[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3958. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. 
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON UKRAINIAN CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER AIR 
                   BASED THREATS.

       (a) Report Required.--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 committees of Congress a report on the 
     capabilities of Ukraine to counter air based threats.
       (b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the risk to the armed forces of 
     Ukraine posed by aerial threats, including current threats 
     from weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles and missile and 
     rocket attacks.
       (2) Current defensive capabilities of Ukraine to counter 
     the threats described in paragraph (1) and assessed gaps in 
     capabilities to address such threats.
       (3) Current efforts to build the defensive capabilities of 
     Ukraine, an assessment of potential options for additional 
     United States security assistance to address shortfalls 
     identified in subparagraph (2), and any considerations with 
     regard to absorption capacity, maintenance, and sustainment.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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