S.Amdt. 3052

SA 3052. Mr. COTTON 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. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY
PROTECTIONISM BY THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary
of State, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report detailing the national security
implications of the discrimination by the Republic of Korea
against United States technology companies, which works to
the advantage of technology firms of the People's Republic of
China.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) a determination as to whether--
(A) legislation of the Republic of Korea known as the
``Online Platform Monopoly Regulation Act'' would impact
United States national security by discriminating against
United States technology companies;
(B) such legislation would allow technology firms of the
People's Republic of China that pose national security risks
to the United States to gain market share in the Republic of
Korea; and
(C) dominance over the digital sectors of the Republic of
Korea by technology firms of the People's Republic of China
would impact the information security of the United States
Armed Forces based in the Republic of Korea; and
(2) a determination of the manner in which the passage of
such legislation and the mitigation of its national security
impacts should be accounted for in the Special Measures
Agreement, and other United States defense funding intended
for the protection of the Republic of Korea.
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