[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3691-S3692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2691. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. 
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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:

       Strike section 1233 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1233. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE 
                   INITIATIVE.

       Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1068), as most 
     recently amended by section 1234 of the National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91), 
     is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) To assist Ukraine in improving the level of 
     interoperability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by striking paragraph (8);
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as 
     paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
       ``(15) Training and other support designed to enhance the 
     air defense capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
       ``(16) Training required to maintain and employ systems and 
     capabilities described in paragraphs (1) through (15).'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for fiscal year 2018 
     pursuant to subsection (f)(3)'' and inserting ``for fiscal 
     year 2019 pursuant to subsection (f)(4)'';
       (B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
       ``(2) Certification.--
       ``(A) In general.--The certification described in this 
     paragraph is a certification by the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, that the Government 
     of Ukraine has taken substantial actions to make defense 
     institutional reforms for purposes of decreasing corruption, 
     increasing accountability, and sustaining improvements of 
     combat capability enabled by assistance under subsection (a).
       ``(B) Reforms.--In consideration of the certification 
     described in this paragraph, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     consider defense institutional reforms, including--
       ``(i) strengthening civilian control of the military;
       ``(ii) enhanced cooperation and coordination with Verkhovna 
     Rada efforts to exercise oversight of the Ministry of Defense 
     and military forces;
       ``(iii) increased transparency and accountability in 
     defense procurement;
       ``(iv) improvement in transparency, accountability, 
     sustainment, and inventory management in the defense 
     industrial sector;
       ``(v) improvement in life-cycle management;
       ``(vi) improvement in protection of proprietary or 
     sensitive technologies; and
       ``(vii) progress in strengthening the authority of the 
     Ministry of Defense to enter directly into contracts with 
     foreign defense firms and import and maintain foreign defense 
     equipment.
       ``(C) Assessment and methodology.--The certification shall 
     include an assessment of the substantial actions taken to 
     make such defense institutional reforms and the areas in 
     which additional action is needed and a description of the 
     methodology used to evaluate whether Ukraine has made 
     progress in defense institutional reforms relative to 
     previously established goals and objectives.'';
       (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year 2018'' and 
     inserting ``fiscal years 2018 and 2019'';
       (D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
       (E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new 
     paragraph (4):
       ``(4) Defense industry reform.--Of the amount made 
     available for fiscal year 2019 under subsection (f), not more 
     than $3,000,000 shall be available to provide advisory 
     assistance relating to financial reform and accountability 
     measures in the Ukrainian defense industry, including an 
     independent audit of the state-owned defense concern of 
     Ukraine, Ukroboronprom.'';
       (4) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(4) For fiscal year 2019, $200,000,000.''; and
       (5) in subsection (h), by striking ``December 31, 2020'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2021''.

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