[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3703-S3704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2249. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) 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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1287. BRIEFING ON UNITED STATES-INDIA JOINT DEFENSE AND 
                   RELATED INDUSTRIAL AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND 
                   DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide to the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate a briefing on joint 
     defense and related industrial and technology research and 
     development and personnel exchange opportunities between the 
     United States and India.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The briefing under subsection 
     (a) shall include the following:

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       (1) A status update on the Defense Technology and Trade 
     Initiative and its efforts to increase private sector 
     industrial cooperation.
       (2) An assessment of whether additional funds are necessary 
     for the Defense Technology and Trade Initiative for seed 
     funding and personnel exchanges.
       (3) An assessment of whether the Israel-U.S. Binational 
     Industrial Research and Development Foundation and Fund 
     provides a model for United States and India private sector 
     collaboration on defense and critical technologies.
       (4) A status update on the collaboration between the 
     Department of Defense Innovation Unit and the Innovations for 
     Defence Excellence program of the Ministry of Defence of 
     India to enhance the capacity of the Department of Defense 
     and Ministry of Defence of India to identify and source 
     solutions to military requirements by accessing cutting-edge 
     commercial technology through nontraditional processes.
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