S.Amdt. 2562

SA 2562. Mr. CARDIN 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 subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON HONDURAS, GUATEMALA, AND EL SALVADOR.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act,

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the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director
of National Intelligence, shall submit to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives a report regarding narcotics trafficking
corruption and illicit campaign finance in Honduras,
Guatemala, and El Salvador.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) the names of senior government officials in Honduras,
Guatemala, and El Salvador who are known to have committed or
facilitated acts of grand corruption or narcotics
trafficking;
(2) the names of elected officials in Honduras, Guatemala,
and El Salvador who are known to have received campaign funds
that are the proceeds of narco-trafficking or other illicit
activities in the last 2 years; and
(3) the names of individuals in Honduras, Guatemala, and El
Salvador who are known to have facilitated the financing of
political campaigns in any of the Northern Triangle countries
with the proceeds of narco-trafficking or other illicit
activities in the last 2 years.
(c) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall
be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a
classified annex.
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