S.Amdt. 61

SA 61. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 26 proposed by Ms. Mikulski (for herself and Mr. Shelby)
to the bill H.R. 933, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other departments and
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In title I of division F, insert after section 1114 the
following:
Sec. 1115. (a)(1) None of the amounts appropriated or
otherwise made available by this Act for military assistance
for Egypt under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2763; relating to the Foreign Military Financing
program), may be used to enter into a contract on or after
the date of enactment of this Act with the Government or
Armed Services of Egypt for the sale or transfer of
significant conventional defense articles, including F-16
attack aircraft, M1 tanks, and related defense technologies,
until 30 days after the President submits to Congress the
strategy required under subsection (b).
(2) Nothing in the section shall be construed to require
the violation of an existing defense contract with the
Government or Armed Forces of Egypt, or to prevent or disrupt
the production, transfer, or delivery of any defense article
or service to the Government or Armed Services of Egypt as
required by a contract concluded by the United States
Government or a United States person prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(b)(1) Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the President, in consultation with
the Government and Armed Services of Egypt, and with other
partners in the region, shall provide to Congress a report
detailing a comprehensive strategy for modernizing and
improving United States security cooperation with, and
assistance to, Egypt in order to prioritize and advance the
following national security objectives:
(A) The strategy shall seek to enhance the ability of the
Government of Egypt to detect, disrupt, dismantle, and defeat
al Qaeda, affiliated groups, and other terrorist
organizations, whether based in and operating from Egyptian
territory or elsewhere, and to counter terrorist ideology and
radicalization within Egypt.
(B) The strategy shall seek to improve and increase the
capacity of the Government of Egypt to prevent human
trafficking and the illicit movement of terrorists,
criminals, weapons, and other dangerous material across
Egypt's borders or administrative boundaries, especially
through tunnels and other illicit points of entry into Gaza.
(C) The strategy shall seek to improve the ability of the
Government of Egypt to conduct counterinsurgency and
counterterrorism operations in the Sinai as part of a
comprehensive civil-military strategy--
(i) to enforce the rule of law and the sovereign authority
of the Egyptian state;
(ii) to enhance security while protecting basic human
rights;
(iii) to advance economic development in the Sinai;
(iv) to deny safe haven to enemies of Egypt, the United
States, and our other partners in the region; and
(v) to maintain the Camp David Accords.
(D) The strategy shall seek to enhance the capacity of the
Egyptian Armed Services to gather, integrate, analyze, and
share intelligence, especially with regard to the threat
posed by terrorism and other illicit criminal activity, while
ensuring a proper respect and protection for the human rights
and civil liberties of Egypt's citizens.
(E) The strategy shall seek to encourage, reinforce, and
strengthen efforts by the Government of Egypt to reform its
internal security services, including police forces, and
justice sector with the purpose of maintaining public order
and security while ensuring protections for internationally-
recognized human rights, the rule of law, and equal access to
justice for all citizens and persons in Egypt.
(F) Any other objective that the President determines
necessary.
(2) The strategy required under paragraph (1) shall include
a detailed assessment of resources and amounts that will be
necessary to achieve each of the objectives enumerated in
such paragraph.
(3) The strategy required under paragraph (1) may also
include any recommended changes to the allocation of amounts
between Foreign Military Financing and Economic Support Funds
within overall United States assistance to Egypt and any
additional authorities that the President may determine
necessary to implement such strategy, including authorities
to shift money between foreign assistance accounts or between
Federal departments or agencies.
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