[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3474]
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SA 2008. Mr. RISCH (for himself and Mr. Menendez) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4049, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2021 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 section 172, add the following:
(b) Imposition of CAATSA Section 231 Sanctions Against
Turkey.--
(1) Treatment of purchase of s-400 air and missile defense
system as sanctionable transaction.--For the purposes of
section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525), Turkey's acquisition of the
S-400 air defense system from the Russian Federation
beginning July 12, 2019, shall be considered to be a
significant transaction described in that section.
(2) Imposition of sanctions.--Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall,
in accordance with section 231 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525), impose 5
or more of the sanctions described in section 235 of that Act
(22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect to each person that knowingly
engaged in the acquisition of the S-400 air defense system
from the Russian Federation referred to in paragraph (1).
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