[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 845. Mr. HAGERTY 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:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PRIORITY FOR THE TRANSFER OF EXCESS DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES.

       Section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(A) Certain nato countries, taiwan, and the 
     philippines.--Notwithstanding''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(B) United states-pacific island partnership.--
       ``(i) In general.--The delivery of excess defense articles, 
     including office supplies, furniture, and other items except 
     those described in paragraph (1) of section 644(d), under 
     this section to members of the United States-Pacific Island 
     Partnership shall be given priority to the maximum extent 
     feasible over the delivery of such excess defense articles to 
     other countries.
       ``(ii) Definition.--In this subparagraph, the term `United 
     States-Pacific Island Partnership' means the partnership 
     between the United States and the Cook Islands, the Federated 
     States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Nauru, New 
     Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Republic of the 
     Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, 
     Vanuatu, and such other states in the Pacific Islands as the 
     President may identify.''.
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