[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6217 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6217

 To provide for emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed 
 attack against a United States ally or partner by a foreign adversary 
                         of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2023

Mr. Jackson of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
 To provide for emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed 
 attack against a United States ally or partner by a foreign adversary 
                         of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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''.

SEC. 2. 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.''.
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