[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 871. Mr. BRAUN (for himself and Ms. Warren) 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 in title VIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 8___. MODIFICATIONS TO RIGHTS IN TECHNICAL DATA.

       Section 3771(b) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)(C), by inserting ``for which the 
     United States shall have government purpose rights, unless 
     the Government and the contractor negotiate different license 
     rights'' after ``component)''; and
       (2) in paragraph (4)(A)--
       (A) in clause (ii), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
       (C) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause 
     (iii):
       ``(iii) is a release, disclosure, or use of detailed 
     manufacturing or process data--

       ``(I) that is necessary for operation, maintenance, 
     installation, or training and shall be used only for 
     operation, maintenance, installation, or training purposes 
     supporting wartime operations or contingency operations; and
       ``(II) for which the head of an agency determines that the 
     original supplier of such data will be unable to satisfy 
     military readiness or operational requirements for such 
     operations; or''.

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