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S.Amdt. 1575Senate111th Congress (2009-2011)

S.Amdt. 1575

What it does: Adds SEC. 1232. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Sponsored by Mike Johanns Sen. Mike Johanns (R-NE)
Submitted July 16, 2009

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  1. Adds SEC. 1232. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN at the end of subtitle C of title XII

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    (D) providing a comprehensive assessment of how the performance of the particular measure of progress hinders or enhances the overall performance toward achieving strategic objectives of the United States in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

    Inserted: SEC. 1232. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.

    Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a report on the domestic electronic surveillance capabilities of the Government of Iran that includes--

    Inserted: (1) an identification of the five persons that supply the most electronic surveillance equipment to the Government of Iran and the location of any global headquarters of each such person;

    Inserted: (2) an estimate of the value of the sales of such equipment by each such person in the year preceding the submittal of the report;

    Inserted: (3) an estimate of the annual value of such sales during previous years;

    Inserted: (4) a description of any actions taken by the United States to discourage such sales; and

    Inserted: (5) an identification of any contracts entered into with such persons by the Federal Government.

    Inserted: (b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

    Inserted: (c) Person Defined.--In this section, the term "person" means--

    Inserted: (1) a natural person;

    Inserted: (2) a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group;

    Inserted: (3) any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise; and

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    Inserted: (4) any successor to any entity described in paragraph (2) or (3).

    Original wording

    At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

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SA 1575. Mr. JOHANNS (for himself and Mr. Bond) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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. 1232. REPORT ON ELECTRONIC SURVEILLANCE CAPABILITIES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, and the Director of National Intelligence, shall submit to Congress a report on the domestic electronic surveillance capabilities of the Government of Iran that includes--

(1) an identification of the five persons that supply the most electronic surveillance equipment to the Government of Iran and the location of any global headquarters of each such person;

(2) an estimate of the value of the sales of such equipment by each such person in the year preceding the submittal of the report;

(3) an estimate of the annual value of such sales during previous years;

(4) a description of any actions taken by the United States to discourage such sales; and

(5) an identification of any contracts entered into with such persons by the Federal Government.

(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.

(c) Person Defined.--In this section, the term “person” means--

(1) a natural person;

(2) a corporation, business association, partnership, society, trust, or any other nongovernmental entity, organization, or group;

(3) any governmental entity operating as a business enterprise; and

(4) any successor to any entity described in paragraph (2) or (3).

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July 16, 2009