S.Amdt. 2683

SA 2683. 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1257. REPORT ON ARMS EMBARGO ON CYPRUS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report on the current impact of
the United States arms embargo on the Republic of Cyprus.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A list of items that have been requested by Cyprus from
the United States, but have been denied under the arms
embargo referred to in such subsection.
(2) An analysis of the impact that lifting the arms embargo
would have on United States interests related to the island
of Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean region.
(3) An analysis of how the arms embargo is being complied
with in areas controlled by Cyprus, and in occupied northern
Cyprus, and whether any party has violated the letter or
spirit of the arms embargo.
(4) An analysis of how the arms embargo against Cyprus
impacts the ability of the United States and its partners to
combat threats in the Mediterranean region.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate.
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