[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5147]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 923. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to 
be proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON MILITARY ACTION OF SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS 
                   COALITIONS PARTNERS IN YEMEN.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     on military action of Saudi Arabia and its coalitions 
     partners in Yemen.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include a description of the following:
       (1) The extent to which the Government of Saudi Arabia and 
     its coalition partners in Yemen are abiding by their ``No 
     Strike List and Restricted Target List''.
       (2) Roles played by United States military personnel with 
     respect to operations of such coalition partners in Yemen.
       (3) Progress made by the Government of Saudi Arabia in 
     improving its targeting capabilities.
       (4) Progress made by such coalition partners to implement 
     the recommendations of the Joint Incident Assessment Team and 
     participation if any by the United States in the 
     implementation of such recommendations.
       (5) Progress made toward implementation of United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015) or any successor 
     United Nations Security Council resolution relating to the 
     conflict in Yemen.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Termination.--This section shall terminate on--
       (1) the date that is 2 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, or
       (2) the date on which the Secretary of Defense and 
     Secretary of State jointly certify to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that the conflict in Yemen has come 
     to a conclusion;
     whichever occurs earlier.
       (e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
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