[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5871]
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SA 6343. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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. REPORT ON ONGOING THREAT POSED BY ISIS.
(a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the United States should acknowledge the vital role
that the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is a United States
ally, have played in the fight to defeat ISIS and administer
territory previously controlled by ISIS;
(2) radicalization within the al-Hol camp provides fuel for
a potential resurgence of ISIS and poses a threat to the
region;
(3) Turkish military operations against the Syrian
Democratic Forces in Syria risk further destabilization and
threaten innocent civilians; and
(4) the United States should use its good offices to stop
Turkish shelling and other military operations in the
northeast region of Syria.
(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly provide a report to Congress
on the ongoing threat posed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq and the
administration's strategy for--
(1) supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces and preventing
an ISIS resurgence;
(2) responding to deteriorating conditions and
radicalization within the al-Hol camp;
(3) responding to shelling and other military operations by
Turkish forces in northeastern Syria against the Syrian
Democratic Forces; and
(4) protecting the gains made since 2014 in the fight
against ISIS.
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