S.Amdt. 845

SA 845. Mr. HAGERTY 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PRIORITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE
ARTICLES.

Section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the
following:
``(A) Certain nato countries, taiwan, and the
philippines.--Notwithstanding''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) United states-pacific island partnership.--
``(i) In general.--The delivery of excess defense articles,
including office supplies, furniture, and other items except
those described in paragraph (1) of section 644(d), under
this section to members of the United States-Pacific Island
Partnership shall be given priority to the maximum extent
feasible over the delivery of such excess defense articles to
other countries.
``(ii) Definition.--In this subparagraph, the term `United
States-Pacific Island Partnership' means the partnership
between the United States and the Cook Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New
Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu,
Vanuatu, and such other states in the Pacific Islands as the
President may identify.''.
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