S.Amdt. 3205

SA 3205. Mr. CARDIN 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:

Strike section 1241 and insert the following:

SEC. 1241. INDO-PACIFIC SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.

(a) Additional Authority for Use of United States Inventory
and Inventory From Other Sources.--
(1) In general.--The President may, on a grant or lease
basis not to exceed $500,000,000 in any fiscal year, make
available to the foreign military and national security
forces and ministries of defense (or security agencies
serving a similar defense function) of foreign partners, and
to regional organizations with security missions, defense
articles to replenish comparable stocks that such forces or
such institutions have provided to other foreign military or
national security forces or ministries of defense (or
security agencies serving a similar defense function) of
foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific region, or to regional
organizations with security missions in the Indo-Pacific
region.
(2) Applicability of other law.--The provision of defense
articles under this section shall be subject to the
requirements of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751
et seq.), including sections 3 and 36 of that Act (22 U.S.C.
2753, 2776).
(b) Termination.--The authority provided by this section
shall terminate on December 31, 2027.
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