[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 144 (Thursday, September 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4515-S4516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Durbin, 
        Mr. Wicker, Mr. King, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Blumenthal, Mrs. 
        Blackburn, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Peters, Mr. 
        Sullivan, Mr. Graham, and Ms. Cortez Masto):
  S. 4805. A bill to provide for emergency acquisition authority in the 
event of armed attack against a United States ally or partner by a 
foreign adversary of the United States; to the Committee on Armed 
Services.
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to print my bill 
for introduction in the Congressional Record. The bill provides for 
emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed attack against a 
U.S. ally or partner by a foreign adversary of the United States.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4805

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Securing American 
     Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 
     2022'' or the ``Securing American ARMS Act''.

     SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.

       Section 3204 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)--
       (A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) the head of the agency--
       ``(A) determines that the use of procedures other than 
     competitive procedures is necessary to--
       ``(i) replenish United States stockpiles with like defense 
     articles when those stockpiles are diminished as a result of 
     the United States providing defense articles in response to 
     an armed attack, by a foreign adversary of the United States 
     (as that term is defined in section 8(c) of the Secure and 
     Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 
     1607(c))) against--

       ``(I) a United States ally (as that term is defined in 
     section 201(d) of the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled, `To 
     provide benefits for the injury, disability, death, or enemy 
     detention of employees of contractors with the United States, 
     and for other purposes' (56 Stat. 1028, chapter 668; 42 
     U.S.C. 1711(d))); or

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       ``(II) a United States partner; or

       ``(ii) to contract for the movement or delivery of defense 
     articles transferred to such ally or partner through the 
     President's drawdown authorities in connection with such 
     response;
     provided that the United States is not a party to the 
     hostilities; and
       ``(B) submits to the congressional defense committees 
     written notification of the use of such procedures within one 
     week after such use.''; and
       (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``and (7)'' and 
     inserting ``(7), and (8)''.
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