S.Amdt. 4337

SA 4337. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to

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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 A of title XV, add the following:

SEC. 1516. REPORT ON COMPETITION WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
OF CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REGARDING
SPACE-RELATED INVESTMENTS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the National Space Council
shall submit to Congress a report on competition with the
People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation
regarding space-related investments.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A description of commercial investment activity by the
People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation to
produce technology and devices for space activities or
programs.
(2) An assessment of military-civil fusion activities in
the People's Republic of China and in the Russian Federation
regarding space-related investments.
(3) An assessment of and recommendations to strengthen the
ability of the United States to protect domestically produced
intellectual property and critical technology regarding
space-related investments from exportation, transfer, and
foreign theft or imitation, particularly from entities
affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of
China or the Government of the Russian Federation.
(4) A review and assessment of the research, technology,
and commercial ties of the United States with the People's
Republic of China and the Russian Federation regarding space-
related investments.
(5) An interagency strategy to defend supply chains of the
United States that are critical to competitiveness in space.
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