S.Amdt. 2679

SA 2679. 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. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS
WITH RESPECT TO DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE
SECTORS OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

It is the sense of Congress that the President--
(1) should acknowledge that the defense and intelligence
sectors of the Russian Federation attacked the United States
democratic process in 2016 and continue such activity to this
day;
(2) should reiterate that the purpose of section 231 of the
Countering Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of
2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525) is to target those sectors with
sanctions until the Government of the Russian Federation has
made significant efforts to reduce the number and intensity
of cyber intrusions conducted by that Government;
(3) should fully implement all mandatory provisions of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
(Public Law 115-144; 131 Stat. 866);
(4) should use the leverage provided in such section 231 to
ensure that persons substantially reduce 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; and
(5) as provided for in subsection (c) of such section, may
delay the imposition of sanctions under subsection (a) of
such section with respect to a person if the President
certifies to the appropriate congressional committees (as
defined in section 221 of the Countering Russian Influence in
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9521)), not less
frequently than every 180 days while the delay is in effect,
that the person is substantially reducing the number of
significant transactions described in subsection (a) of such
section 231 in which that person engages.
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