Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions
Floor Speech
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Mr. CORNYN. The bill provides for emergency acquisition authority in the event of armed attack against a U.S. ally or partner by a foreign adversary of the United States.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 2022'' or the ``Securing American ARMS Act''. SEC. 2. EMERGENCY ACQUISITION AUTHORITY.
Section 3204 of title 10, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (6), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a semicolon;
(B) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) the head of the agency--
``(A) determines that the use of procedures other than competitive procedures is necessary to--
``(i) replenish United States stockpiles with like defense articles when those stockpiles are diminished as a result of the United States providing defense articles in response to an armed attack, by a foreign adversary of the United States (as that term is defined in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 (47 U.S.C. 1607(c))) against--
``(I) a United States ally (as that term is defined in section 201(d) of the Act of December 2, 1942, entitled, `To provide benefits for the injury, disability, death, or enemy detention of employees of contractors with the United States, and for other purposes' (56 Stat. 1028, chapter 668; 42 U.S.C. 1711(d))); or
``(II) a United States partner; or
``(ii) to contract for the movement or delivery of defense articles transferred to such ally or partner through the President's drawdown authorities in connection with such response; provided that the United States is not a party to the hostilities; and
``(B) submits to the congressional defense committees written notification of the use of such procedures within one week after such use.''; and
(2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``and (7)'' and inserting ``(7), and (8)''. ______
By Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mrs. Feinstein):
S. 4806. A bill to authorize the Secretary of Defense to use amounts available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern in Guam, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
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Mr. CORNYN. The bill authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use amounts available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern in Guam.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Guarding against Unexploded Arms and Munitions Act'' or the ``GUAM Act''. SEC. 2. USE OF AMOUNTS AVAILABLE TO DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FOR REMOVAL OF MUNITIONS AND EXPLOSIVES OF CONCERN IN GUAM.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may use amounts available to the Department of Defense for operation and maintenance to remove munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in Guam.
(b) Monitoring of Removal.--The Secretary shall monitor and assess the removal by the Department of munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in Guam and shall constantly update processes for such removal to mitigate any issues relating to such removal.
(c) Report on Amounts Necessary.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report indicating the amounts necessary to conduct removal of munitions and explosives of concern from military installations in Guam.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Munitions and explosives of concern.--The term ``munitions and explosives of concern'' has the meaning given that term in section 179.3 of title 32, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regulations.
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