[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 35 (Tuesday, March 12, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1714-S1715]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 27. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 571, between lines 20 and 21, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a)(1)(A) None of the amounts appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this Act or any prior Act making 
     appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
     operations, and related programs for bilateral economic 
     assistance under the heading ``economic support fund'' may be 
     made available to the Government of Egypt unless a 
     certification under subsection (c)(2) is in effect.
       (B) Except as provided under paragraph (3), none of the 
     amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     or any prior Act making appropriations for the Department of 
     State, foreign operations, and related programs for 
     assistance for Egypt under section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to the Foreign Military 
     Financing program) may be obligated or expended for contracts 
     with the Government of Egypt entered into on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act unless a certification 
     under subsection (c)(1) is in effect.
       (2) Not later than 90 days after the date on which the 
     Secretary of State transmits to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an initial certification under paragraph (1) or 
     (2) of subsection (c), and every 6 months thereafter, the 
     Secretary shall transmit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees--
       (A) a recertification that the requirements contained in 
     such paragraph are continuing to be met; or
       (B) a statement that the Secretary is unable to make such a 
     recertification and that the certification is no longer in 
     effect.
       (3) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements of 
     subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) for one or more 180-periods 
     if, for each such 180-day period, the Secretary determines 
     and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees 
     that it is in the national security interests of the United 
     States to do so and submits to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report with detailed reasoning for the 
     determination and certification.
       (b) During a period in which a certification described in 
     subsection (c)(2) is not in effect, amounts that may not be 
     made available for Economic Support Fund assistance to the 
     Government of Egypt pursuant to the limitation under 
     subsection (a) shall be reallocated for democracy and 
     governance programs for Egypt, including direct support for 
     secular, democratic nongovernmental organizations, as well as 
     programming and support for rule of law and human rights, 
     good governance, political competition and consensus-
     building, and civil society.
       (c)(1) A certification described in this paragraph is a 
     certification submitted by the Secretary of State to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that the following 
     conditions have been met:
       (A) The Government of Egypt has adopted and implemented 
     legal reforms to protect the political, economic, and 
     religious freedoms and human rights of all citizens and 
     residents of Egypt.
       (B) The Government of Egypt is not acting to restrict the 
     political, economic, or religious freedoms and human rights 
     of the citizens and residents of Egypt.
       (C) The Government of Egypt is continuing to demonstrate a 
     commitment to free and fair elections and is not taking any 
     steps to interfere with or undermine the credibility of such 
     elections.
       (D) Egypt is implementing the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty.
       (E) The Government of Egypt is taking all necessary action 
     to eliminate smuggling networks and to detect and destroy 
     tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip.
       (F) The Government of Egypt is taking all necessary action 
     to combat terrorism in the Sinai, and the Department of 
     Defense has allocated a portion of Egypt's Foreign Military 
     Financing (FMF) assistance, not less than $100,000,000, 
     toward counterterrorism tools, including equipment and 
     training related to border security, to address this problem.
       (G) The Department of Defense has consulted with the 
     Government of Egypt and produced an analysis of Egypt's 
     current security needs, and the analysis has been shared with 
     the relevant congressional committees.
       (H) The Government of Egypt has lifted restrictions in law 
     and practice on the work and funding of Egyptian and 
     international nongovernmental organizations, comprising those 
     in the human rights and democracy field, including the 
     International Republican Institute, the National Democratic 
     Institute, and Freedom House.
       (2) A certification described in this paragraph is a 
     certification submitted by the Secretary of State to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that--
       (A) the conditions set forth in paragraph (1) have been 
     met; and
       (B) the Government of Egypt has signed and submitted to the 
     International Monetary Fund a Letter of Intent and Memorandum 
     of Economic and Financial Policies designed to achieve such 
     actions as reducing and streamlining energy subsidies, 
     improving the government financial management, and increasing 
     taxation revenues through a broadened tax base and reducing 
     tax exemptions and has begun to implement such measures.
       (d) Any interest earned from amounts in an interest bearing 
     account for Egypt related to funds made available under 
     section

[[Page S1715]]

     23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763) shall be--
       (1) transferred to and consolidated with amounts available 
     for assistance for the Middle East Partnership Initiative 
     under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.; relating to the Economic 
     Support Fund); and
       (2) allocated for democracy and governance programs for 
     Egypt, including direct support for secular, democratic 
     nongovernmental organizations.
       (e) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report describing the results of a 
     policy review on Egypt conducted after a dialogue with the 
     Government of Egypt and civil society on how to rebalance 
     United States military and economic assistance to Egypt.
       (f) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report listing all of the Foreign 
     Military Financing contracts for the Government of Egypt 
     carried out over the previous 10 years and describing plans 
     for such contracts over the next 10 years.
       (g) In this section, the term ``appropriate congressional 
     committees'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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  SA 28. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __.  None of the amounts appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act or any other Act may be made 
     available to the Government of Egypt until the President 
     certifies that the President of Egypt has publicly declared, 
     in English and Arabic, his intent to abide by the Camp David 
     Accords.
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  SA 29. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VII of division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 17___.  No funds made available under this Act shall 
     be used to implement or enforce with respect to any farm (as 
     that term is defined in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of 
     Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)) the Spill, 
     Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule, including 
     amendments to that rule, promulgated by the Environmental 
     Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.
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  SA 30. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Paul, Mr. 
Rubio, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Risch, Mr. Vitter, Mr. 
Coburn, Mr. Scott, Mr. Heller, Mr. Toomey, and Mr. Johanns) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 26 submitted by 
Ms. Mikulski (for herself and Mr. Shelby) and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING.

       None of the funds made available in this Act may be used--
       (1) to carry out any provision of the Patient Protection 
     and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) or title I or 
     subtitle B of title II of the Health Care and Education 
     Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), or the 
     amendments made by such Act, title, or subtitle; or
       (2) for rulemaking under such Act, title, or subtitle.
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  SA 31. Mrs. FISCHER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of 
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle VIII of division C, insert the 
     following:
       Sec. 8131. (a) Increased Amount for Other Procurement, Air 
     Force, for Strategic Command and Control.--The amount 
     appropriated by title III of this division under the heading 
     ``Other Procurement, Air Force'' is hereby increased by 
     $25,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available 
     for Strategic Command and Control.
       (b) Offset.--The amount appropriated by title III of this 
     division under the heading ``Defense Act Production 
     Purchases'' is hereby decreased by $25,000,000.

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