S.Amdt. 4487

SA 4487. Mr. RISCH 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE ARAB GAS
PIPELINE.

(a) In General.--None of the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2022 may be obligated or expended to implement
any activity relating to the construction, repair,
restoration, or assessment of the Arab Gas Pipeline.
(b) Certification.--The Secretary of State may waive the
application of subsection (a) if, not less than 30 days
before the date on which an activity described in that
subsection is proposed to commence, the Secretary of State
certifies to the appropriate committees of Congress in
writing that the implementation of the activity does not--
(1) knowingly provide significant financial, material, or
technological support to, or involve knowingly engaging in a
significant transaction with--
(A) the Government of Syria (including any entity owned or
controlled by the Government of Syria) or a senior political
figure of the Government of Syria;
(B) a foreign person who is a military contractor
mercenary, a paramilitary force knowingly operating in a
military capacity inside Syria for, or on behalf of, the
Government of Syria, the Government of the Russian
Federation, or the Government of Iran; or
(C) a foreign person subject to sanctions pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701
et seq.) with respect to Syria or any other provision of law
that imposes sanctions with respect to Syria;
(2) knowingly involve the sale or provision of significant
goods, services, technology, information, or other forms of
support that significantly facilitate the maintenance,
repair, or expansion of the Government of Syria's domestic
production of natural gas, petroleum, or petroleum products,
including

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pipelines that facilitate the transit of energy into
neighboring countries; or
(3) require a waiver under the Caesar Syria Civilian
Protection Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 2291; 22
U.S.C. 8791 note).
(c) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report that--
(1) details United States efforts to work with other
governments in the region to develop a plan for the
distribution of gas supplies to Lebanon in a manner that
reduces Lebanon's dependence on Iran;
(2) assesses the extent to which alternatives to the Arab
Gas Pipeline were pursued and considered feasible;
(3) includes a comprehensive overview of the key sources of
Lebanon's gas supply before 2020;
(4) the response of the Administration to fuel from Iran
entering Lebanon, particularly amid reports that additional
vessels have departed Iran; and
(5) a list of entities involved in the production and
transport of fuel from Syria to Lebanon in 2020 and 2021.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--The term
``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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