[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4637-S4638]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2278. Mr. PAUL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2025 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1239. REPORT AND STRATEGY FOR UNITED STATES INVOLVEMENT 
                   IN UKRAINE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, 
     shall develop and submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report that contains a strategy for United States 
     involvement in Ukraine.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) define the United States national interests at stake 
     with respect to the conflict between the Russian Federation 
     and Ukraine;
       (2) identify specific objectives the President believes 
     must be achieved in Ukraine in order to protect the United 
     States national interests defined in paragraph (1), and for 
     each objective--
       (A) an estimate of the amount of time required to achieve 
     the objective, with an explanation;
       (B) benchmarks to be used by the President to determine 
     whether an objective has been met, is in the progress of 
     being met, or cannot be met in the time estimated to be 
     required in subparagraph (A); and
       (C) estimates of the amount of resources, including United 
     States personnel, materiel, and funding, required to achieve 
     the objective; and
       (3) list the expected contribution for security assistance 
     made by European member countries of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization within the next fiscal year.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.

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       (d) Briefing.--Not later than 45 days after the date of the 
     submission of the report required by subsection (a), the 
     Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall provide 
     to the appropriate committees of Congress, and other Members 
     of Congress that wish to participate, a briefing on the 
     United States strategy with respect to Ukraine and plans for 
     the implementation of such strategy.
       (e) Limitation on Funds.--None of the amounts authorized to 
     be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act, the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 
     (Public Law 188-31), or the Ukraine Security Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B of Public Law 118-25) 
     may be made available for Ukraine until the report required 
     by subsection (a) is submitted to the appropriate committees 
     Congress and the briefing required by subsection (d) is held.
       (f) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives.
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