S.Amdt. 4497

SA 4497. Mr. RISCH 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) a more streamlined, shared, and coordinated approach,
which leverages economies of scale with major allies, is
necessary for the United States to retain its lead in defense
technology;
(2) allowing for the export, re-export, or transfer of
defense-related technologies and services to members of the
national technology and industrial base (as defined in
section 2500 of title 10, United States Code) would advance
United States security interests by helping to leverage the
defense-related technologies and skilled workforces of
trusted allies to reduce the dependence on other countries,
including countries that pose challenges to United States
interests around the world, for defense-related innovation
and investment; and
(3) it is in the interest of the United States to continue
to increase cooperation with Australia, Canada, and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to
protect critical defense-related technology and services and
leverage the investments of like-minded, major ally nations
in order to maximize the strategic edge afforded by defense
technology innovation.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees
that--
(A) describes the Department of State's efforts to
facilitate access among the national technology and
industrial base to defense articles and services subject to
the United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)); and
(B) identifies foreign legal and regulatory challenges, as
well as foreign policy or other challenges or considerations
that prevent or frustrate these efforts, to include any gaps
in the respective export control regimes implemented by
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,
Australia, or Canada.
(2) Form.--This report required under paragraph (1) shall
be unclassified, but may include a classified annex.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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