[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 88 (Thursday, May 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S3292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1876. Mr. SANDERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1502 proposed by Mr. Schumer to the bill S. 1260, to 
establish 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:

        Strike sections 3002 through 3004 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3003. DEFINITIONS.

       In this division:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) CCP.--The term ``CCP'' means the Chinese Communist 
     Party.
       (3) Indo-pacific region.--The terms ``Indo-Pacific'' and 
     ``Indo-Pacific region'' mean the 37 countries and the 
     surrounding waterways that are under the area of 
     responsibility of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. These 
     countries are: Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, 
     Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kiribati, 
     Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, 
     Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Palau, 
     Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Samoa, 
     Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, 
     Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Vietnam.
       (4) People's liberation army; pla.--The terms ``People's 
     Liberation Army'' and ``PLA'' mean the armed forces of the 
     People's Republic of China.
       (5) PRC; china.--The terms ``PRC'' and ``China'' mean the 
     People's Republic of China.
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