[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5709]
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  SA 6178. Mr. MERKLEY 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. GUIDANCE ON INVESTIGATIONS OF USE OF UNITED 
                   STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES IN YEMEN.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop specific 
     guidance for investigating any indications that United 
     States-origin defense articles have been used in Yemen by the 
     Saudi-led coalition in substantial violation of relevant 
     agreements with countries participating in the coalition, 
     including for unauthorized purposes.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     on--
       (A) the guidance developed under subsection (a); and
       (B) all current information on each of the certification 
     elements required by section 1290 of the John S. McCain 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 
     (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2081).
       (2) Form.--The report required by this paragraph (1) shall 
     be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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