[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2065. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. ESTABLISHMENT OF TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL 
                   TRILATERAL ALLIANCE OF NATIONS.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of State, the Secretary of 
     Commerce, and the Secretary of the Treasury may jointly 
     establish a foundation, to be known as the ``Technology and 
     Industrial Trilateral Alliance of Nations'' or ``TITAN'' 
     (referred to in this section as the Foundation) to award 
     competitive grants to private entities in the United States, 
     Israel, and the Indo-Pacific region to develop, manufacture, 
     sell, and support innovative products based on industrial 
     research and development in the following sectors:
       (1) Agriculture.
       (2) Communications.
       (3) Construction technologies.
       (4) Electronics.
       (5) Electro-optics.
       (6) Life sciences.
       (7) Software.
       (8) Homeland security.
       (9) Renewable and alternative energy.
       (10) Any other technology sector the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
       (b) Competitive Grant Program.--The Foundation shall 
     administer a competitive grant program for private entities 
     based in the United States, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific 
     region that are committed to accountability, transparency, 
     and the rule of law.
       (c) Operations of Foundation.--The Foundation shall operate 
     under the same model and bylaws as the Israel-United States 
     Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation.
       (d) Prohibition.--The Foundation may not provide a grant to 
     a private entity--
       (1) domiciled in the People's Republic of China that has 
     known ties to the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China, the military forces of the People's Republic of China, 
     or the security services of the People's Republic of China; 
     or
       (2) identified on the entity list maintained by the Bureau 
     of Industry and Security and set forth in Supplement No. 4 to 
     part 744 fo the Export Administration Regulations.
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