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1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text

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  1. Adds SECTION 1239. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION at the end of subtitle C of title XII

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    In S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed

    (E) support energy diversification efforts across the Euro-Atlantic region to reduce the dependency on energy from the Russian Federation.

    Inserted: SECTION 1239. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

    Inserted: Section 1234(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3936) is amended--

    Inserted: (1) by redesignating paragraph (24) as paragraph (25); and

    Inserted: (2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following:

    Inserted: "(24) A detailed description of--

    Inserted: "(A) the manner in which Russian private military companies are being used to advance the political, economic, and military interests of the Government of the Russian Federation;

    Inserted: "(B) the direct or indirect threats such companies pose to United States security interests;

    Inserted: "(C) the manner in which sanctions currently in place to impede or deter such companies from continuing to carry out malign activities have impacted the behavior of such companies;

    Inserted: "(D) all foreign persons engaged significantly with such companies; and

    Inserted: "(E) human rights abuses committed by such companies, including an assessment as to whether such abuses are carried out in support of local actors.".

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    At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

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SA 5907. Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. Wicker) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SECTION 1239. MODIFICATION TO ANNUAL REPORT ON MILITARY AND SECURITY DEVELOPMENTS INVOLVING THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

Section 1234(b) of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 134 Stat. 3936) is amended--

(1) by redesignating paragraph (24) as paragraph (25); and

(2) by inserting after paragraph (23) the following:

“(24) A detailed description of--

“(A) the manner in which Russian private military companies are being used to advance the political, economic, and military interests of the Government of the Russian Federation;

“(B) the direct or indirect threats such companies pose to United States security interests;

“(C) the manner in which sanctions currently in place to impede or deter such companies from continuing to carry out malign activities have impacted the behavior of such companies;

“(D) all foreign persons engaged significantly with such companies; and

“(E) human rights abuses committed by such companies, including an assessment as to whether such abuses are carried out in support of local actors.”.

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