S.Amdt. 4535

SA 4535. Mr. SANDERS (for himself and Mr. Markey) 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 SUPPORT OR MILITARY PARTICIPATION
IN SAUDI-LED OPERATIONS IN YEMEN.

(a) Prohibition on Support.--None of the funds authorized
to be appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act
may be made available to provide the following forms of
United States support to the Saudi-led coalition's operations
in Yemen:
(1) Sharing intelligence for the purpose of enabling
offensive coalition strikes.
(2) Providing logistical support for coalition strikes that
prolong and deepen the conflict in Yemen, including by
providing maintenance or transferring spare parts to
coalition members flying warplanes engaged in military
strikes in Yemen.
(b) Prohibition on Military Participation.--None of the
funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be made available for any civilian
or military personnel of the Department of Defense to
command, coordinate, participate in the movement of, or
accompany the regular or irregular military forces of the
Saudi and United Arab Emirates-led coalition forces in Yemen
or in situations in which there exists an imminent threat
that such coalition forces become engaged in such
hostilities, unless and until the President has obtained
specific statutory authorization, in accordance with section
8(a) of the War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1547(a)).
(c) Rule of Construction.--The prohibitions under this
section may not be construed to apply with respect to United
States Armed Forces engaged in operations directed at al
Qaeda or associated forces.
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