S.Amdt. 2604

SA 2604. Mr. RUBIO 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 end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1226. REPORT ON USE BY GOVERNMENT OF IRAN OF COMMERCIAL
AIRCRAFT AND RELATED SERVICES FOR ILLICIT
ACTIVITIES.

(a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
President, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, the
Secretary of State, and the Director of National
Intelligence, shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report on the use by the Government of Iran of
commercial aircraft and related services for illicit
activities.
(b) Elements of Report.--The report required by subsection
(a) shall include a description of the extent to which--
(1) the Government of Iran is using commercial aircraft,
including aircraft of Iran Air, or related services to
transport illicit cargo to or from Iran, including military
goods, weapons, military personnel, military-related
electronic parts and mechanical equipment, or rocket or
missile components; and
(2) the commercial aviation sector of Iran, including Iran
Air, is providing financial, material, or technological
support to--
(A) the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps;
(B) Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics;
(C) the regime of Bashar al Assad in Syria;
(D) Hezbollah, Hamas, Kata'ib Hezbollah, or any other
organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization
under section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1189); or
(E) any entity on the list of specially designated
nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of
Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury.
(c) Termination.--This section shall terminate on the date
that is 30 days after the date on which the President
certifies to Congress that the Government of Iran has ceased
providing support for acts of international terrorism.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services, and the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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