S.Amdt. 1859

SA 1859. Mr. MENENDEZ 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, 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1274. ASSESSMENT OF THE MILITARY CAPABILITY OF THE
REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees an assessment of the military
capability of the Republic of Cyprus to defend against
threats to its national security, including threats posed by
hostile foreign governments and international terrorist
groups.
(b) Elements.--The assessment required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) An analysis of the effect on the national security of
Cyprus of the United States policy to deny applications for
licenses and other approvals for the export of defense
articles and defense services to the armed forces of Cyprus.
(2) An analysis of the extent to which such United States
policy is consistent with overall United States security and
policy objectives in the region.
(3) An assessment of the potential impact of lifting such
United States policy.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``appropriate
congressional committees'' means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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