[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]




          STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

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      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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      By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
  S. 4806. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to use amounts 
available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to 
remove munitions and explosives of concern in Guam, and for other 
purposes; 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 authorizes the 
Secretary of Defense to use amounts available to the Department of 
Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions and 
explosives of concern in Guam.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 4806

       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 ``Guarding against Unexploded 
     Arms and Munitions Act'' or the ``GUAM Act''.

     SEC. 2. USE OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR 
                   OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR REMOVAL OF 
                   MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN IN GUAM.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts 
     available to the Department of Defense for operation and 
     maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern 
     from military installations in Guam.
       (b) Monitoring of Removal.--The Secretary shall monitor and 
     assess the removal by the Department of munitions and 
     explosives of concern from military installations in Guam and 
     shall constantly update processes for such removal to 
     mitigate any issues relating to such removal.
       (c) Report on Amounts Necessary.--Not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report indicating the amounts necessary to 
     conduct removal of munitions and explosives of concern from 
     military installations in Guam.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on 
     Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Munitions and explosives of concern.--The term 
     ``munitions and explosives of concern'' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 179.3 of title 32, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, or successor regulations.

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