[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3003]
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  SA 819. Mr. RISCH 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. REPORT ON ACTIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA 
                   THAT THREATEN UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   INTERESTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the heads of 
     other relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress a report containing 
     an assessment of the extent to which the foreign policy of 
     the Republic of South Africa threatens United States national 
     security interests, including as such foreign policy relates 
     to--
       (1) strategic military and economic engagement by the 
     Republic of South Africa with the Russian Federation and 
     People's Republic of China;
       (2) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa, and 
     actions of officials of the Republic of South Africa, to 
     support, directly and indirectly, the Russian Federation in 
     its war in Ukraine;
       (3) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa to evade 
     or enforce United States sanctions on Specially Designated 
     Nationals conducting activities and transactions in the 
     Republic of South Africa;
       (4) actions taken by the Republic of South Africa to build 
     alliances against the national interests of the United States 
     with malign actors such as Iran, Cuba, and Venezuela;
       (5) the scope and scale of financial and other forms of 
     public corruption to support strategic alliances with malign 
     actors; and
       (6) the security and stability of the southern Africa 
     region.
       (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in classified form and shall include an 
     unclassified summary.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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