S.Amdt. 255

SA 255. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1299L. AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO COOPERATIVE PROJECT
AGREEMENTS TO COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS.

(a) In General.--The President is authorized to enter into
trilateral and multilateral cooperative project agreements
with Israel and Abraham Accords countries, Negev Forum
countries, and countries that have signed peace treaties with
Israel, under the authority of section 27 of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767), to carry out research on and
development, testing, evaluation, and joint production
(including follow-on support) of defense articles and defense
services to detect, track, and destroy armed unmanned aerial
systems that threaten the United States, Israel, and partners
in the Middle East.
(b) Requirements.--The cooperative project agreement
described in subsection (a) shall--
(1) provide that any activity carried out pursuant to such
agreement shall be subject to--
(A) the applicable requirements described in subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C) of section 27(b)(2) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2767(b)(2)); and
(B) any other applicable requirement of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) with respect to the use,
transfer, and security of such defense articles and defense
services under that Act;
(2) establish a framework to negotiate the rights to
intellectual property developed under such agreement, with
consideration of whether the agreement risks compromise to
United States systems, operational capabilities, or overall
technological advantage; and
(3) require the government of any country that is a
signatory to such agreement to commit to never disclose any
intellectual property, research and development, or
production of technology acquired through such agreement to
the Government of the People's Republic of China, any company
based in the People's Republic of China, or any company with
which the Government of the People's Republic of China has
invested.
(c) Congressional Notification Requirements.--
Notwithstanding section 27(g) of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2767(g)), any defense article that results from a
cooperative project agreement under this section shall be
subject to subsections (b) and (c) of section 36 of that Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776).
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