[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5151]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 928. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON IRANIAN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for a 
     period not to exceed 5 years, the President shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on Iranian 
     activities in Iraq and Syria.
       (b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) a description of Iran's support for--
       (A) Iraqi militias or political parties, including weapons, 
     financing, and other forms of material support; and
       (B) the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and
       (2) a list of referrals to the relevant United Nations 
     Security Council sanctions committees by the United States 
     Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
       (c) Form.--The President may submit the report required by 
     subsection (a) in classified form if the President determines 
     that it is necessary for the national security interests of 
     the United States to do so.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 
     the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services, 
     the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking, 
     Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
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