S.Amdt. 1608

SA 1608. Mrs. ERNST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 686, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
``(e) Certification Required for Waiver or Exception.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary may not exercise the
waiver authority under subsection (b), and the exception
under subsection (c)(1) shall not apply, unless the Secretary
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that
the Government of the Russian Federation is no longer--
``(A) violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine; or
``(B) supporting entities that have illegally seized
property of the Government of Ukraine or territory of
Ukraine.
``(2) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In
this subsection, the term `appropriate congressional
committees' means--
``(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
``(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.''.

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