S.Amdt. 928

SA 928. 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON IRANIAN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA.

(a) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter for a
period not to exceed 5 years, the President shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on Iranian
activities in Iraq and Syria.
(b) Matters To Be Included.--The report required by
subsection (a) shall include--
(1) a description of Iran's support for--
(A) Iraqi militias or political parties, including weapons,
financing, and other forms of material support; and
(B) the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria; and
(2) a list of referrals to the relevant United Nations
Security Council sanctions committees by the United States
Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
(c) Form.--The President may submit the report required by
subsection (a) in classified form if the President determines
that it is necessary for the national security interests of
the United States to do so.
(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services,
the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on
Financial Services of the House of Representatives; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select
Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Armed Services,
the Committee on Finance, and the Committee on Banking,
Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
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