[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5662-S5663]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6108. Mr. THUNE 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:

        Strike section 1233 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1233. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF UKRAINE SECURITY 
                   ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.

       (a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--Subsection (a) of 
     section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1608) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(a) Authority To Provide Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--Amounts available for a fiscal year 
     under subsection (f) shall be available to the Secretary of 
     Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, to 
     provide, for the purposes described in paragraph (2), 
     appropriate security assistance and intelligence support, 
     including training, equipment, logistics support, supplies 
     and services, salaries and stipends, and sustainment to--
       ``(A) the military and national security forces of Ukraine; 
     and
       ``(B) other forces or groups recognized by, and under the 
     authority of, the Government of Ukraine, including 
     governmental entities within Ukraine, that are engaged in 
     resisting Russian aggression.
       ``(2) Purposes described.--The purposes described in this 
     paragraph are as follows:
       ``(A) To enhance the capabilities of the military and other 
     security forces of the Government of Ukraine to defend 
     against further aggression.
       ``(B) To assist Ukraine in developing the combat capability 
     to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
       ``(C) To replace, from the inventory of the United States, 
     weapons and articles provided to the Government of Ukraine.
       ``(D) To recover or dispose of equipment procured using 
     funds made available under this section.''.
       (b) Facilitation and Processing of Surrender and Defections 
     of Members of the Military Forces of the Russian 
     Federation.--
       (1) In general.--Of the funds available for fiscal year 
     2023 pursuant to subsection (f)(8), $50,000,000 shall be 
     available to assist the Government of Ukraine, and the 
     governments of other partner countries in Europe, in 
     facilitating and processing members of the military forces of 
     the Russian Federation who--
       (A) surrender in Ukraine; or
       (B) defect from the Russian Federation.

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       (2) Eligible activities.-- The funds provided under 
     paragraph (1) may be used for--
       (A) intelligence sharing among the United States, Ukraine, 
     and European partners with respect to surrenders and 
     defections by members of the military forces of the Russian 
     Federation;
       (B) information operations with respect to such surrenders 
     and defections;
       (C) the solicitation of such surrenders and defections, 
     with a priority for high-ranking officers of the military 
     forces of the Russian Federation; and
       (D) detention and security force operations relating to 
     such surrenders and defections.
       (3) Prohibited activities.--The funds provided under 
     paragraph (1) shall not be used for cash payments, transfer 
     of items of monetary value, or bribes.
       (c) United States Inventory and Other Sources.--Subsection 
     (d) of such section is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) Acceptance of returned equipment.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may accept 
     equipment procured under the authority of this section that 
     was transferred to the military or national security forces 
     of Ukraine or to other assisted entities and has been 
     returned by such forces to the United States.
       ``(B) Treatment as stocks of the department.--Equipment 
     procured under the authority of this section that has not 
     been transferred to the military or national security forces 
     of Ukraine or to other assisted entities, or that has been 
     returned by such forces or other assisted entities to the 
     United States, may, upon written notification by the 
     Secretary of Defense to the congressional defense committees, 
     be treated as stocks of the Department.''.
       (d) Funding.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) For fiscal year 2023, $850,000,000.''.
       (e) Notice to Congress; Reports.--Such section is further 
     amended--
       (1) by striking the second subsection (g);
       (2) by redesignating the first subsection (g) (as added by 
     section 1237(d) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328; 130 Stat. 2496)) and 
     subsection (h) as subsections (i) and (j), respectively; and
       (3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new 
     subsections (g) and (h):
       ``(g) Notice to Congress.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not less than 15 days before providing 
     assistance or support under this section (or if the Secretary 
     of Defense determines, on a case-by-case basis, that 
     extraordinary circumstances exist that impact the national 
     security of the United States, as far in advance as is 
     practicable), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a written notification of 
     the details of such assistance or support.
       ``(2) Support to other forces or groups.--Not less than 15 
     days before providing assistance or support under this 
     section to other forces or groups described in subsection 
     (a)(1)(B) (or if the Secretary of Defense determines, on a 
     case-by-case basis, that extraordinary circumstances exist 
     that impact the national security of the United States, as 
     far in advance as is practicable but not later than 48 hours 
     in advance) the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a written notification detailing the intended 
     recipient forces or groups, the command and control 
     relationship that each such entity has with the Government of 
     Ukraine, and the assistance or support to be provided.
       ``(h) Quarterly Reports.--Not less frequently than 
     quarterly, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report on the use of the 
     authority under this section.''.
       (f) Termination of Authority.--Subsection (i) of such 
     subsection, as redesignated, is amended by striking 
     ``December 31, 2024'' and inserting ``December 31, 2025''.
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