[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3111-S3112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 4106. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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
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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1227. REPORTS ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF
COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR
ILLICIT MILITARY OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.
(a) Reports.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense and
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on the use by the Government
of Iran of commercial aircraft and related services for
illicit military or other activities during the five-year
period ending on the date of such report.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include, for the period covered by such report, the
following:
(1) A description of the extent to which the Government of
Iran has used commercial aircraft or related services to
transport illicit cargo to or from Iran, including military
goods, weapons, military personnel, military-related
electronic parts and mechanical equipment, and rocket or
missile components.
(2) A description of the extent to which the commercial
aviation sector of Iran has provided financial, material, and
technological support to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps (IRGC).
(3) An identification of the foreign governments and
persons that facilitated the activities described pursuant to
paragraph (1), including by permitting the use of airports,
services, or other resources for such activities.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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