[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 121 (Thursday, July 25, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5521]
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  SA 3173. Mr. COTTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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. 1266. REPORT ON NATIONAL SECURITY IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY 
                   PROTECTIONISM BY THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary 
     of State, shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report detailing the national security 
     implications of the discrimination by the Republic of Korea 
     against United States technology companies, which works to 
     the advantage of technology firms of the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include--
       (1) a determination as to whether--
       (A) legislation of the Republic of Korea known as the 
     ``Online Platform Monopoly Regulation Act'' would impact 
     United States national security by discriminating against 
     United States technology companies;
       (B) such legislation would allow technology firms of the 
     People's Republic of China that pose national security risks 
     to the United States to gain market share in the Republic of 
     Korea; and
       (C) dominance over the digital sectors of the Republic of 
     Korea by technology firms of the People's Republic of China 
     would impact the information security of the United States 
     Armed Forces based in the Republic of Korea; and
       (2) a determination of the manner in which the passage of 
     such legislation and the mitigation of its national security 
     impacts should be accounted for in the Special Measures 
     Agreement, and other United States defense funding intended 
     for the protection of the Republic of Korea.
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