S. 3499 — Introduced in Senate

II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 3499 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 13, 2023Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Rubio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To provide emergency acquisition authority for purposes of replenishing United States stockpiles. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 2023 or the Securing American ARMS Act of 2023. 2. Emergency acquisition authority Section 3601(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking or at the end; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (C) with respect to an armed attack by a country of concern (as defined in section 1(m) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a(m)), to which the United States is not a party, for purposes of— (i) replenishing United States stockpiles of defense articles when such stockpiles are diminished as a result of the United States providing defense articles in response to such armed attack by a country of concern against— (I) a United States ally (as that term is defined in section 201(d) of the Act of December 2, 1942, titled 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) contracting for the movement or delivery of defense articles transferred to such ally or partner through the President's drawdown authorities under sections 506(a)(1) and 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2318(a)(1) and 2364) in connection with such response. .