[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 13, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3912-S3913]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2872. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 proposed 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:

       At the end of subtitle G of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1271. MEASURES TO IMPROVE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIPS.

       (a) Delay of Imposition of Certain Sanctions Relating to 
     the Russian Federation for Defense Cooperation With United 
     States.--Section 231(c) of the Countering Russian Influence 
     in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525(c)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(c) Delay of Imposition of Sanctions.--
       ``(1) In general.--The President may delay the imposition 
     of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person 
     if, not less frequently than every 180 days while the delay 
     is in effect--
       ``(A) the President certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that the

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     person is substantially reducing the number of significant 
     transactions described in subsection (a) in which that person 
     engages; or
       ``(B) except as provided in paragraph (2)--
       ``(i) the President certifies to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that the government with primary 
     jurisdiction over the person is substantially improving that 
     government's defense cooperation with the United States; and
       ``(ii) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
     jointly certify to the appropriate congressional committees, 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, 
     that the significant transaction described in subsection (a) 
     for which sanctions would otherwise be imposed does not--

       ``(I) endanger the integrity of any multilateral alliance 
     of which the United States is a part;
       ``(II) adversely affect ongoing operations of the Armed 
     Forces of the United States, including coalition operations 
     in which the Armed Forces of the United States participate; 
     or
       ``(III) significantly reduce the interoperability of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States with the military forces of 
     the country with primary jurisdiction over the person.

       ``(2) Exceptions for state sponsors of terrorism.--The 
     President may not delay the imposition of sanctions under 
     paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a person if the government 
     with primary jurisdiction over that person has been 
     determined by the Secretary of State to be a government that 
     has repeatedly provided support for acts of international 
     terrorism for purposes of--
       ``(A) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act 
     of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect 
     pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
     (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));
       ``(B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
       ``(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
     U.S.C. 2780(d)); or
       ``(D) any other provision of law.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress on License Exception Strategic Trade 
     Authorization for India.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should expeditiously grant India status 
     under the License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization 
     under section 740.20 of title 15, Code of Federal 
     Regulations, commensurate with the status of India as a major 
     defense partner of the United States.
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