[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 123 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 899. Mr. RUBIO 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__. ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.

       Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense 
     Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375; 
     118 Stat. 2042) is amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
       ``(c) Limitation on Assignment of United States 
     Personnel.--
       ``(1) Defined term.--In this section, the term `covered 
     organization' means any foreign terrorist organization or 
     non-state armed group that--
       ``(A) promotes elicit economies;
       ``(B) employs violence to protect its interests;
       ``(C) has a military type structure, tactics, and weapons 
     that provide it the ability to carry out large-scale 
     violence;
       ``(D) challenges the security response capacity of 
     Colombia; and
       ``(E) has the capability to control territory.
       ``(2) Limitation.--None of the funding authorized to be 
     expended under subsection (a) may be provided to a current or 
     former member of--
       ``(A) a covered organization;
       ``(B) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); or
       ``(C) any affiliates of, or successor organizations to, 
     FARC.''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(i) Certification of Colombian Cooperation for a Unified 
     Counterdrug and Counterterrorism Campaign in Colombia.--Not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and 
     quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney 
     General, shall certify to the congressional defense 
     committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives that the Government of Colombia--
       ``(1) is in full compliance with Treaty of Extradition 
     Between the United States of America and the Republic of 
     Colombia, done at Washington September 14, 1979, with regard 
     to members of covered organizations;
       ``(2) is not undertaking joint exercises with, or hosting 
     military facilities of, the People's Liberation Army; and
       ``(3) is not allowing officials or agents of the Chinese 
     Communist Party or the People's Republic of China to 
     establish overseas police stations.
       ``(j) Effect of Non-certification.--Not later than 30 days 
     after the Secretary of Defense fails to submit a timely 
     certification to Congress in accordance with subsection (i), 
     the Secretary shall terminate all assistance authorized under 
     subsection (a).''.
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