S.Amdt. 2678

SA 2678. 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 end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1239. REPORT ON SECTION 231 OF THE COUNTERING RUSSIAN
INFLUENCE IN EUROPE AND EURASIA ACT OF 2017.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a baseline report that
describes those persons that the President has determined
under section 231 of the Countering Russian Influence in
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525) have
knowingly engaged, on or after August 2, 2017, in a
significant transaction with a person that is part of, or
operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence
sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, as
defined in guidance required under subsection (d) of that
section.
(b) Updates.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act and every 30 days thereafter, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees an update to the report required by subsection
(a).
(c) Elements.--Each report required by subsection (a) or
(b) shall contain the following:
(1) A list of persons that the President has determined
under section 231 of the Countering Russian Influence in
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525) have
knowingly engaged, on or after August 2, 2017, in a
significant transaction with a person that is part of, or
operates for or on behalf of, the

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defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the
Russian Federation, as defined in guidance required under
subsection (d) of that section.
(2) A year-by-year and country-by-country description of
purchases from persons described in paragraph (1), dating
back to August 2, 2012.
(3) A description of the significant transactions described
in subsection (a), including, for each such transaction,
types of material and equipment involved, the monetary value
of the transaction, and the duration of any contract
involved.
(4) A description of the diplomatic efforts by the United
States to persuade persons to no longer conduct significant
transactions with persons that are part of, or operate for or
on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the
Government of the Russian Federation, as defined in guidance
required under subsection (d) of such section 231.
(5) A description of significant transactions with persons
that are part of, or operate for or on behalf of, the defense
or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian
Federation that the United States was able to persuade,
through diplomatic efforts, persons not to pursue, including
a description of each such transaction and the monetary value
of the transaction.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
has the meaning given that term in section 221 of the
Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of
2017 (22 U.S.C. 9521).
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