[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5647]
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  SA 6092. 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1276. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
     the Treasury, shall provide to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on military assistance and arms sales 
     supplied to South Sudan by any foreign government or private 
     military entity headquartered or registered in any country.
       (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of all known bilateral agreements between 
     South Sudan and foreign governments since 2011, including 
     agreements regarding military and technical cooperation, arms 
     sales, and natural resource exploration for extraction 
     purposes.
       (2) An analysis of direct or indirect military support to 
     South Sudan or non-state armed groups in South Sudan by a 
     foreign government or a private military entity headquartered 
     or registered in a foreign country, including a description 
     of the types of support and an estimate of the monetary value 
     of such support.
       (3) A description of arms sales or deliveries to South 
     Sudan within the previous calendar year and an analysis of 
     the extent to which such arms sales violate the arms embargo.
       (4) An analysis of efforts by South Sudan through direct 
     and indirect lobbying and misinformation to undermine or 
     evade the arms embargo.
       (5) An analysis of how foreign arms sales to the 
     Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity 
     (RTGoNU) of South Sudan and non-state armed groups impact 
     human rights and the peace and security in South Sudan, 
     including the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on 
     the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan 
     (R-ARCSS), signed on September 12, 2018, by the government 
     and main opposition parties of South Sudan.
       (6) A plan for the United States Government to monitor, 
     report, and counteract efforts by South Sudan, any foreign 
     government, and any private military entity headquartered or 
     registered in a country other than South Sudan to evade the 
     arms embargo, including export controls.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Arms embargo.--The term ``arms embargo'' means the arms 
     embargo imposed on the Republic of South Sudan by the United 
     Nations Security Council.
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