S.Amdt. 5556

SA 5556. Mr. PRYOR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 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:

On page 338, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

(e) Accountability for Equipment Provided Under Program.--

(1) In general.--Such section, as so amended, is further amended--

(A) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively;

(B) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection (d):

“(d) Accountability for Equipment Provided.--

“(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly establish procedures and guidelines for accountability for any equipment provided to a foreign country's national military forces under the program under subsection (a).

“(2) Elements.--The procedures and guidelines established under paragraph (1) shall--

“(A) ensure that any foreign military forces provided equipment under the program are informed of best practices in physical security and stockpile management with respect to such equipment;

“(B) ensure that an appropriate representative of the United States is notified when small arms and light weapons, ammunition, and sensitive defense articles, defense services, and technologies provided under the program are physically received by foreign military forces; and

“(C) ensure that the Department of Defense provides for the retention and maintenance of records or reports on equipment provided under the program in the same manner as prescribed in section 40A of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2785).

“(3) Guidance on compliance.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall take appropriate actions to provide guidance to the personnel of the Department of Defense and personnel of the Department of State who carry out activities under the program on the procedures and guidelines established under paragraph (1), including any procedures and guidelines established to meet the requirements of paragraph (2).”; and

(C) in subsection (g), as redesignated by paragraph (1) of this subsection, by striking “subsection (e)(3)” and inserting “subsection (f)(3)”.

(2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect six months after the date of the enactment of this Act.