[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7990-S7991]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4497. Mr. RISCH 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 appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL BASE.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) a more streamlined, shared, and coordinated approach, 
     which leverages economies of scale with major allies, is 
     necessary for the United States to retain its lead in defense 
     technology;
       (2) allowing for the export, re-export, or transfer of 
     defense-related technologies and services to members of the 
     national technology and industrial base (as defined in 
     section 2500 of title 10, United States Code) would advance 
     United States security interests by helping to leverage the 
     defense-related technologies and skilled workforces of 
     trusted allies to reduce the dependence on other countries, 
     including countries that pose challenges to United States 
     interests around the world, for defense-related innovation 
     and investment; and
       (3) it is in the interest of the United States to continue 
     to increase cooperation with Australia, Canada, and the 
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to 
     protect critical defense-related technology and services and 
     leverage the investments of like-minded, major ally nations 
     in order to maximize the strategic edge afforded by defense 
     technology innovation.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 
     that--
       (A) describes the Department of State's efforts to 
     facilitate access among the national technology and 
     industrial base to defense articles and services subject to 
     the United States Munitions List under section 38(a)(1) of 
     the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(1)); and
       (B) identifies foreign legal and regulatory challenges, as 
     well as foreign policy or other challenges or considerations 
     that prevent or frustrate these efforts, to include any gaps 
     in the respective export control regimes implemented by 
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 
     Australia, or Canada.
       (2) Form.--This report required under paragraph (1) shall 
     be unclassified, but may include a classified annex.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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