[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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