S.Amdt. 6407
What it does: Adds SEC. 1254. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP at the end of subtitle D of title XII
Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1254. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP at the end of subtitle D of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) modifies or deletes in any way the content of the project as a result of any direction from any entity of the Government of the People's Republic of China or the Chinese Communist Party.
Inserted: SEC. 1254. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.
Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress on a Strong United States-India Defense Partnership.--It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) a strong United States-India defense partnership rooted in shared democratic values is critical to advancing United States interests in the Indo-Pacific region; and
Inserted: (2) such partnership between the world's oldest and largest democracies is critical and should continue to be strengthened in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific region so as to send an unequivocal signal that sovereignty and international law must be respected.
Inserted: (b) United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) The United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies is a welcome and essential step to developing closer partnerships between governments, academia, and industry in the United States and India for the purpose of addressing the latest advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing.
Inserted: (2) Collaborations between engineers and computer scientists through the United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies are vital to help ensure that the United States, India, and other democracies around the world foster innovation and facilitate technological advances that continue to far outpace the technology of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China.
Inserted: (c) Sense of Congress on Border Threats From the People's Republic of China and Reliance on Weapons Manufactured by Russian Federation.--It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) India faces immediate and serious regional border threats from the People's Republic of China, with continued military aggression by the Government of the People's Republic of China along the India-People's Republic of China border;
Inserted: (2) for its national defense, India relies on weapons manufactured by the Russian Federation; and
Inserted: (3) the United States should take additional steps to encourage India to accelerate its transition away from weapons and defense systems manufactured in the Russian Federation while strongly supporting India's immediate defense needs.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6407. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1254. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Sense of Congress on a Strong United States-India Defense Partnership.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) a strong United States-India defense partnership rooted in shared democratic values is critical to advancing United States interests in the Indo-Pacific region; and
(2) such partnership between the world's oldest and largest democracies is critical and should continue to be strengthened in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific region so as to send an unequivocal signal that sovereignty and international law must be respected.
(b) United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies is a welcome and essential step to developing closer partnerships between governments, academia, and industry in the United States and India for the purpose of addressing the latest advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing.
(2) Collaborations between engineers and computer scientists through the United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies are vital to help ensure that the United States, India, and other democracies around the world foster innovation and facilitate technological advances that continue to far outpace the technology of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China.
(c) Sense of Congress on Border Threats From the People's Republic of China and Reliance on Weapons Manufactured by Russian Federation.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) India faces immediate and serious regional border threats from the People's Republic of China, with continued military aggression by the Government of the People's Republic of China along the India-People's Republic of China border;
(2) for its national defense, India relies on weapons manufactured by the Russian Federation; and
(3) the United States should take additional steps to encourage India to accelerate its transition away from weapons and defense systems manufactured in the Russian Federation while strongly supporting India's immediate defense needs.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 29, 2022