S.Amdt. 6479
What it does: Adds SEC. 1239. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN, AND AID TO, COVERED NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK)What it changes
1 change to S.Amdt. 5499 · shown in S.Amdt. 5499's text
Adds SEC. 1239. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN, AND AID TO, COVERED NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Adds a sectionIn 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: SEC. 1239. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN, AND AID TO, COVERED NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES.
Inserted: (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for any of the following purposes:
Inserted: (1) To conduct operations, activities, or actions in a covered NATO member country.
Inserted: (2) To station members of the Armed Forces in, or rotate members of the Armed Forces through, a covered NATO member country.
Inserted: (3) To provide military aid, including lethal and non-lethal assistance, to a covered NATO member country.
Inserted: (b) Waiver.--
Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) if, not later than 30 days after the use of funds described in that subsection for a purpose described in that subsection, the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification that a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.
Inserted: (2) Element.--A certification submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a detailed written justification for the waiver.
Inserted: (c) Covered NATO Member Country Defined.--In this section, the term "covered NATO member country" means--
Inserted: (1) any country that is a member of NATO as of June 2022 that fails to achieve defense spending of not less than 2 percent of its gross domestic product by 2024, as agreed to at the 2014 Wales Summit; and
Inserted: (2) any country that becomes a member of NATO after June 2022 that fails to achieve defense spending of not less than 2 percent of its gross domestic product by the earlier of--
Inserted: (A) the date that is 5 years after the date on which the country joined NATO; or
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Inserted: (B) the date agreed to at the 2022 Madrid Summit.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 6479. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 proposed by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the Department of Defense and 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:
SEC. 1239. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR ARMED FORCES OPERATIONS AND ACTIVITIES IN, AND AID TO, COVERED NATO MEMBER COUNTRIES.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), none of the funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for any of the following purposes:
(1) To conduct operations, activities, or actions in a covered NATO member country.
(2) To station members of the Armed Forces in, or rotate members of the Armed Forces through, a covered NATO member country.
(3) To provide military aid, including lethal and non-lethal assistance, to a covered NATO member country.
(b) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may waive subsection (a) if, not later than 30 days after the use of funds described in that subsection for a purpose described in that subsection, the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a certification that a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.
(2) Element.--A certification submitted under paragraph (1) shall include a detailed written justification for the waiver.
(c) Covered NATO Member Country Defined.--In this section, the term “covered NATO member country” means--
(1) any country that is a member of NATO as of June 2022 that fails to achieve defense spending of not less than 2 percent of its gross domestic product by 2024, as agreed to at the 2014 Wales Summit; and
(2) any country that becomes a member of NATO after June 2022 that fails to achieve defense spending of not less than 2 percent of its gross domestic product by the earlier of--
(A) the date that is 5 years after the date on which the country joined NATO; or
(B) the date agreed to at the 2022 Madrid Summit.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 14, 2022