[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3689]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2683. 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1257. REPORT ON ARMS EMBARGO ON CYPRUS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report on the current impact of 
     the United States arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A list of items that have been requested by Cyprus from 
     the United States, but have been denied under the arms 
     embargo referred to in such subsection.
       (2) An analysis of the impact that lifting the arms embargo 
     would have on United States interests related to the island 
     of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean region.
       (3) An analysis of how the arms embargo is being complied 
     with in areas controlled by Cyprus, and in occupied northern 
     Cyprus, and whether any party has violated the letter or 
     spirit of the arms embargo.
       (4) An analysis of how the arms embargo against Cyprus 
     impacts the ability of the United States and its partners to 
     combat threats in the Mediterranean region.
       (c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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