[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 30, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5611]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3205. Mr. CARDIN 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:

       Strike section 1241 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1241. INDO-PACIFIC SECURITY ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.

       (a) Additional Authority for Use of United States Inventory 
     and Inventory From Other Sources.--
       (1) In general.--The President may, on a grant or lease 
     basis not to exceed $500,000,000 in any fiscal year, make 
     available to the foreign military and national security 
     forces and ministries of defense (or security agencies 
     serving a similar defense function) of foreign partners, and 
     to regional organizations with security missions, defense 
     articles to replenish comparable stocks that such forces or 
     such institutions have provided to other foreign military or 
     national security forces or ministries of defense (or 
     security agencies serving a similar defense function) of 
     foreign partners in the Indo-Pacific region, or to regional 
     organizations with security missions in the Indo-Pacific 
     region.
       (2) Applicability of other law.--The provision of defense 
     articles under this section shall be subject to the 
     requirements of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 
     et seq.), including sections 3 and 36 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2753, 2776).
       (b) Termination.--The authority provided by this section 
     shall terminate on December 31, 2027.
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