[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8046]
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  SA 4529. Mr. RISCH 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE ARAB GAS 
                   PIPELINE.

       (a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for 
     fiscal year 2022 may be obligated or expended to implement 
     any activity relating to the construction, repair, 
     restoration, or assessment of the Arab Gas Pipeline.
       (b) Certification.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     application of subsection (a) if, not less than 30 days 
     before the date on which an activity described in that 
     subsection is proposed to commence, the Secretary of State 
     certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress in 
     writing that the implementation of the activity does not--
       (1) knowingly provide significant financial, material, or 
     technological support to, or involve knowingly engaging in a 
     significant transaction with--
       (A) the Government of Syria (including any entity owned or 
     controlled by the Government of Syria) or a senior political 
     figure of the Government of Syria;
       (B) a foreign person who is a military contractor 
     mercenary, a paramilitary force knowingly operating in a 
     military capacity inside Syria for, or on behalf of, the 
     Government of Syria, the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, or the Government of Iran;
       (C) a foreign person subject to sanctions pursuant to the 
     International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 
     et seq.) with respect to Syria or any other provision of law 
     that imposes sanctions with respect to Syria; or
       (2) knowingly involve the sale or provision of significant 
     goods, services, technology, information, or other forms of 
     support that significantly facilitate the maintenance, 
     repair, or expansion of the Government of Syria's domestic 
     production of natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products, 
     including pipelines that facilitate the transit of energy 
     into neighboring countries.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
       (1) details United States efforts to work with other 
     governments in the region to develop a plan for the 
     distribution of gas supplies to Lebanon in a manner that 
     reduces Lebanon's dependence on Iran;
       (2) assesses the extent to which alternatives to the Arab 
     Gas Pipeline were pursued and considered feasible;
       (3) includes a comprehensive overview of the key sources of 
     Lebanon's gas supply before 2020;
       (4) the response of the Administration to fuel from Iran 
     entering Lebanon, particularly amid reports that additional 
     vessels have departed Iran; and
       (5) a list of entities involved in the production and 
     transport of fuel from Syria to Lebanon in 2020 and 2021.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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