[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5076]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5693. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1254. UPGRADING THE STATUS OF TAIWAN UNDER THE ARMS 
                   EXPORT CONTROL ACT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Taiwan 
     Articles to Reinforce and Maintain Sovereignty Act'' or the 
     ``Taiwan ARMS Act''.
       (b) Status of Taiwan Under Arms Export Control Act.--The 
     Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) in section 3(b)(2), by inserting ``the Government of 
     Taiwan,'' before ``or the Government of New Zealand'';
       (2) in sections 3(d)(2)(B), 3(d)(3)(A)(i), 3(d)(5), 
     21(e)(2)(A), 36(b)(1), 36(b)(2), 36(b)(6), 36(c)(2)(A), 
     36(c)(5), 36(d)(2)(A), 62(c)(1), and 63(a)(2), by inserting 
     ``Taiwan,'' before ``or New Zealand'' each place it appears; 
     and
       (3) in sections 21(h)(1)(A) and 21(h)(2), by inserting 
     ``Taiwan,'' before ``or Israel'' each place it appears.
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