S.Amdt. 2691

SA 2691. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr.
Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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:

Strike section 1233 and insert the following:

SEC. 1233. EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY ASSISTANCE
INITIATIVE.

Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1068), as most
recently amended by section 1234 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91),
is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(4) To assist Ukraine in improving the level of
interoperability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization.'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking paragraph (8);
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (9) through (15) as
paragraphs (8) through (14), respectively; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(15) Training and other support designed to enhance the
air defense capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
``(16) Training required to maintain and employ systems and
capabilities described in paragraphs (1) through (15).'';
(3) in subsection (c)--
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``for fiscal year 2018
pursuant to subsection (f)(3)'' and inserting ``for fiscal
year 2019 pursuant to subsection (f)(4)'';
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
``(2) Certification.--
``(A) In general.--The certification described in this
paragraph is a certification by the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, that the Government
of Ukraine has taken substantial actions to make defense
institutional reforms for purposes of decreasing corruption,
increasing accountability, and sustaining improvements of
combat capability enabled by assistance under subsection (a).
``(B) Reforms.--In consideration of the certification
described in this paragraph, the Secretary of Defense shall
consider defense institutional reforms, including--
``(i) strengthening civilian control of the military;
``(ii) enhanced cooperation and coordination with Verkhovna
Rada efforts to exercise oversight of the Ministry of Defense
and military forces;
``(iii) increased transparency and accountability in
defense procurement;
``(iv) improvement in transparency, accountability,
sustainment, and inventory management in the defense
industrial sector;
``(v) improvement in life-cycle management;
``(vi) improvement in protection of proprietary or
sensitive technologies; and
``(vii) progress in strengthening the authority of the
Ministry of Defense to enter directly into contracts with
foreign defense firms and import and maintain foreign defense
equipment.
``(C) Assessment and methodology.--The certification shall
include an assessment of the substantial actions taken to
make such defense institutional reforms and the areas in
which additional action is needed and a description of the
methodology used to evaluate whether Ukraine has made
progress in defense institutional reforms relative to
previously established goals and objectives.'';
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal year 2018'' and
inserting ``fiscal years 2018 and 2019'';
(D) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and
(E) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new
paragraph (4):
``(4) Defense industry reform.--Of the amount made
available for fiscal year 2019 under subsection (f), not more
than $3,000,000 shall be available to provide advisory
assistance relating to financial reform and accountability
measures in the Ukrainian defense industry, including an
independent audit of the state-owned defense concern of
Ukraine, Ukroboronprom.'';
(4) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(4) For fiscal year 2019, $200,000,000.''; and
(5) in subsection (h), by striking ``December 31, 2020''
and inserting ``December 31, 2021''.

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