S.Amdt. 80

SA 80. Mr. SULLIVAN 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 end, add the following:

TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 501. SENSE OF THE SENATE CONDEMNING THE GOVERNMENT OF
IRAN FOR ITS SUPPORT OF MILITANT GROUPS THAT
THREATEN THE SECURITY OF THE UNITED STATES AND
ITS ALLIES AND STRATEGIC PARTNERS.

(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) ) The goals of the Government of Iran are to expand its
regional influence by military means and by destabilizing its
neighbors by all means.
(2) Since 1979, the Iranian regime has engaged in various
destabilizing activities that undermine the national security
of the United States and its regional allies and partners.
(3) The Government of Iran does this by providing a wide
range of support to militant groups and by increasing its
nuclear and conventional capability.
(4) The Department of State has designated Iran as a state
sponsor of terrorism since 1984 and has characterized Iran as
the ``most active state sponsor of terrorism'' in the world.
(5) Iranian leadership has repeatedly called for the
destruction of the United States and Israel.
(6) According to the Department of State's Country Reports
on Terrorism, Iran has armed Hizballah, Hamas and other
terrorist organizations, providing hundreds of millions of
dollars in support, and training thousands of their fighters.
(7) Weapons supplied by the Government of Iran have
targeted United States citizens, most notably the Iranian-
supplied Explosively Formed Projectiles, the most deadly and
sophisticated Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on the
battlefield, which have killed and injured thousands of
members of the United States Armed Forces in Iraq.
(8) Thwarting Iran's hegemonic ambitions in the region
brings long-term peace and stability, which thereby promotes
the security of the United States and our partners.
(b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that--
(1) the United States Government should reaffirm its
commitment not to equip the Government of Iran with the
material and strategic means to further finance or expand
acts of terrorism; and
(2) the United States Government should reaffirm its
commitment to encourage global and regional security in the
Middle East by strongly supporting allies and strategic
partners.

____________________