[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3378-S3379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2562. Mr. CARDIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, AND EL SALVADOR.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act,

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     the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director 
     of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives a report regarding narcotics trafficking 
     corruption and illicit campaign finance in Honduras, 
     Guatemala, and El Salvador.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include--
       (1) the names of senior government officials in Honduras, 
     Guatemala, and El Salvador who are known to have committed or 
     facilitated acts of grand corruption or narcotics 
     trafficking;
       (2) the names of elected officials in Honduras, Guatemala, 
     and El Salvador who are known to have received campaign funds 
     that are the proceeds of narco-trafficking or other illicit 
     activities in the last 2 years; and
       (3) the names of individuals in Honduras, Guatemala, and El 
     Salvador who are known to have facilitated the financing of 
     political campaigns in any of the Northern Triangle countries 
     with the proceeds of narco-trafficking or other illicit 
     activities in the last 2 years.
       (c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
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