[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 805. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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:

       Insert after section 1253 the following:

     SEC. 1253A. REPORT ON USE OF AUKUS PARTNERSHIP FUNDS.

       If the President has the authority to accept from the 
     Government of Australia monetary contributions made by the 
     Government of Australia for use by the Department of Defense 
     in support of non-nuclear related aspects of submarine 
     security activities among Australia, the United Kingdom, and 
     the United States and an AUKUS Submarine Security Activities 
     Account is established in the Treasury of the Untied States, 
     the President shall provide to Congress a report on any funds 
     not expended from such account, including--
       (1) an explanation as to why such funds were not used to 
     upgrade facilities at shipyards for infrastructure supporting 
     submarine maintenance, repairs, and sustainment;
       (2) a description of how funds in such account were used at 
     United States shipyards to recruit, train, and retain local 
     workforce talent to support the submarine industrial base; 
     and
       (3) a projection of workforce shortfalls and requirements 
     anticipated by the Department of Defense during the 
     subsequent 5-year period at each shipyard conducting 
     submarine industrial base work supporting activities of the 
     trilateral security partnership among the United States, the 
     United Kingdom, and Australia (commonly known as the ``AUKUS 
     partnership'') .
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