[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4107. 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 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. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON COOPERATION 
                   BETWEEN IRAN AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Congress a report 
     on cooperation between Iran and the Russian Federation and 
     how and to what extent such cooperation affects United States 
     national security and strategic interests.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
       (1) A description of how and to what extent the Governments 
     of Iran and the Russian Federation cooperate on matters 
     relating to Iran's space program, including how and to what 
     extent such cooperation strengthens Iran's ballistic missile 
     program.
       (2) A description of how and to what extent Iran's 
     interests and actions and the Russian Federation's interests 
     and actions overlap with respect to Latin America.
       (3) A description and analysis of the intelligence-sharing 
     center established by Iran, the Russian Federation, and Syria 
     in Baghdad, Iraq and whether such center is being used for 
     purposes other than the purposes of the joint mission of such 
     countries in Syria.
       (4) A description and analysis of--
       (A) naval cooperation between Iran and the Russian 
     Federation, including joint naval exercises between the two 
     countries; and
       (B) the implications of--
       (i) an increased Russian Federation naval presence in the 
     Eastern Mediterranean; and
       (ii) an Iranian naval presence in the Persian Gulf.
       (5) A description of the increased cooperation between Iran 
     and the Russian Federation since the start of the current 
     conflict in Syria.
       (6) A description of the steps Iran has taken to adopt the 
     Russian Federation model of hybrid warfare against potential 
     targets such as Gulf Cooperation Council states with sizeable 
     Shiite populations.
       (7) An assessment of the extent of Russian Federation 
     cooperation with Hezbollah in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, 
     including cooperation with respect to training and equipping 
     and joint operations.
       (8) A description of the weapons that have been provided by 
     the Russian Federation to Iran that have violated relevant 
     United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing an arms 
     embargo on Iran.
       (c) Submission Period.--The report required by subsection 
     (a) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, for 
     such period of time as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action 
     remains in effect.
       (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Defined.--In this 
     section , the term ``Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action'' 
     means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed at Vienna 
     on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian 
     Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United 
     Kingdom, and the United States.
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