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