S.Amdt. 4235

SA 4235. Mr. CRUZ 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1237. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS
WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF QUADRILATERAL
SECURITY DIALOGUE.

Section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525) is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``(g) Special Rule for Members of Quadrilateral Security
Dialogue.--
``(1) In general.--During the 10-year period beginning on
the date of the enactment of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, the President may not
impose sanctions under this section with respect a
significant transaction described in subsection (a) engaged
in by the government of a member of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue unless, before imposing such sanctions, the
President certifies to the appropriate congressional
committees that--
``(A) that government is not participating in quadrilateral
cooperation between Australia, India, Japan, and the United
States on security matters that are critical to United States
strategic interests; or
``(B) the significant transaction--
``(i) took place after the date of the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022; and
``(ii) is not related to sustainment of a weapons system
purchased before such date of enactment.
``(2) Member of the quadrilateral security dialogue
defined.--In this subsection, the term `member of the
Quadrilateral Security Dialogue' means Australia, India,
Japan, or the United States.''.
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