[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 167. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 
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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. EXPIRATION OF SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN 
                   AUTHORITY.

       Section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2318(a)(1)) is amended, in the undesignated matter 
     following subparagraph (B), by inserting before the period at 
     the end the following: ``, provided that the authority for 
     any drawdown authorized under this paragraph shall expire on 
     the last day of the fiscal year of such authorization, after 
     which date no defense articles or equipment may be delivered 
     to a foreign country or international organization without 
     another authorization''.
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