[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3793-S3794]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1644. Mr. McCAIN 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:


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       At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1257. APPROVAL OF EXPORT LICENCES AND LETTERS OF REQUEST 
                   TO ASSIST THE GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--
       (1) Export license applications.--The Secretary of State 
     shall provide the specified congressional committees a 
     detailed list of all export license applications, including 
     requests for marketing licenses, for the sale of defense 
     articles and defense services to Ukraine. The list shall 
     include the date when the application or request was first 
     submitted, the current status of each application or request, 
     and the estimated timeline for adjudication of such 
     applications or requests. The Secretary should give priority 
     to processing these applications and requests.
       (2) Letters of request.--The Secretary of State shall also 
     provide the specified congressional committees a detailed 
     list of all pending Letters of Request for Foreign Military 
     Sales to Ukraine, including the date when the letter was 
     first submitted, the current status, and the estimated 
     timeline for adjudication of such letters.
       (b) Reports.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the specified 
     congressional committees a report outlining the status of the 
     applications, requests for marketing licenses and Letters of 
     Request described under subsection (a). The report shall 
     terminate upon certification by the President that the 
     sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Government of 
     Ukraine has been restored or 5 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, whichever occurs first.
       (c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``specified congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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