S.Amdt. 2423
What it does: Adds SEC. 1220. REPORT ON RELOCATION PLAN FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1220. REPORT ON RELOCATION PLAN FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should seek not to commence any new long-term nation building or large-scale infrastructure development project in Afghanistan after 2014.
Inserted: SEC. 1220. REPORT ON RELOCATION PLAN FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General shall jointly submit to the specified congressional committees a report on the current situation at Camp Liberty, Iraq, and provide a strategy on the relocation of camp residents to other countries.
Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
Inserted: (1) Information on how many residents are still located at Camp Liberty.
Inserted: (2) A description of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) refugee process, the degree of resident cooperation with the process, and when the process is expected to be completed.
Inserted: (3) Information on how many residents have been given refugee status.
Inserted: (4) Information on how many residents have been relocated, and to which countries.
Inserted: (5) A detailed description of the current living conditions, including the security situation, disposition of security resources, and decisions by camp residents on how to use those resources.
Inserted: (6) Information on those countries that would be willing and able to take residents.
Inserted: (7) A relocation plan, including the following:
Inserted: (A) A detailed outline of the steps that would need to be taken by the United States, the UNHCR, and the camp residents to potentially relocate some residents to the United States.
Inserted: (B) A detailed outline of the steps that would need to be taken by the recipient countries, the UNHCR, and the camp residents to relocate the residents to other countries.
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Inserted: (c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term "specified congressional committees" means--
Inserted: (1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Judiciary of the Senate; and
Inserted: (2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2423. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1220. REPORT ON RELOCATION PLAN FOR RESIDENTS OF CAMP LIBERTY, IRAQ.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General shall jointly submit to the specified congressional committees a report on the current situation at Camp Liberty, Iraq, and provide a strategy on the relocation of camp residents to other countries.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(1) Information on how many residents are still located at Camp Liberty.
(2) A description of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) refugee process, the degree of resident cooperation with the process, and when the process is expected to be completed.
(3) Information on how many residents have been given refugee status.
(4) Information on how many residents have been relocated, and to which countries.
(5) A detailed description of the current living conditions, including the security situation, disposition of security resources, and decisions by camp residents on how to use those resources.
(6) Information on those countries that would be willing and able to take residents.
(7) A relocation plan, including the following:
(A) A detailed outline of the steps that would need to be taken by the United States, the UNHCR, and the camp residents to potentially relocate some residents to the United States.
(B) A detailed outline of the steps that would need to be taken by the recipient countries, the UNHCR, and the camp residents to relocate the residents to other countries.
(c) Specified Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, the term “specified congressional committees” means--
(1) the Committees on Foreign Relations, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Judiciary of the Senate; and
(2) the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Homeland Security, and Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 20, 2013