S. 2055Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)In Committee

Securing American ARMS Act of 2023

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The Securing American ARMS Act of 2023 gives the Department of Defense new emergency authority to quickly acquire and deploy defense items needed to refill U.S. military stockpiles. It applies when those stockpiles are reduced because the United States has supplied defense articles to an ally or partner responding to an armed attack. The law lets the government also contract for moving or delivering those items, as long as the United States itself is not a combatant. This affects the DoD, defense contractors, and U.S. allies or partners receiving the aid.

Key Provisions

Amends 10 U.S.C. §3601(a)(1) to add a new subparagraph (C) that permits emergency acquisition for replenishing U.S. stockpiles when they are depleted by providing defense articles to an ally or partner in response to an armed attack.
Allows contracting for the movement or delivery of defense articles transferred to allies or partners under the President’s drawdown authority, provided the United States is not a party to the hostilities.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 20, 2023

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Introduced in Senate

June 20, 2023

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

Armed Services Committee

June 20, 2023

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Introduced in SenateIssued June 20, 2023

118th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2055

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 20, 2023

Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services

A BILL

To provide urgent acquisition and deployment authority for purposes of replenishing United States stockpiles.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 2023 or the Securing American ARMS Act of 2023.

Emergency acquisition authority

Section 3601(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking ; or and inserting a semicolon;

(2)

in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and

(3)

by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

(C)

for purposes of—

(i)

replenishing United States stockpiles with like defense articles when those stockpiles are diminished as a result of the United States providing defense articles in response to an armed attack by a country of concern (as that term is defined in section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m))) against—

(I)

a United States ally (as that term is defined in section 201(d) of the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled, To provide benefits for the injury, disability, death, or enemy detention of employees of contractors with the United States, and for other purposes (56 Stat. 1028, chapter 668; 42 U.S.C. 1711(d))); or

(II)

a United States partner; or

(ii)

contracting for the movement or delivery of defense articles transferred to such ally or partner through the President's drawdown authorities in connection with such response,

provided that the United States is not a party to the hostilities.