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Text of Senate Amendment 6167

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On 2026-06-24, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6167" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 6167

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3356-S3357] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6167. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES FOR OUTBOUND INVESTMENT NOTIFICATIONS. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the addition of the technology [[Page S3357]] categories described in subsection (b) to the lists of notifiable technologies and prohibited technologies in accordance with paragraphs (7)(B)(ii) and (10)(B)(ii), respectively, of section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). (b) Technology Categories Described.--The technology categories described in this subsection are the following: (1) Advanced energy storage technologies. (2) Robotics. (3) Biotechnology. (c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include, for each technology category described in subsection (b), an assessment of-- (1) the extent to which the technology category, or any subset of the category, enables the military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber-enabled capabilities of a country of concern; (2) the feasibility of defining technical parameters for the technology category or any subset of the category; and (3) the extent to which the technology category, or any subset of the category, is already covered by paragraph (7)(A) or (10)(A) of section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``appropriate congressional committees'' and ``country of concern'' have the meanings given those terms in section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 6167 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Pages S3356-S3357] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6167. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. ASSESSMENT OF ADDITIONAL TECHNOLOGY CATEGORIES FOR OUTBOUND INVESTMENT NOTIFICATIONS. (a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the addition of the technology [[Page S3357]] categories described in subsection (b) to the lists of notifiable technologies and prohibited technologies in accordance with paragraphs (7)(B)(ii) and (10)(B)(ii), respectively, of section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). (b) Technology Categories Described.--The technology categories described in this subsection are the following: (1) Advanced energy storage technologies. (2) Robotics. (3) Biotechnology. (c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include, for each technology category described in subsection (b), an assessment of-- (1) the extent to which the technology category, or any subset of the category, enables the military, intelligence, surveillance, or cyber-enabled capabilities of a country of concern; (2) the feasibility of defining technical parameters for the technology category or any subset of the category; and (3) the extent to which the technology category, or any subset of the category, is already covered by paragraph (7)(A) or (10)(A) of section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). (d) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``appropriate congressional committees'' and ``country of concern'' have the meanings given those terms in section 809 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4589). ______