S.Amdt. 2822

SA 2822. Mr. RICKETTS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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. 1266. WAR RESERVE STOCK PROGRAM FOR TAIWAN.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President may
transfer to Taiwan any or all of the items described in
subsection (b).
(b) Items Described.--The items referred to in subsection
(a) are armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition,
missiles, and other munitions that--
(1) are obsolete or surplus items;
(2) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;
(3) are intended for use as reserve stocks for Taiwan; and
(4) are located in a stockpile in Taiwan.
(c) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 30 days
before making a transfer under the authority of this section,
the President shall transmit a notification of the

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proposed transfer to the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed
Services of the House of Representatives. The notification
shall identify the items to be transferred and the
concessions to be received.
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