To express the Sense of Congress relating to the United States-India Defense Partnership.

Bill: 117-hr-8757
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17]
Introduced: 2022-08-30
Policy area: International Affairs
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p class="MsoNormal">The bill expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S.-India defense partnership is critical in advancing U.S. interests in the Indo-Pacific region.&nbsp; The bill expresses support for the United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies.&nbsp; The bill also expresses support for a temporary waiver of sanctions under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act for India because of India's current reliance on Russian-built weapons systems.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8757 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 30, 2022 Mr. Khanna (for himself, Mr. Schweikert , and Mr. Sherman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs , and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means , Financial Services , Oversight and Reform , and the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To express the Sense of Congress relating to the United States-India Defense Partnership.

1. United States-India Defense Partnership (a) Strong United States-India Defense Partnership It is the sense of Congress that— (1) a strong United States-India defense partnership, rooted in shared democratic values, is critical in order to advance United States interests in the Indo-Pacific region; and (2) this partnership between the world’s oldest and largest democracies is critical and must continue to be strengthened in response to increasing threats in the Indo-Pacific regions, sending an unequivocal signal that sovereignty and international law must be respected. (b) United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) The Congress finds that the United States-India Initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET) is a welcome and essential step to developing closer partnerships between governments, academia, and industry in the United States and India to address the latest advances in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, aerospace, and semiconductor manufacturing. Such collaborations between engineers and computer scientists are vital to help ensure that the United States and India, as well as other democracies around the world, foster innovation and facilitate technological advances which continue to far outpace Russian and Chinese technology. (c) Border threats from China and reliance on Russian-Built weapons Congress recognizes that— (1) India faces immediate and serious regional border threats from China, with continued military aggression by the Government of China along the India-China border, (2) India relies on Russian-built weapons for its national defense, and (3) the United States should take additional steps to encourage India to accelerate India’s transition off Russian-built weapons and defense systems while strongly supporting India’s immediate defense needs. (d) Waiver of CAATSA sanctions in best interests of United States and the United States-India Defense Partnership While India faces immediate needs to maintain its heavily Russian-built weapons systems, a waiver to sanctions under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act during this transition period is in the best interests of the United States and the United States-India defense partnership to deter aggressors in light of Russia and China’s close partnership.