S.Amdt. 4331

SA 4331. Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. Lee) 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 section 1221, add the following:
(c) Limitation on Use of Funds for Lethal Arms for the
Vetted Syrian Opposition.--
(1) Limitation.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated by
this Act may not be expended for procuring or transferring
lethal arms to the vetted Syrian opposition until the
Secretary of Defense determines, and certifies in writing,
that such arms are not being transferred to individuals or
groups who are allied, working with, or otherwise associated
with Al Qaeda and its affiliates, Al Nusrah, the Islamic
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or other terrorists
groups identified by the United States Government.
(2) Consultation in determination.--In making a
determination for purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary of
Defense shall consult with the Secretary of State, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the elements of the
intelligence community.
(3) Waiver authority.--The President may waive the
limitation in paragraph (1) with respect to the procurement
or transfer of lethal arms if the President determines that
the transfer of such arms is in the national security
interests of the United States.
(4) Provision to congress.--The President shall provide
each waiver under paragraph (3), and an unclassified summary
thereof, to--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.
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