[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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