[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3554-S3555]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1047. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself and Mr. Risch) submitted an

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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 X, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. AMENDMENT TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE REWARDS PROGRAM.

       Section 36(b) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2708(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (13), by striking ``; or'' and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (14), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(15) the identification, location, arrest, or conviction 
     of any person that--
       ``(A) knowingly, directly or indirectly, imports, exports, 
     or reexports to, into, or from any country any good, service, 
     or technology controlled for export by the United States 
     because of the use of such good, service, or technology in 
     contravention of a sanction imposed by the United States, 
     resulting in a criminal violation; or
       ``(B) knowingly, directly or indirectly, provides training, 
     advice, or other services or assistance, or engages in 
     significant financial transactions, relating to any such 
     good, service, or technology in contravention of such 
     sanction, resulting in a criminal violation.''.
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