[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7872-S7873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4337. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to

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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 A of title XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1516. REPORT ON COMPETITION WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC 
                   OF CHINA AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION REGARDING 
                   SPACE-RELATED INVESTMENTS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the National Space Council 
     shall submit to Congress a report on competition with the 
     People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation 
     regarding space-related investments.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A description of commercial investment activity by the 
     People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation to 
     produce technology and devices for space activities or 
     programs.
       (2) An assessment of military-civil fusion activities in 
     the People's Republic of China and in the Russian Federation 
     regarding space-related investments.
       (3) An assessment of and recommendations to strengthen the 
     ability of the United States to protect domestically produced 
     intellectual property and critical technology regarding 
     space-related investments from exportation, transfer, and 
     foreign theft or imitation, particularly from entities 
     affiliated with the Government of the People's Republic of 
     China or the Government of the Russian Federation.
       (4) A review and assessment of the research, technology, 
     and commercial ties of the United States with the People's 
     Republic of China and the Russian Federation regarding space-
     related investments.
       (5) An interagency strategy to defend supply chains of the 
     United States that are critical to competitiveness in space.
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