[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 156 (Tuesday, September 27, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5699. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1276. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS UNDER SECTION 231 OF 
                   COUNTERING AMERICA'S ADVERSARIES THROUGH 
                   SANCTIONS ACT WITH RESPECT TO GOVERNMENT OF 
                   NICARAGUA.

       (a) Report Required.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting 
     through the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
     Department of State, and in coordination with the Director of 
     National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a report that 
     includes an assessment, conducted after consideration of the 
     report of the Defense Intelligence Agency entitled, ``Russia: 
     Defense Cooperation with Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela'' and 
     dated February 4, 2019, of whether the Government of 
     Nicaragua has engaged in transactions described in section 
     231(a) of the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
     Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525(a)) during the 5-year period 
     preceding submission of the report required by this 
     subsection.
       (2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (b) Imposition of Sanctions.--Notwithstanding 231(b) of the 
     Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 
     U.S.C. 9525(b)), the President shall impose 5 or more of the 
     sanctions described in section 235 of that Act with respect 
     to each transaction identified in the report required by 
     subsection (a).
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