[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3374]
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SA 2551. Ms. WARREN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 12__. REPORTS ON MID-AIR REFUELING OF AIRCRAFT OF THE
SAUDI-LED COALITION CONDUCTING OPERATIONS IN
YEMEN.
(a) Reports Required.--Not later than 60 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and every 60 days
thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report on any mid-air
refueling provided by the United States under a covered
acquisition or cross-servicing agreement for any aircraft of
the Saudi-led coalition for purposes of a mission in or
against Yemen.
(b) Elements.--Each report under subsection (a) shall
include, for the 60-day period ending on the date of such
report, the following:
(1) An identification of each aircraft of the Saudi-led
coalition provided mid-air refueling as described in
subsection (a).
(2) The intended target or targets of such aircraft on the
mission during which refueled.
(3) The targets struck by such aircraft on such mission.
(4) The results of such mission.
(c) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``covered acquisition or cross-servicing
agreement'' means an agreement under section 2342 of title
10, United States Code, or any other acquisition or cross-
servicing agreement, with Saudi Arabia or a country of the
Saudi-led coalition.
(2) The term ``Saudi-led coalition'' means the coalition of
countries led by Saudi Arabia that is conducting military
operations in or against Yemen.
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