S.Amdt. 2445

SA 2445. Mr. VAN HOLLEN submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2019 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 1269, add the following:
(e) Limitation Related to Purchase of S-400 System From
Russia.--
(1) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report with the
following information:
(i) A determination whether the Government of Turkey has
made payments towards the purchase of the S-400 system.
(ii) The number of S-400 systems the Government of Turkey
expects to purchase.
(iii) The anticipated delivery schedule for the S-400
system.
(iv) The total value of the S-400 systems the Government of
Turkey is expected to purchase, and how much of that will be
self-financed, financed by loans from Russia, or financed by
other sources.
(v) A description of the measures the President has taken
to prevent Turkey's purchase of the S-400 system and
encourage an alternative system.
(vi) An assessment of how the operation of the S-400 and F-
35 aircraft together would impact the security of the F-35
aircraft.
(B) Form.--The report required under this paragraph shall
be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a
classified annex as necessary.
(2) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the transfer of F-35s to Turkey shall be subject to
section 36 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776)
until the President certifies to the appropriate committees
of Congress that the Government of Turkey has withdrawn from
its agreement to purchase the Russian S-400 system.
(3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
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