[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5899. Mr. RISCH 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 A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1214. PRIORITIZING DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES 
                   TO UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--During fiscal years 2023 through 2024, the 
     delivery of excess defense articles to Ukraine should be 
     given the same priority as that given other countries and 
     regions under section 516(c)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(c)(2)).
       (b) Notification.--Notwithstanding section 516(f) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)), during 
     fiscal years 2023 through 2024, the delivery of excess 
     defense articles to Ukraine shall be subject to a 15-day 
     notification requirement, unless, in the event of a 
     notification under section 516(f)(1), the President certifies 
     to the appropriate congressional committees that an emergency 
     exists that necessitates the immediate transfer of the 
     article. If the President states in his notice that an 
     emergency exists which requires the proposed transfer in the 
     national security interest of the United States, thus waiving 
     the congressional review requirements of this subsection, the 
     President shall set forth in the notification a detailed 
     justification for his determination, including a description 
     of the emergency circumstances which necessitate the 
     immediate issuance of the letter of offer and a discussion of 
     the national security interests involved.
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