[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4143. Mr. TUBERVILLE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be 
proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal 
year 2022 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. 1253. PLAN TO PRIORITIZE TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES TO ALLIES AND PARTNERS IN THE INDO-
                   PACIFIC REGION.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States Government should--
       (1) prioritize the review of excess defense article 
     transfers to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region;
       (2) coordinate and align excess defense article transfers 
     with capacity-building efforts of such allies and partners; 
     and
       (3) assist Taiwan to develop asymmetric capability through 
     excess defense article transfers pursuant to section 
     516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321j(c)(2)).
       (b) Plan Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than February 15, 2022, and 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on future-year 
     activities and resources for the purposes described in 
     subsection (a).
       (2) Elements.--The plan required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) A summary of progress made towards achieving such 
     purposes.
       (B) An evaluation of potential excess defense articles 
     scheduled for decommissioning that could be transferred under 
     the Excess Defense Articles program of the Defense Security 
     Cooperation Agency to allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific 
     region, including Taiwan with respect to its asymmetric 
     capability development.
                                 ______