[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 123 (Monday, July 29, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5554]
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  SA 3181. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Cardin) 
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. LIMITED EXCEPTION TO FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR 
                   FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES THAT HAVE COMMITTED A 
                   GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FEASIBILITY 
                   REPORT ON VETTING CERTAIN FOREIGN MILITARY 
                   UNITS FOR JOINT EXERCISES AND SUPPORT.

       (a) Limited Exception .--Section 362(b) of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``has taken all necessary 
     corrective steps,'' and inserting ``is taking effective steps 
     to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit 
     to justice,''.
       (b) Feasibility Report on Vetting of Foreign Military Units 
     for Joint Exercises and Support.--
       (1) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the application of the vetting requirements under 
     section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and section 620M 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d), with 
     respect to the participation in joint military exercises with 
     the United States Armed Forces of foreign military units of 
     countries that are not member countries of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization or Australia, Israel, Japan, Republic of 
     Korea, or New Zealand, is an important safeguard against the 
     provision of United States training to a unit that may be, or 
     may have been, involved in the commission of gross violations 
     of human rights to the detriment of United States foreign 
     policy and national security interests.
       (2) Report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report on--
       (i) the feasibility of vetting foreign military units 
     (except such units from member countries of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization and Australia, Israel, Japan, 
     Republic of Korea, and New Zealand) pursuant to section 362 
     of title 10, United States Code, before any such unit 
     participates in joint military exercises with the United 
     States or receives support under section 321 of that title 
     for such participation; and
       (ii) the resulting potential impact to military operations 
     if such vetting is required in the future.
       (B) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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