[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2702]
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SA 581. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ____. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
(a) Definition.--In this section, the term ``foreign
adversary'' means a foreign government that the President has
determined to pose a significant national security risk to
the United States or individuals in the United States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should undertake a rulemaking process to
protect United States data linked to sensitive populations
that could be exploited by foreign adversaries to the
detriment of the national security of the United States while
preserving freedom of expression and rights under the
Constitution of the United States; and
(2) the Information and Communications Technology and
Services Supply Chain security program of the Department of
Commerce should be authorized to identify, assess, and
mitigate risks to the information and communications
technology and services supply chain in the United States.
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