S.Amdt. 4238

SA 4238. 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1236. PROHIBITION ON ENTRY INTO CONTRACTS WITH ENTITIES
THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE VIOLATION BY THE
RUSSIAN FEDERATION OF THE INTERMEDIATE-RANGE
NUCLEAR FORCES TREATY.

(a) Prohibition.--
(1) In general.--No funds authorized to be appropriated or
otherwise made available for a department or agency of the
United States Government for a fiscal year after fiscal year
2016 may be used to enter into a contract with a person or
entity that the Secretary of State determines has materially
contributed to any violation of the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty by the Russian Federation during
the last calendar year ending before the calendar year in
which such fiscal year begins.
(2) Determinations.--Any determination made by the
Secretary for purposes of paragraph (1) shall be made in
connection with the preparation by the Secretary of the
annual report on arms control, nonproliferation, and
disarmament pursuant to section 403 of the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act (22 U.S.C. 2593a).
(b) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The President may waive the prohibition in
subsection (a)(1) with respect to entry into any particular
contract if the President determines that the waiver is in
the national security interest of the United States.
(2) Report.--The President shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on any waiver made under this
subsection.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
(2) The term ``Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
Treaty'' means the Treaty Between the United States of
America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the
Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range
Missiles, commonly referred to as the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed at Washington, December
8, 1987, and entered into force June 1, 1988.
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