S.Amdt. 6180

1. Adds SEC. 1276. CEASEFIRE PROTECTION MEASURES at the end of subtitle F of title XII

   Adds a section

   In 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. CEASEFIRE PROTECTION MEASURES.

   Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the President and all relevant Federal agencies should use funds and resources at their disposal to continue to engage in formal or informal diplomacy or consultations with military forces aligned with and under the control of the internationally recognized Government of Yemen and with Ansar Allah, the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition, any other armed group so as--

   Inserted: (1) to continue to maintain any ceasefire or cessation of hostilities in the war in Yemen; and

   Inserted: (2) to create, conduct, or continue to facilitate a legitimate peace process to end the war in Yemen.

   Inserted: (b) Verification Report.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter for one year, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence, the Secretary of Defense, and the head of any other relevant Federal agency, shall submit to Congress a report that includes the following:

   Inserted: (A) An assessment on the current status of any ceasefire or cessation of hostilities among the military forces aligned with and under the control of the internationally recognized Government of Yemen, Ansar Allah, the Saudi- and Emirati-led coalition, and any other armed group.

   Inserted: (B) A list of any violations of any existing ceasefire or cessation of hostilities in Yemen by--

   Inserted: (i) armed forces aligned with and under the control of--

   Inserted: (I) the internationally recognized Government of Yemen;

   Inserted: (II) Ansar Allah; and

   Inserted: (III) any other armed group included in any ceasefire; or

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   Inserted: (ii) airstrikes or drone strikes conducted by--

   Inserted: (I) the Saudi Royal Air Force; or

   Inserted: (II) the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defense.

   Inserted: (C) An assessment of how many fuel shipments, including how many tons of fuel, have entered the port of Hodeida since April 2, 2022, and whether the collection of custom duties at the port of Hodeida is used to pay the salaries of public sector employees.

   Inserted: (D) A description of the reopening of the Sanaa International Airport to commercial flights, including how many flights have arrived and departed the airport since April 2, 2022, and an analysis of the barriers to progress and possible solutions for opening flights to and from Cairo International Airport.

   Inserted: (E) An assessment of road access to and from the city of Taiz, including the estimated time of travel between Taiz and the city of Aden and any other measurement used to determine the freedom of movement to and from Taiz.

   Inserted: (F) A list and assessment of any additional condition or measure included after the date of the enactment of this Act in any ceasefire, peace process, or negotiated peace settlement in Yemen.

   Inserted: (G) An assessment and description of the President's diplomatic strategy and efforts to maintain any such ceasefire and build on it to advance a negotiated, legitimate, and permanent peace settlement to end the war in Yemen.

   Inserted: (H) An analysis of the barriers to progress on elements of the truce and ways to incentivize progress towards maintaining the truce and building a more sustainable political resolution to the conflict.

   Inserted: (I) A progress report on the emergency operation by the United Nations to transfer the oil from the floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) Safer to a safe vessel.

   Inserted: (2) Form.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex that is provided separately from the unclassified version.

   Inserted: (c) Briefing on Support for Multilateral Human Rights Investigative Mechanism.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the benefits and utility of providing direct support to an independent multilateral investigative mechanism to document and report past, ongoing, and future violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by all parties in the conflict in Yemen since 2015.

   Inserted: (d) Ceasefire Maintenance Mechanisms; Prohibition of Licenses Authorizing Exports of Certain Defense Services.--During the 2-year period beginning on the date of the most recent violations listed under subsection (b)(1)(B)(ii), the President may not issue any license, and shall suspend any license or other approval that was issued before the date of the enactment of this Act, authorizing the export to the Government of Saudi Arabia or the Government of United Arab Emirate of defense services related to the maintenance or servicing of United States-provided aircraft belonging to military units determined to have undertaken offensive airstrikes inside Yemen after such date of enactment that are not related directly to preventing or degrading the ability of Ansar Allah forces to launch missile and unmanned aircraft strikes on the territory of Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.

   Original wording

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

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