3.0.0 2901 2023-01-11T13:32:55Z 2023-01-11T13:32:55Z Senate S 2016-05-09 114 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-09T20:34:18Z U.S.-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act 114 4825 HR 2016-03-22 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2016-05-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2016-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000805 Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] Mark Warner D VA R. N C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2016-05-09 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2016-05-17 False International Affairs Asia India Military assistance, sales, and agreements Military operations and strategy Military procurement, research, weapons development Technology transfer and commercialization Trade restrictions International Affairs 00 2016-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2016-06-27T20:25:03Z Advancing U.S.-India Defense Cooperation Act

This bill expresses the sense of Congress that:

  • the U.S.-India defense partnership is vital to regional and international stability and security, and
  • the President's commitment to enhancing defense and security cooperation with India should be considered a priority with respect to advancing U.S. interests in the South Asia and greater Indo-Pacific regions.

The bill declares that the President should:

  • take action to formalize India's status as a U.S. major partner;
  • resolve issues impeding U.S.-India defense trade, security cooperation, and coproduction and chemotherapeutic opportunities;
  • pursue greater U.S.-India government-to-government and commercial military transactions; and
  • facilitate the transfer of advanced technology with the Indian military for missions such as humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter piracy, and maritime domain awareness.

The President is encouraged to coordinate with India annually to develop military contingency plans for addressing threats to mutual security interests.

The President shall: (1) annually assess the extent to which India possesses strategic operational capabilities to execute military operations of mutual interest to the United States and India; and (2) ensure that such assessment is used in reviewing applications to sell or export defense articles, defense services, or technical data.

The Arms Export Control Act is amended to extend special foreign military sales status to India.

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