[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3089]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 922. Mr. RICKETTS 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 end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. WAR RESERVE STOCK PROGRAM FOR TAIWAN.

       (a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 514 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321h), the President may 
     transfer to Taiwan any or all of the items described in 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Items Described.--The items referred to in subsection 
     (a) are armor, artillery, automatic weapons ammunition, 
     missiles, and other munitions that--
       (1) are obsolete or surplus items;
       (2) are in the inventory of the Department of Defense;
       (3) are intended for use as reserve stocks for Taiwan; and
       (4) are located in a stockpile in Taiwan.
       (c) Congressional Notification.--Not later than 30 days 
     before making a transfer under the authority of this section, 
     the President shall transmit a notification of the proposed 
     transfer to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     House of Representatives. The notification shall identify the 
     items to be transferred and the concessions to be received.
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