[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4995-S4996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2688. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Van Hollen) 
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 A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. NONAPPLICABILITY OF A POLICY OF DENIAL FOR 
                   EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS, OR TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE 
                   ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES DESTINED FOR OR 
                   ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (d) and except as 
     provided in subsection (b), beginning on the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not apply 
     a policy of denial for exports, re-exports, or transfers of 
     defense articles and defense services destined for or 
     originating in the Republic of Cyprus if--
       (1) the request is made by or on behalf of the Government 
     of the Republic of Cyprus; and

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       (2) the end-user of such defense articles or defense 
     services is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
       (b) Exception.--The exclusion provided for in subsection 
     (a) shall not apply with respect to the application of a 
     policy of denial based upon credible human rights concerns.
       (c) Waiver.--The President may waive the exclusion provided 
     for in subsection (a) for a period of one fiscal year if the 
     President determines that it is essential to the national 
     security interests of the United States to do so.
       (d) Termination.--
       (1) In general.--The President may terminate the exclusion 
     provided for in subsection (a) for the 5-year period 
     beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and may renew such termination for 
     subsequent 5-year periods, if, prior to each such 5-year 
     period, the President submits to the appropriate committees 
     of Congress a certification that the Government of the 
     Republic of Cyprus is no longer--
       (A) cooperating with the United States Government in 
     efforts to implement reforms on anti-money laundering 
     regulations and financial regulatory oversight; and
       (B) denying Russian military vessels access to ports for 
     refueling and servicing.
       (2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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