[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 16, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S754]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
        Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hyde-
        Smith, Mr. Sullivan, and Mr. Braun):
  S. 3657. A bill to require the Director of National Intelligence to 
provide notification to Congress of abandoned United States military 
equipment used in terrorist attacks; to the Select Committee on 
Intelligence.
  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be 
printed in the Record, as follows:

                                S. 3657

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. NOTIFICATION OF ABANDONED UNITED STATES MILITARY 
                   EQUIPMENT USED IN TERRORIST ATTACKS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after any element 
     of the intelligence community (as defined in section 3 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)) determines 
     that United States military equipment abandoned or otherwise 
     left unsecured in Afghanistan, Iraq, or Syria has been used 
     in a terrorist attack against the United States, allies or 
     partners of the United States, or local populations, the 
     Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a written notification of 
     such determination that includes any known details relating 
     to--
       (1) the equipment used in the attack;
       (2) the date on which, and the location from which, the 
     equipment left United States custody;
       (3) attribution for the orchestrators of the attack; and
       (4) the total number of deaths and casualties caused by the 
     attack.
       (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee 
     on Intelligence, and the Subcommittee on Defense of the 
     Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select 
     Committee on Intelligence, and the Subcommittee on Defense of 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
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