S.Amdt. 3958

SA 3958. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr.
Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON UKRAINIAN CAPABILITIES TO COUNTER AIR
BASED THREATS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense
and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the
appropriate committees of Congress a report on the
capabilities of Ukraine to counter air based threats.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) An assessment of the risk to the armed forces of
Ukraine posed by aerial threats, including current threats
from weaponized unmanned aerial vehicles and missile and
rocket attacks.
(2) Current defensive capabilities of Ukraine to counter
the threats described in paragraph (1) and assessed gaps in
capabilities to address such threats.
(3) Current efforts to build the defensive capabilities of
Ukraine, an assessment of potential options for additional
United States security assistance to address shortfalls
identified in subparagraph (2), and any considerations with
regard to absorption capacity, maintenance, and sustainment.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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