S.Amdt. 4068

SA 4068. Mr. MERKLEY 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1264. REPORT ON ISRAELI SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY IN OCCUPIED
WEST BANK.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate committees
of Congress a report that assesses the status of Israeli
settlement activity in the occupied West Bank.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following with respect to Israeli settlement
activity in the West Bank:
(1) The number of permits, tenders, and housing starts
approved by the Government of Israel for settlement
construction and the locations concerned.
(2) The number and locations of new outposts established
without the approval of the Government of Israel.
(3) The number and locations of outposts established
without the approval of the Government of Israel that were
retroactively legalized.
(4) An assessment of the impact of settlements and outposts
on--
(A) the freedom of movement, livelihoods, and quality of
life of Palestinians; and
(B) the potential for establishing in the future a viable
Palestinian state.
(5) The number and locations of demolitions of homes,
businesses, or infrastructure owned by, or primarily serving,
Palestinians.
(6) The number and locations of evictions of Palestinians
from their places of residence.
(7) The number of permits issued for Palestinians in East
Jerusalem and the West Bank territory designated under the
Oslo Accords as ``Area C''.
(8) A description of the level of financial expenditures by
the Government of Israel in Israeli settlements in the West
Bank.
(9) An analysis of the impact any change in the matters
described in paragraphs (1) through (8) on would have on--
(A) the diplomatic posture of the United States globally;
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(B) the national security of the United States.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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