[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2855]
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  SA 739. Mr. MERKLEY 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1282. 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 congressional committees a report 
     on--
       (A) the guidance developed pursuant to 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 subsection shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex if necessary.
       (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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