[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3687-S3688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2678. 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 end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1239. REPORT ON SECTION 231 OF THE COUNTERING RUSSIAN 
                   INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AND EURASIA ACT OF 2017.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a baseline report that 
     describes those persons that the President has determined 
     under section 231 of the Countering Russian Influence in 
     Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525) have 
     knowingly engaged, on or after August 2, 2017, in a 
     significant transaction with a person that is part of, or 
     operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence 
     sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, as 
     defined in guidance required under subsection (d) of that 
     section.
       (b) Updates.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act and every 30 days thereafter, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees an update to the report required by subsection 
     (a).
       (c) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) or 
     (b) shall contain the following:
       (1) A list of persons that the President has determined 
     under section 231 of the Countering Russian Influence in 
     Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525) have 
     knowingly engaged, on or after August 2, 2017, in a 
     significant transaction with a person that is part of, or 
     operates for or on behalf of, the

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     defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the 
     Russian Federation, as defined in guidance required under 
     subsection (d) of that section.
       (2) A year-by-year and country-by-country description of 
     purchases from persons described in paragraph (1), dating 
     back to August 2, 2012.
       (3) A description of the significant transactions described 
     in subsection (a), including, for each such transaction, 
     types of material and equipment involved, the monetary value 
     of the transaction, and the duration of any contract 
     involved.
       (4) A description of the diplomatic efforts by the United 
     States to persuade persons to no longer conduct significant 
     transactions with persons that are part of, or operate for or 
     on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the 
     Government of the Russian Federation, as defined in guidance 
     required under subsection (d) of such section 231.
       (5) A description of significant transactions with persons 
     that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense 
     or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation that the United States was able to persuade, 
     through diplomatic efforts, persons not to pursue, including 
     a description of each such transaction and the monetary value 
     of the transaction.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     has the meaning given that term in section 221 of the 
     Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 
     2017 (22 U.S.C. 9521).
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