S.Amdt. 6669

SA 6669. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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. 1252. REPORT AND BRIEFINGS ON DEFENSE SYSTEMS FOR CO-
PRODUCTION WITH INDIA.

(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the
concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report that identifies
defense systems, subsystems, critical components, or
capabilities suitable for co-production or co-development
with India over the subsequent five-year period.
(2) Considerations.--In identifying such systems, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, shall consider the following:
(A) Operational demand, and documented capability gaps, of
the United States and India with respect to co-production and
co-development of defense systems, subsystems, critical
components, or capabilities.
(B) With respect to the meaningful participation in such
co-production and co-development, the industrial capacity of
defense firms of India, the Government of India, and any
other relevant entity.
(C) The potential to enhance--
(i) supply chain resilience and United States-India
interoperability; and
(ii) shared development of--

(I) hardware, such as munitions, combat vehicles, and space
technologies; and
(II) capabilities, including software, artificial
intelligence platforms, cyber platforms, and other advanced
technologies.

(D) Technology security and export control requirements
under the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.)
and applicable regulations.
(E) The relationship of the Government of India and the
defense firms of India with the Russian Federation, the
People's Republic of China, Cuba, Iran, the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea, and Venezuela, and the risk of
sensitive technology transfer to such countries.
(3) Strategy to advance co-production.--The report required
by paragraph (1) shall include, for each system identified, a
strategy to advance co-production that includes the
following:
(A) An identification of the proposed co-production or co-
development mechanism, such as Foreign Military Sales, Direct
Commercial Sales, a government-to-government agreement, or
another arrangement.
(B) An identification of key milestones and a timeline for
achieving a co-production or co-development arrangement
within the five-year period covered by the report.
(C) An identification of the lead Department of Defense or
Department of State office responsible for execution of such
arrangement.
(D) A description of known obstacles and steps to address
such obstacles, including any required regulatory, policy, or
legislative changes by the United States.
(4) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(b) Briefings.--Not later than two years after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall provide
the appropriate committees of Congress

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with a briefing on progress in advancing co-production
arrangements for each system identified under subsection
(a)(1), including any systems removed from or added to the
list and the rational for so doing.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--The term
appropriate committees of Congress means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.

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