Securing American ARMS Act of 2022
Bill: S.4805 | Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John (R-TX)
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Securing American Acquisitions, Readiness, and Military Stockpiles Act of 2022 or the Securing American ARMS Act of 2022
This bill provides that acquisition procedures other than competitive procedures may be used to (1) replenish United States stockpiles with like defense articles when stockpiles are diminished as a result of the response to an armed attack by a foreign adversary against a U.S. ally or partner, or (2) 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. The head of the applicable agency must provide the congressional defense committees written notification of the use of such procedures within one week after such use.

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 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 of 2022''.

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)''.
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