[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 199 (Wednesday, December 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S10006]
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       SA 6596. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse, and Mr. Bennet) 
     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) Not later than 15 days after any transfers made 
          pursuant to subsection (a), the Attorney General, in 
          consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
          Secretary of State, shall submit a report describing such 
          transfers to the appropriate congressional committees.
            (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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 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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