S.Amdt. 2498

SA 2498. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) and intended to be proposed 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 the end of subtitle A of title XII, add the
following:

SEC. 1208. FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING FOR ISRAEL.

(a)(1) In General .--Of the amount made available for each
of the fiscal years 2019 through 2028 for assistance under
the Foreign Military Financing program, not less than
$3,300,000,000 for each such fiscal year is authorized to be
made available on a grant basis for Israel.
(2) Disbursement of Funds.--Funds authorized to be made
available for Israel under paragraph (1) for each fiscal year
shall be disbursed not later than 30 days after the date of
the enactment of an Act making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing, and related programs for such
fiscal year, or October 31 of the year in which such fiscal
year begins, whichever date is later.
(3) Exclusion of Rescissions and Supplemental
Appropriations.--For purposes of this section, the
computation of amounts made available for a fiscal year shall
not take into account any amount rescinded by an Act or any
amount appropriated by an Act making supplemental
appropriations for a fiscal year.
(4) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall
restrict or otherwise prohibit the authorization of
appropriations, or the appropriation of funds, above the
amount specified in this subsection.
(b) Definitions.--In this section, the term ``Foreign
Military Financing program'' means the program authorized by
section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763).
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