S.Amdt. 106

SA 106. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1, to make improvements to certain defense and
security assistance provisions and to authorize the appropriation of
funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jordan Defense
Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the
Syrian people, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. BRIEFING ON STRATEGY TO MITIGATE ADVERSE
CONSEQUENCES OF UNITED STATES WITHDRAWAL FROM
SYRIA ON THE SAFETY OF UNITED STATES ALLIES IN
SYRIA.

(a) Briefing Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall brief
the appropriate committees of Congress on the strategy
developed by the President to mitigate potential adverse
consequences of a United States withdrawal from Syria on the
safety of religious and ethnic groups in Syria that are
allied with the United States, including any humanitarian
assistance to be provided in connection with the strategy.
(b) Considerations in Preparation of Strategy.--In
preparing the strategy described in subsection (a), the
President may consider credible data obtained by other
countries and nongovernmental organizations, including
organizations operating in Syria, on the matters covered by
the strategy.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

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