[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3283-S3284]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 1862. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to
establish
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a new Directorate for Technology and Innovation in the National Science
Foundation, to establish a regional technology hub program, to require
a strategy and report on economic security, science, research,
innovation, manufacturing, and job creation, to establish a critical
supply chain resiliency program, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle B of title II of division C, add
the following:
SEC. 3236. ASSISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL.
(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the hostilities between
Israel and Iran-backed terrorist groups, including Hamas,
which began in May 2021, constitute an exceptional
circumstance and a major armed conflict involving Israel, as
contemplated by the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the
United States and Israel on September 15, 2016.
(b) Direct Appropriations.--In addition to amounts
otherwise available for such purposes, there is appropriated
to the Secretary of Defense, out of amounts in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000,000 for fiscal year
2021, to remain available until expended, to replenish the
stockpiles of the Government of Israel of missile, rocket,
and projectile defense capabilities, including with respect
to the Iron Dome short-range rocket defense system, to levels
of such stockpiles in effect on May 1, 2021, including
through the transfer of defense articles, defense services,
technical data, and funding to the Government of Israel.
(c) Supplement, Not Supplant.--The amounts authorized and
appropriated under subsection (b) shall supplement, and not
supplant, any other amounts previously appropriated for the
procurement of missile, rocket, or projectile defense
capabilities, including for the Iron Dome short-range rocket
defense system.
(d) Transfer Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
transfer to the Government of Israel such articles as may be
necessary to replenish stockpiles in accordance with
subsection (b).
(e) Emergency Designation.--
(1) In general.--The amounts provided under this section
are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2
U.S.C. 933(g)).
(2) Designation in the senate.--In the Senate, this section
is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
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