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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 1997 (Introduced in Senate) — To promote peace through strength in Taiwan, and for other purposes. · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Increasing production capacity for weapons for united states stockpiles

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Section 222c(e) of title 10, United States Code, as amended by section 1701(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Steps taken to increase the number of entities contracted to supply each class of weapons described in section 1705(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ) in order to produce redundancy in the supply of such weapons. .
Section 1703 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ) is amended— in the section heading, by inserting after and Taiwan ; Ukraine in subsection (a), by inserting , the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives after congressional defense committees ; in subsection (d)(2), by inserting or Taiwan after Ukraine ; in subsection (e), by striking December 31, 2026 and inserting December 31, 2040 ; and by striking subsection
(f)and inserting the following: In this section, the term covered system means— any system provided to the Government of Ukraine or the Government of Taiwan pursuant to— section 506 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2318 ); or section 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2364 ); any system provided to the Government of Ukraine pursuant to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative established under section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ), including as amended by this Act, if such system was provided to Ukraine after February 24, 2022; or any system provided to the Government of Taiwan— pursuant to section 5502(b) of this Act; or that is necessary for a denial defense of Taiwan. . Section 222d(b) of title 10, United States Code, as added by section 1701(d)(1) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ), is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: An assessment of the feasibility and advisability of expanding the national technology and industrial base (as defined in section 4801 of this title) to include entities outside of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Israel, and Australia in order to increase the number of suppliers of weapons described in section 1705(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ), with particular attention to member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, treaty allies of the United States in the Indo-Pacific, and members of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. . The Secretary of Defense shall include minimum annual production levels for weapons described in section 1705(c) of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 ( Public Law 117–263 ) in any contract for the procurement of such weapons entered into on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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