S.Amdt. 2872

SA 2872. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed 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:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 1271. MEASURES TO IMPROVE DEFENSE PARTNERSHIPS.

(a) Delay of Imposition of Certain Sanctions Relating to
the Russian Federation for Defense Cooperation With United
States.--Section 231(c) of the Countering Russian Influence
in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525(c)) is
amended to read as follows:
``(c) Delay of Imposition of Sanctions.--
``(1) In general.--The President may delay the imposition
of sanctions under subsection (a) with respect to a person
if, not less frequently than every 180 days while the delay
is in effect--
``(A) the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the

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person is substantially reducing the number of significant
transactions described in subsection (a) in which that person
engages; or
``(B) except as provided in paragraph (2)--
``(i) the President certifies to the appropriate
congressional committees that the government with primary
jurisdiction over the person is substantially improving that
government's defense cooperation with the United States; and
``(ii) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State
jointly certify to the appropriate congressional committees,
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives,
that the significant transaction described in subsection (a)
for which sanctions would otherwise be imposed does not--

``(I) endanger the integrity of any multilateral alliance
of which the United States is a part;
``(II) adversely affect ongoing operations of the Armed
Forces of the United States, including coalition operations
in which the Armed Forces of the United States participate;
or
``(III) significantly reduce the interoperability of the
Armed Forces of the United States with the military forces of
the country with primary jurisdiction over the person.

``(2) Exceptions for state sponsors of terrorism.--The
President may not delay the imposition of sanctions under
paragraph (1)(B) with respect to a person if the government
with primary jurisdiction over that person has been
determined by the Secretary of State to be a government that
has repeatedly provided support for acts of international
terrorism for purposes of--
``(A) section 6(j)(1)(A) of the Export Administration Act
of 1979 (50 U.S.C. 4605(j)(1)(A)) (as continued in effect
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.));
``(B) section 620A(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2371(a));
``(C) section 40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2780(d)); or
``(D) any other provision of law.''.
(b) Sense of Congress on License Exception Strategic Trade
Authorization for India.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States should expeditiously grant India status
under the License Exception Strategic Trade Authorization
under section 740.20 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations, commensurate with the status of India as a major
defense partner of the United States.
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