S.Amdt. 923

SA 923. Mr. McCAIN (for Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to
be proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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. ___. REPORT ON MILITARY ACTION OF SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS
COALITIONS PARTNERS IN YEMEN.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the
Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on military action of Saudi Arabia and its coalitions
partners in Yemen.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include a description of the following:
(1) The extent to which the Government of Saudi Arabia and
its coalition partners in Yemen are abiding by their ``No
Strike List and Restricted Target List''.
(2) Roles played by United States military personnel with
respect to operations of such coalition partners in Yemen.
(3) Progress made by the Government of Saudi Arabia in
improving its targeting capabilities.
(4) Progress made by such coalition partners to implement
the recommendations of the Joint Incident Assessment Team and
participation if any by the United States in the
implementation of such recommendations.
(5) Progress made toward implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolution 2216 (2015) or any successor
United Nations Security Council resolution relating to the
conflict in Yemen.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(d) Termination.--This section shall terminate on--
(1) the date that is 2 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, or
(2) the date on which the Secretary of Defense and
Secretary of State jointly certify to the appropriate
congressional committees that the conflict in Yemen has come
to a conclusion;
whichever occurs earlier.
(e) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the congressional defense committees; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
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