[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3358]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2498. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 1208. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING FOR ISRAEL.

       (a)(1) In General .--Of the amount made available for each 
     of the fiscal years 2019 through 2028 for assistance under 
     the Foreign Military Financing program, not less than 
     $3,300,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be 
     made available on a grant basis for Israel.
       (2) Disbursement of Funds.--Funds authorized to be made 
     available for Israel under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year 
     shall be disbursed not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing, and related programs for such 
     fiscal year, or October 31 of the year in which such fiscal 
     year begins, whichever date is later.
       (3) Exclusion of Rescissions and Supplemental 
     Appropriations.--For purposes of this section, the 
     computation of amounts made available for a fiscal year shall 
     not take into account any amount rescinded by an Act or any 
     amount appropriated by an Act making supplemental 
     appropriations for a fiscal year.
       (4) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     restrict or otherwise prohibit the authorization of 
     appropriations, or the appropriation of funds, above the 
     amount specified in this subsection.
       (b) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``Foreign 
     Military Financing program'' means the program authorized by 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763).
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