S.Amdt. 2360

SA 2360. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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, add the following:

SEC. 1287. IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO MILITARY
COOPERATION BETWEEN KHALIFA HAFTAR AND PMC
WAGNER IN LIBYA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) On September 20, 2018, the Department of State added
PMC Wagner to the list, maintained pursuant to section 231 of
the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
(22 U.S.C. 9525), of persons that are part of, or operate for
or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the
Government of the Russian Federation.
(2) The Commander of United States Africa Command, Stephen
Townsend, testified to the Committee on Armed Services of the
Senate on January 20, 2020, that Russian ``private military
companies (PMCs), such as the Wagner Group with strong links
to the Kremlin, are leading the fight for the self-styled
`Libyan National Army' against the UN-backed and U.S.-
recognized Government of National Accord''.
(3) On May 26, 2020, United States Africa Command stated
that the Government of the Russian Federation had deployed
military fighter aircraft to Libya in order to support
private military contractors sponsored by that Government and
operating on the ground in support of the Libyan National
Army, and assessed that the military actions of the Russian
Federation have prolonged the conflict in Libya and
exacerbated casualties and human suffering on both sides.
(4) Commander Stephen Townsend stated on May 26, 2020,
``For too long, Russia has denied the full extent of its
involvement in the ongoing Libya conflict. Well, there is no
denying it now. . . Neither the [Libyan National Army] nor
private military companies can arm, operate and sustain these
fighters without state support--support they are getting from
Russia. If Russia seizes basing on Libya's coast, the next
logical step is they deploy permanent long-range anti-access
area denial (A2D2) capabilities. If that day comes, it will
create very real security concerns on Europe's southern
flank.''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
continued violations of the United Nations arms embargo on
Libya by actors including the Russian Federation, the United
Arab Emirates, Egypt, and Turkey are detrimental to peace and
stability in Libya.
(c) Treatment of Military Cooperation as Sanctionable
Transaction.--For the purposes of section 231 of the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22
U.S.C. 9525), the military cooperation between Libyan
National Army leader Khalifa Haftar and PMC Wagner, with
direct support from military fighter aircraft provided by the
Government of the Russian Federation, shall be considered to
be a significant transaction described in that section.
(d) Imposition of Sanctions.--Not later than 30 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall,
in accordance with section 231 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525), impose
the sanctions described in paragraphs (8) and (9) of section
235(a) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 9529(a)) and 3 or more
additional sanctions described in that section with respect
to Khalifa Haftar and his immediate family members.
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