S.Amdt. 2680

SA 2680. 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1226. REPORT ON NON-DEFENSE AND NON-HUMANITARIAN
ASSISTANCE IN SYRIA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the
Administrator for the United States Agency for International
Development shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report on the status of non-defense and non-
humanitarian United States assistance in Syria.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include the following elements:
(1) A statement of United States objectives, and any recent
changes to objectives, for non-defense and non-humanitarian
assistance in Syria.
(2) A statement of United States policy regarding the
intent of the United States Government with respect to
assistance for the activities and mission of the White
Helmets in Syria.
(3) A list of non-defense and non-humanitarian programs and
summary of activities funded by United States assistance in
Syria for the last three fiscal years.
(4) A list of non-defense and non-humanitarian programs and
summary of activities in Syria terminating in the current
fiscal year, the anticipated timeline for closure, and a
summary of the discussions with donors and beneficiaries
regarding the drawdown of United States assistance and
closure of United States programs and activities.
(5) A discussion of possible impacts of closure of non-
defense and non-humanitarian United States assistance in
northwest and northeast Syria, including--
(A) countering violent extremism;
(B) employment and unemployment of Syrians;
(C) security in local Syrian communities, including support
to moderate armed opposition;
(D) self-governance in liberated areas;
(E) refugee-hosting countries; and
(F) implications of withdrawal of non-humanitarian and non-
defense United States assistance on plans and activities of
other donors.
(c) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) may be
submitted in classified form, but shall include an
unclassified annex.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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