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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 6217 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide for emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed attack |
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| 6 | 6 | | against a United States ally or partner by a foreign adversary of the |
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| 7 | 7 | | United States. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | NOVEMBER3, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACKSONof Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on Armed Services |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To provide for emergency acquisition authority in the event |
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| 15 | 15 | | of armed attack against a United States ally or partner |
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| 16 | 16 | | by a foreign adversary of the United States. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Securing American Ac-4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | quisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 2023’’ or the ‘‘Securing American ARMS Act of 2023’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ACQUISITION AUTHORITY. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 3601(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | and inserting a semicolon; 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | paragraph: 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(C) for purposes of— 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(i) replenishing United States stock-8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | piles with like defense articles when those 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | stockpiles are diminished as a result of the 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | United States providing defense articles in 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | response to an armed attack by a country 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of concern (as that term is defined in sec-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion 1(m) of the State Department Basic 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2651a(m)) against— 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(I) a United States ally (as that 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | term is defined in section 201(d) of 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled, 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘To provide benefits for the injury, 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | disability, death, or enemy detention 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | of employees of contractors with the 22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | United States, and for other purposes’ 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (56 Stat. 1028, chapter 668; 42 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | U.S.C. 1711(d))); or 25 |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(II) a United States partner; or 1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ‘‘(ii) contracting for the movement or 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | delivery of defense articles transferred to 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | such ally or partner through the Presi-4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | dent’s drawdown authorities in connection 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | with such response, 6 |
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| 63 | 63 | | provided that the United States is not a party 7 |
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| 64 | 64 | | to the hostilities.’’. 8 |
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