[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 113 (Monday, July 13, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3845]
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SA 6642. Mr. TILLIS (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Ms. Duckworth)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 title XII, add the following:
Subtitle F--Cooperation With NATO Allies
SEC. 1281. STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES-NATO INTEGRATED
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION.
(a) In General.--In designing, procuring, or deploying
cyber and digital warfighting capabilities for, and in
coordination with, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO), the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense
shall seek--
(1) to advance solutions that promote collaboration and
interoperability with respect to the cyber and digital
systems of the United States and of NATO allies; and
(2) to ensure that artificial intelligence-guided systems
operated by the United States and NATO allies recognize each
other and work together in joint operations.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
Commerce, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report that contains the following:
(1) A strategy to maintain integrated cyber and digital
technology solutions for NATO capabilities, incorporating
cyber, artificial intelligence, and digital systems from
United States vendors and vendors of NATO allies.
(2) A description of efforts made, during the reporting
period, to implement subsection (a).
(3) A description of the national security risks posed by
disintegrated, non-interoperable cyber, artificial
intelligence, and digital technology solutions to the United
States and NATO allies.
SEC. 1282. REPORT ON UNITED STATES WEAPONS SALES TO NATO.
(a) In General.--Not later than February 1 of each year,
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of
Defense, shall submit to Congress a report on United States
weapons sales and transfers to NATO, as an organization, and
to each member country of NATO during the preceding calendar
year.
(b) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall
include--
(1) the information required by section 655 of the Foreign
Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2415); and
(2) a description of--
(A) any sale authorized pursuant to sections 21 or 38 of
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2761; 2778);
(B) any transfer pursuant to the authority of section 333
of title 10, United States Code; and
(C) any transfer pursuant to section 516 of the Foreign
Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2321j).
(c) Form.--Each report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form.
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