[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4238. 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1236. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY INTO CONTRACTS WITH ENTITIES 
                   THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIOLATION BY THE 
                   RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE 
                   NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY.

       (a) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--No funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for a department or agency of the 
     United States Government for a fiscal year after fiscal year 
     2016 may be used to enter into a contract with a person or 
     entity that the Secretary of State determines has materially 
     contributed to any violation of the Intermediate-Range 
     Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by the Russian Federation during 
     the last calendar year ending before the calendar year in 
     which such fiscal year begins.
       (2) Determinations.--Any determination made by the 
     Secretary for purposes of paragraph (1) shall be made in 
     connection with the preparation by the Secretary of the 
     annual report on arms control, nonproliferation, and 
     disarmament pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and 
     Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a).
       (b) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The President may waive the prohibition in 
     subsection (a)(1) with respect to entry into any particular 
     contract if the President determines that the waiver is in 
     the national security interest of the United States.
       (2) Report.--The President shall submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on any waiver made under this 
     subsection.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) 
     Treaty'' means the Treaty Between the United States of 
     America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the 
     Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range 
     Missiles, commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range 
     Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington, December 
     8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988.
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