[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3539]
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SA 1031. Mr. SANDERS 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, insert the following:
SEC. ___. CONDITION ON PROVISION OF FOREIGN MILITARY
FINANCING TO ISRAEL.
On the date that is one year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, $3,300,000,000 in foreign military
financing for Israel, excluding missile defense programs,
shall be unavailable for such purpose unless the Secretary of
State certifies that the Government of Israel is taking
sustained and effective steps to halt all tenders for
settlement construction and cease construction and expansion
of Israeli-controlled settlements outside Israel's
international-recognized borders.
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