[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4540-S4541]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 585. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 for military activities of the Department

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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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON SALE OR LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES TO SAUDI ARABIA.

       (a) In General.--The United States Government may not enter 
     into an agreement to sell or lease any defense article to the 
     Government of Saudi Arabia, and may not issue any license for 
     the export of a defense article to the Government of Saudi 
     Arabia pursuant to the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2751 et seq.), during fiscal year 2018 until 14 days after 
     the date on which the Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development, submits to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress and the Comptroller General of the 
     United States a certification described in subsection (b), 
     together with a detailed justification for the certification.
       (b) Certification Described.--A certification described in 
     this subsection is a certification as follows:
       (1) That the Government of Saudi Arabia is complying fully 
     with its obligations in Yemen under each of the following:
       (A) Customary international law rule 55.
       (B) Articles 14 and 18 of the Additional Protocol (II) to 
     the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949.
       (2) That the Government of Saudi Arabia is facilitating the 
     delivery and installation of cranes to the port of Hodeidah 
     that will expedite the delivery of humanitarian assistance.
       (c) Comptroller General Report.--Not later than 60 days 
     after the submittal of the certification described in 
     subsection (b), the Comptroller General shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report assessing whether 
     the conclusions in the certification are fully supported, and 
     the justification for the certification pursuant to 
     subsection (a) is sufficiently detailed, and identifying 
     whether any shortcomings, limitations, or other reportable 
     matters exist that affect the quality of the certification.
       (d) 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 Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (2) The term ``defense article'' has the meaning given that 
     term in section 47 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2794).
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