[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3918]
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  SA 2891. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2019 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1250. SENSE OF SENATE ON INCORPORATION OF NON-NUCLEAR 
                   NAVAL PROPULSION AND TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
                   MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES INTO THE 
                   NAVAL VESSELS OF UNITED STATES ALLIES IN THE 
                   INDO-PACIFIC REGION.

       It is the sense of the Senate that, consistent with the 
     Conventional Arms Transfer Policy of the United States 
     Government recently updated to promote policies that 
     strengthen our allies and partners around the world and 
     preserve peace while creating American manufacturing jobs--
       (1) it is in the interest of the United States that non-
     nuclear naval propulsion and technology systems manufactured 
     in the United States be incorporated into warships of navies 
     of close allies of the United States, including Australia, 
     Canada, India, South Korea, Taiwan, and other countries 
     pursuing the modernization of their fleets; and
       (2) naval cooperation arising from the incorporation of 
     such systems into such warships will--
       (A) help guarantee interoperability and commonality of 
     warfighting systems between the United States and our allies 
     in the Indo-Pacific region; and
       (B) promote the expansion of the dynamism and innovation of 
     the defense industry manufacturing supply chain in the United 
     States.
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