towards achieving such
purposes.
(B) An evaluation of potential excess defense articles
scheduled for decommissioning that could be transferred under
the Excess Defense Articles program of the Defense Security
Cooperation Agency to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific
region, including Taiwan with respect to its asymmetric
capability development.
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