S.Amdt. 3292

SA 3292. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. 1248. PRIORITIZING EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLE TRANSFERS FOR
THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States Government should--
(1) prioritize the review of excess defense article
transfers to Indo-Pacific allies and partners;
(2) coordinate and align excess defense article transfers
with capacity building efforts of Indo-Pacific allies and
partners; and
(3) assist Taiwan to develop asymmetric capability through
excess defense article transfers under section 516(c)(2) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)).
(b) Plan Required.--Not later than February 15, 2025, and
annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit a
report to the congressional defense committees on planned
future activities and the resources needed to accomplish the
purposes described in subsection (a) that includes--
(1) a summary of the progress made towards achieving the
purposes described in subsection (a); and
(2) an evaluation of potential excess defense articles
scheduled for decommissioning

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that could be transferred under the Excess Defense Articles
program administered by the Defense Security Cooperation
Agency to allies and partners, including Taiwan regarding its
asymmetric capability development.
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