[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3726-S3727]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1608. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 686, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
       ``(e) Certification Required for Waiver or Exception.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may not exercise the 
     waiver authority under subsection (b), and the exception 
     under subsection (c)(1) shall not apply, unless the Secretary 
     certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that 
     the Government of the Russian Federation is no longer--
       ``(A) violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine; or
       ``(B) supporting entities that have illegally seized 
     property of the Government of Ukraine or territory of 
     Ukraine.
       ``(2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In 
     this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional 
     committees' means--
       ``(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       ``(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.''.

[[Page S3727]]

                                 ______