S.Amdt. 648

SA 648. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Durbin) 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:

Strike section 1234 and insert the following:

SEC. 1234. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF UKRAINE SECURITY
ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE.

Section 1250 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2016 (Public Law 114-92; 129 Stat. 1068), as most
recently amended by section 1246 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(Public Law 115-232), is further amended--
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
(1), by striking ``in coordination with the Secretary of
State'' and inserting ``with the concurrence of the Secretary
of State'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) by amending paragraph (11) to read as follows:
``(11) Air defense and coastal defense radars, and systems
to support effective command and control and integration of
air defense and coastal defense capabilities.'';
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (14) and (15) as paragraphs
(15) and (16), respectively;
(C) by inserting after paragraph (13) the following new
paragraph (14):
``(14) Coastal defense and anti-ship missile systems.'';
and
(D) in paragraph (15), as so redesignated, by striking
``paragraphs (1) through (13)'' and inserting ``paragraphs
(1) through (14)'';
(3) in subsection (c), by amending paragraph (5) to read as
follows:
``(5) Lethal assistance.--Of the funds available for fiscal
year 2020 pursuant to subsection (f)(5), $100,000,000 shall
be available only for lethal assistance described in
paragraphs (2), (3), (11), (12), and (14) of subsection
(b).'';
(4) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
``(5) For fiscal year 2020, $300,000,000.'';
(5) in subsection (h), by striking ``December 31, 2021''
and inserting ``December 31, 2022'';
(6) by redesignating the second subsection (g) as
subsection (i); and
(7) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(j) Report on Capability and Capacity Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of
Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall
submit a report to the congressional defense committees on
the capability and capacity requirements of the military
forces of Ukraine.
``(2) Matters to be included.--The report under paragraph
(1) shall include the following:
``(A) An identification of the capability gaps and capacity
shortfalls of the military of Ukraine.
``(B) An assessment of the relative priority assigned by
the Government of Ukraine to addressing such capability gaps
and capacity shortfalls.
``(C) An assessment of the capability gaps and capacity
shortfalls that--
``(i) may be addressed in a timely and efficient manner by
unilateral efforts of the Government of Ukraine; and
``(ii) are unlikely to be sufficiently addressed solely
through unilateral efforts.
``(D) An assessment of the capability gaps and capacity
shortfalls that may be addressed by the Ukraine Security
Assistance Initiative in a timely and efficient manner.
``(E) A plan to provide the necessary resources for the
Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in fiscal years 2020,
2021, and 2022 to meet the most critical capability gaps and
capacity shortfalls of the military forces of Ukraine.''.
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