[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4838-S4839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2510. Mr. RUBIO 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 appropriate place in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. ECUADOR DEFENSE AND EXTRADITION ENHANCEMENT.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Ecuador Defense and Extradition Enhancement Act''.
       (b) Updating the United States-Ecuador Extradition 
     Treaty.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (ii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (B) United states-ecuador extradition treaty.--The term 
     ``United States-Ecuador Extradition Treaty'' means--
       (i) the Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
     Republic of Ecuador Related to Extradition, concluded at 
     Quito June 28, 1872; and
       (ii) the Supplementary Extradition Treaty Between the 
     United States of America and Ecuador, signed at Quito 
     September 22, 1939.
       (2) Treaty negotiations.--The President shall begin 
     negotiations with the Government of Ecuador to update the 
     United States-Ecuador Extradition Treaty.
       (3) Notification upon commencement of negotiations.--Not 
     later than 15 days before the commencement of negotiations 
     between the Government of the United States and the 
     Government of Ecuador to update the United States-Ecuador 
     Extradition Treaty, the President shall submit written 
     notification

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     to the appropriate congressional committees of such 
     commencement.
       (4) Consultations during negotiations.--During the course 
     of the negotiations referred to in paragraph (3), the 
     Secretary of State shall--
       (A) meet, upon request, with the chairman or ranking member 
     of either of the appropriate congressional committees 
     regarding negotiation objectives and the status of such 
     negotiations; and
       (B) closely consult with the appropriate congressional 
     committees, on a timely basis, and keep the appropriate 
     congressional committees fully apprised of the status of such 
     negotiations.
       (5) Briefings.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     commencement of negotiations to update the United States-
     Ecuador Extradition Treaty, and every 180 days thereafter 
     until the conclusion of such negotiations, the President 
     shall provide a briefing to the appropriate congressional 
     committees, consisting of an update on the status of 
     negotiations, including a description of the elements under 
     negotiation.
       (c) Transfer of Excess Defense Articles to Ecuador.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than October 31, 2024 and 
     October 31, 2025, respectively, the Secretary of Defense, 
     with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit 
     a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, the Committee 
     on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the 
     Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
     that describes--
       (A) Ecuador's defense needs for the fiscal year in which 
     such report is submitted; and
       (B) how the United States intends to address such needs 
     through transfers of excess defense articles to Ecuador under 
     section 516 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321j) during such fiscal year.
       (2) Minimum amounts.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     cooperation with the Secretary of State, shall set aside for 
     the Government of Ecuador, in accordance with the report 
     submitted pursuant to paragraph (1), during the period 
     beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending 
     on October 31, 2025--
       (A) excess defense articles valued at not less than 
     $200,000,000;
       (B) not less than $30,000,000 in foreign assistance through 
     the International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement 
     (INCLE) account;
       (C) not less than $10,000,000 in foreign assistance through 
     the Foreign Military Financing Program; and
       (D) not less than $1,200,000 in foreign assistance for 
     International Military Education and Training Program.
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