[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 149 (Thursday, September 14, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5766-S5767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1081. Mr. YOUNG (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Heller) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1003 
proposed by Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Reed) 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:


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       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. ___. LIMITATION ON REFUELING OF AIRCRAFT OF SAUDI ARABIA 
                   FOR OPERATIONS IN YEMEN.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended for the 
     refueling of aircraft of Saudi Arabia for operations in Yemen 
     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) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives.
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