[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 191 (Monday, November 1, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7542-S7543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4068. Mr. MERKLEY 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. REPORT ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN OCCUPIED 
                   WEST BANK.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a report that assesses the status of Israeli 
     settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following with respect to Israeli settlement 
     activity in the West Bank:
       (1) The number of permits, tenders, and housing starts 
     approved by the Government of Israel for settlement 
     construction and the locations concerned.
       (2) The number and locations of new outposts established 
     without the approval of the Government of Israel.
       (3) The number and locations of outposts established 
     without the approval of the Government of Israel that were 
     retroactively legalized.
       (4) An assessment of the impact of settlements and outposts 
     on--
       (A) the freedom of movement, livelihoods, and quality of 
     life of Palestinians; and
       (B) the potential for establishing in the future a viable 
     Palestinian state.
       (5) The number and locations of demolitions of homes, 
     businesses, or infrastructure owned by, or primarily serving, 
     Palestinians.
       (6) The number and locations of evictions of Palestinians 
     from their places of residence.
       (7) The number of permits issued for Palestinians in East 
     Jerusalem and the West Bank territory designated under the 
     Oslo Accords as ``Area C''.
       (8) A description of the level of financial expenditures by 
     the Government of Israel in Israeli settlements in the West 
     Bank.
       (9) An analysis of the impact any change in the matters 
     described in paragraphs (1) through (8) on would have on--
       (A) the diplomatic posture of the United States globally; 
     and

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       (B) the national security of the United States.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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