S.Amdt. 4107

SA 4107. Mr. PERDUE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1227. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE REPORT ON COOPERATION
BETWEEN IRAN AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

(a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to Congress a report
on cooperation between Iran and the Russian Federation and
how and to what extent such cooperation affects United States
national security and strategic interests.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
(1) A description of how and to what extent the Governments
of Iran and the Russian Federation cooperate on matters
relating to Iran's space program, including how and to what
extent such cooperation strengthens Iran's ballistic missile
program.
(2) A description of how and to what extent Iran's
interests and actions and the Russian Federation's interests
and actions overlap with respect to Latin America.
(3) A description and analysis of the intelligence-sharing
center established by Iran, the Russian Federation, and Syria
in Baghdad, Iraq and whether such center is being used for
purposes other than the purposes of the joint mission of such
countries in Syria.
(4) A description and analysis of--
(A) naval cooperation between Iran and the Russian
Federation, including joint naval exercises between the two
countries; and
(B) the implications of--
(i) an increased Russian Federation naval presence in the
Eastern Mediterranean; and
(ii) an Iranian naval presence in the Persian Gulf.
(5) A description of the increased cooperation between Iran
and the Russian Federation since the start of the current
conflict in Syria.
(6) A description of the steps Iran has taken to adopt the
Russian Federation model of hybrid warfare against potential
targets such as Gulf Cooperation Council states with sizeable
Shiite populations.
(7) An assessment of the extent of Russian Federation
cooperation with Hezbollah in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq,
including cooperation with respect to training and equipping
and joint operations.
(8) A description of the weapons that have been provided by
the Russian Federation to Iran that have violated relevant
United Nations Security Council resolutions imposing an arms
embargo on Iran.
(c) Submission Period.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall be submitted not later than 120 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, for
such period of time as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
remains in effect.
(d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(e) Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Defined.--In this
section , the term ``Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action''
means the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action signed at Vienna
on July 14, 2015, by Iran and by France, Germany, the Russian
Federation, the People's Republic of China, the United
Kingdom, and the United States.
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