[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1859. Mr. MENENDEZ 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, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table, as follows:

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

     SEC. 1274. ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY CAPABILITY OF THE 
                   REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an assessment of the military 
     capability of the Republic of Cyprus to defend against 
     threats to its national security, including threats posed by 
     hostile foreign governments and international terrorist 
     groups.
       (b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) An analysis of the effect on the national security of 
     Cyprus of the United States policy to deny applications for 
     licenses and other approvals for the export of defense 
     articles and defense services to the armed forces of Cyprus.
       (2) An analysis of the extent to which such United States 
     policy is consistent with overall United States security and 
     policy objectives in the region.
       (3) An assessment of the potential impact of lifting such 
     United States policy.
       (c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate 
     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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