[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 83 (Wednesday, May 25, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3200-S3201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4164. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Coons, and Mr. Kirk) 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. REPORT ON USE BY THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF 
                   COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR 
                   ILLICIT MILITARY OR OTHER ACTIVITIES.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
     President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and 
     the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
     of Representatives a report on the use by the Government of 
     Iran of

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     commercial aircraft and related services for illicit military 
     or other activities during the 5-year period ending of such 
     date of enactment.
       (b) Elements of Report.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (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 list of airports outside of Iran at which such 
     aircraft have landed;
       (3) 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 or any of its agents or affiliates, including Mahan 
     Air;
       (4) a description of the extent to which foreign 
     governments and persons have facilitated the activities 
     described in paragraph (1), including allowing the use of 
     airports, services, or other resources; and
       (5) a description of the efforts of the President to 
     address the activities described in paragraphs (1), (3), and 
     (4).
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