S.Amdt. 533

SA 533. Mr. LANKFORD (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1247. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACQUISITION BY TURKEY OF S-
400 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Turkey is an important North Atlantic Treaty
Organization ally and military partner;
(2) the acquisition by the Government of Turkey of the S-
400 air defense system from the Russian Federation--
(A) undermines--
(i) the security interests of the United States; and
(ii) the air defense of Turkey;
(B) weakens the interoperability of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization; and
(C) is incompatible with the plan of the Government of
Turkey--
(i) to accept delivery of and operate the F-35 aircraft;
and
(ii) to continue to participate in F-35 aircraft production
and maintenance;
(3) the United States and other member countries of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization have put forth several
viable and competitive proposals to protect the vulnerable
airspace of Turkey and to ensure the security and integrity
of Turkey as a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ally;
(4) Russian Federation aggression on the periphery of
Turkey, including in Georgia, Ukraine, the Black Sea, and
Syria, and especially the indiscriminate bombing by the
Russian Federation of the Idlib province of Syria on the
border of Turkey and the incursions of Russian Federation
warplanes into the airspace of Turkey on November 24, 2015,
and other occasions, endangers the security of Turkey;
(5) the termination of the participation of Turkey in the
F-35 program and supply chain, which may still be avoided if
the Government of Turkey abandons its planned acquisition of
the S-400 air defense system, would cause significant harm to
the growing defense industry and economy of Turkey; and
(6) if the Government of Turkey accepts delivery of the S-
400 air defense system--
(A) such acceptance would--
(i) constitute a significant transaction within the meaning
of section 231(a) of the Countering Russian Influence in
Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 9525(a));
(ii) endanger the integrity of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization Alliance and pose a significant threat to
Turkey;
(iii) adversely affect ongoing operations of the United
States Armed Forces, including coalition operations in which
the United States Armed Forces participate;
(iv) result in a significant impact to defense cooperation
between the United States and Turkey; and
(v) significantly increase the risk of compromising United
States defense systems and operational capabilities; and
(B) the President should fully implement the Countering
Russian Influence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public
Law 115-44; 131 Stat. 886) by imposing and applying sanctions
under section 235 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 9529) with respect
to any individual or entity determined to have engaged in
such significant transaction as if such person were a
sanctioned person for purposes of such section.
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