S.Amdt. 6092
What it does: Adds SEC. 1276. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN at the end of subtitle F of title XII
Sen. James E. Risch (R-ID)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1276. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN at the end of subtitle F of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S.Amdt. 5499 as proposed
(2) Form of report.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex.
Inserted: SEC. 1276. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN.
Inserted: (a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a report on military assistance and arms sales supplied to South Sudan by any foreign government or private military entity headquartered or registered in any country.
Inserted: (b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
Inserted: (1) A description of all known bilateral agreements between South Sudan and foreign governments since 2011, including agreements regarding military and technical cooperation, arms sales, and natural resource exploration for extraction purposes.
Inserted: (2) An analysis of direct or indirect military support to South Sudan or non-state armed groups in South Sudan by a foreign government or a private military entity headquartered or registered in a foreign country, including a description of the types of support and an estimate of the monetary value of such support.
Inserted: (3) A description of arms sales or deliveries to South Sudan within the previous calendar year and an analysis of the extent to which such arms sales violate the arms embargo.
Inserted: (4) An analysis of efforts by South Sudan through direct and indirect lobbying and misinformation to undermine or evade the arms embargo.
Inserted: (5) An analysis of how foreign arms sales to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) of South Sudan and non-state armed groups impact human rights and the peace and security in South Sudan, including the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), signed on September 12, 2018, by the government and main opposition parties of South Sudan.
Inserted: (6) A plan for the United States Government to monitor, report, and counteract efforts by South Sudan, any foreign government, and any private military entity headquartered or registered in a country other than South Sudan to evade the arms embargo, including export controls.
Inserted: (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
Inserted: (d) Definitions.--In this section:
Inserted: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term "appropriate congressional committees" means--
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Inserted: (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
Inserted: (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: (2) Arms embargo.--The term "arms embargo" means the arms embargo imposed on the Republic of South Sudan by the United Nations Security Council.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6092. Mr. RISCH 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1276. ENFORCEMENT OF ARMS EMBARGO ON SOUTH SUDAN.
(a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a report on military assistance and arms sales supplied to South Sudan by any foreign government or private military entity headquartered or registered in any country.
(b) Contents.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of all known bilateral agreements between South Sudan and foreign governments since 2011, including agreements regarding military and technical cooperation, arms sales, and natural resource exploration for extraction purposes.
(2) An analysis of direct or indirect military support to South Sudan or non-state armed groups in South Sudan by a foreign government or a private military entity headquartered or registered in a foreign country, including a description of the types of support and an estimate of the monetary value of such support.
(3) A description of arms sales or deliveries to South Sudan within the previous calendar year and an analysis of the extent to which such arms sales violate the arms embargo.
(4) An analysis of efforts by South Sudan through direct and indirect lobbying and misinformation to undermine or evade the arms embargo.
(5) An analysis of how foreign arms sales to the Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) of South Sudan and non-state armed groups impact human rights and the peace and security in South Sudan, including the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in the Republic of South Sudan (R-ARCSS), signed on September 12, 2018, by the government and main opposition parties of South Sudan.
(6) A plan for the United States Government to monitor, report, and counteract efforts by South Sudan, any foreign government, and any private military entity headquartered or registered in a country other than South Sudan to evade the arms embargo, including export controls.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term “appropriate congressional committees” means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2) Arms embargo.--The term “arms embargo” means the arms embargo imposed on the Republic of South Sudan by the United Nations Security Council.
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Senate amendment submitted
September 29, 2022