[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 198 (Tuesday, December 20, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S9643]
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  SA 6575. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Whitehouse) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 6552 proposed by Mr. 
Leahy to the bill H.R. 2617, to amend section 1115 of title 31, United 
States Code, to amend the description of how performance goals are 
achieved, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

        On page 1857, after line 23, add the following:
       Sec. 1708. (a) The Attorney General may transfer to the 
     Secretary of State the proceeds of any covered forfeited 
     property for use by the Secretary of State to provide 
     assistance to Ukraine to remediate the harms of Russian 
     aggression towards Ukraine. Any such transfer shall be 
     considered foreign assistance under the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), including for purposes 
     of making available the administrative authorities and 
     implementing the reporting requirements contained in that 
     Act.
       (b) The Attorney General, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of State, shall 
     provide a semiannual report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees on any transfers made pursuant to subsection (a).
       (c) In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (C) the Committee on Finance of the Senate;
       (D) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate;
       (E) the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (G) the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (H) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The term ``covered forfeited property'' means property 
     forfeited under chapter 46 or section 1963 of title 18, 
     United States Code, which property belonged to, was possessed 
     by, or was controlled by a person subject to sanctions and 
     designated by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary 
     of State, or which property was involved in an act in 
     violation of sanctions enacted pursuant to Executive Order 
     14024, and as expanded by Executive Order 14066 of March 8, 
     2022, and relied on for additional steps taken in Executive 
     Order 14039 of August 20, 2021, and Executive Order 14068 of 
     March 11, 2022.
       (d) The authority under this section shall apply to any 
     covered forfeited property forfeited on or before May 1, 
     2025.
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