S.Amdt. 6343

SA 6343. Mr. VAN HOLLEN 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. REPORT ON ONGOING THREAT POSED BY ISIS.

(a) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--

(1) the United States should acknowledge the vital role that the Syrian Democratic Forces, which is a United States ally, have played in the fight to defeat ISIS and administer territory previously controlled by ISIS;

(2) radicalization within the al-Hol camp provides fuel for a potential resurgence of ISIS and poses a threat to the region;

(3) Turkish military operations against the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria risk further destabilization and threaten innocent civilians; and

(4) the United States should use its good offices to stop Turkish shelling and other military operations in the northeast region of Syria.

(b) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly provide a report to Congress on the ongoing threat posed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq and the administration's strategy for--

(1) supporting the Syrian Democratic Forces and preventing an ISIS resurgence;

(2) responding to deteriorating conditions and radicalization within the al-Hol camp;

(3) responding to shelling and other military operations by Turkish forces in northeastern Syria against the Syrian Democratic Forces; and

(4) protecting the gains made since 2014 in the fight against ISIS.