[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3668]
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  SA 648. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 1234 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1234. MODIFICATION AND 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 1246 of the John S. McCain 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
     (Public Law 115-232), is further amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
     (1), by striking ``in coordination with the Secretary of 
     State'' and inserting ``with the concurrence of the Secretary 
     of State'';
       (2) in subsection (b)--
       (A) by amending paragraph (11) to read as follows:
       ``(11) Air defense and coastal defense radars, and systems 
     to support effective command and control and integration of 
     air defense and coastal defense capabilities.'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15) as paragraphs 
     (15) and (16), respectively;
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following new 
     paragraph (14):
       ``(14) Coastal defense and anti-ship missile systems.''; 
     and
       (D) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by striking 
     ``paragraphs (1) through (13)'' and inserting ``paragraphs 
     (1) through (14)'';
       (3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (5) to read as 
     follows:
       ``(5) Lethal assistance.--Of the funds available for fiscal 
     year 2020 pursuant to subsection (f)(5), $100,000,000 shall 
     be available only for lethal assistance described in 
     paragraphs (2), (3), (11), (12), and (14) of subsection 
     (b).'';
       (4) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following 
     new paragraph:
       ``(5) For fiscal year 2020, $300,000,000.'';
       (5) in subsection (h), by striking ``December 31, 2021'' 
     and inserting ``December 31, 2022'';
       (6) by redesignating the second subsection (g) as 
     subsection (i); and
       (7) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(j) Report on Capability and Capacity Requirements.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of 
     Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall 
     submit a report to the congressional defense committees on 
     the capability and capacity requirements of the military 
     forces of Ukraine.
       ``(2) Matters to be included.--The report under paragraph 
     (1) shall include the following:
       ``(A) An identification of the capability gaps and capacity 
     shortfalls of the military of Ukraine.
       ``(B) An assessment of the relative priority assigned by 
     the Government of Ukraine to addressing such capability gaps 
     and capacity shortfalls.
       ``(C) An assessment of the capability gaps and capacity 
     shortfalls that--
       ``(i) may be addressed in a timely and efficient manner by 
     unilateral efforts of the Government of Ukraine; and
       ``(ii) are unlikely to be sufficiently addressed solely 
     through unilateral efforts.
       ``(D) An assessment of the capability gaps and capacity 
     shortfalls that may be addressed by the Ukraine Security 
     Assistance Initiative in a timely and efficient manner.
       ``(E) A plan to provide the necessary resources for the 
     Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in fiscal years 2020, 
     2021, and 2022 to meet the most critical capability gaps and 
     capacity shortfalls of the military forces of Ukraine.''.
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