[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8049]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4535. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Markey) 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 SUPPORT OR MILITARY PARTICIPATION 
                   IN SAUDI-LED OPERATIONS IN YEMEN.

       (a) Prohibition on Support.--None of the funds authorized 
     to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act 
     may be made available to provide the following forms of 
     United States support to the Saudi-led coalition's operations 
     in Yemen:
       (1) Sharing intelligence for the purpose of enabling 
     offensive coalition strikes.
       (2) Providing logistical support for coalition strikes that 
     prolong and deepen the conflict in Yemen, including by 
     providing maintenance or transferring spare parts to 
     coalition members flying warplanes engaged in military 
     strikes in Yemen.
       (b) Prohibition on Military Participation.--None of the 
     funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be made available for any civilian 
     or military personnel of the Department of Defense to 
     command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or 
     accompany the regular or irregular military forces of the 
     Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led coalition forces in Yemen 
     or in situations in which there exists an imminent threat 
     that such coalition forces become engaged in such 
     hostilities, unless and until the President has obtained 
     specific statutory authorization, in accordance with section 
     8(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)).
       (c) Rule of Construction.--The prohibitions under this 
     section may not be construed to apply with respect to United 
     States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at al 
     Qaeda or associated forces.
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