[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6407. Mr. WARNER 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. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE PARTNERSHIP.

       (a) Sense of Congress on a Strong United States-India 
     Defense Partnership.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) a strong United States-India defense partnership rooted 
     in shared democratic values is critical to advancing United 
     States interests in the Indo-Pacific region; and
       (2) such partnership between the world's oldest and largest 
     democracies is critical and should continue to be 
     strengthened in response to increasing threats in the Indo-
     Pacific region so as to send an unequivocal signal that 
     sovereignty and international law must be respected.
       (b) United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging 
     Technologies.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States-India Initiative on Critical and 
     Emerging Technologies is a welcome and essential step to 
     developing closer partnerships between governments, academia, 
     and industry in the United States and India for the purpose 
     of addressing the latest advances in artificial intelligence, 
     quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, and 
     semiconductor manufacturing.
       (2) Collaborations between engineers and computer 
     scientists through the United States-India Initiative on 
     Critical and Emerging Technologies are vital to help ensure 
     that the United States, India, and other democracies around 
     the world foster innovation and facilitate technological 
     advances that continue to far outpace the technology of the 
     Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China.
       (c) Sense of Congress on Border Threats From the People's 
     Republic of China and Reliance on Weapons Manufactured by 
     Russian Federation.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) India faces immediate and serious regional border 
     threats from the People's Republic of China, with continued 
     military aggression by the Government of the People's 
     Republic of China along the India-People's Republic of China 
     border;
       (2) for its national defense, India relies on weapons 
     manufactured by the Russian Federation; and
       (3) the United States should take additional steps to 
     encourage India to accelerate its transition away from 
     weapons and defense systems manufactured in the Russian 
     Federation while strongly supporting India's immediate 
     defense needs.
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