S.Amdt. 2635

SA 2635. Mr. LEE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MODIFICATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DRAWDOWN AUTHORITY.

Section 506(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2318(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), in the undesignated matter following
subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking ``he may direct,'' and inserting ``the
President may direct, subject to paragraph (4),''; and
(B) by inserting ``, except as provided in paragraph (5)''
after ``fiscal year''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
``(4)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of defense
articles, defense services, and military education and
training under paragraph (1) only during the 20-day period
beginning on the date on which the President reports to
Congress that an unforeseen emergency exists under such
paragraph.
``(B) The authority to deliver defense articles, defense
services, and military education and training pursuant to a
drawdown directed under paragraph (1) shall expire at the end
of the fiscal year in which the drawdown was directed.
``(5)(A) The President may direct the drawdown of defense
articles, defense services, and military education and
training under paragraph (1) of an aggregate value that would
exceed $100,000,000 in a fiscal year if--
``(i) the President submits to Congress--
``(I) a request for authorization to direct such a drawdown
of an aggregate value that exceeds $100,000,000 for that
fiscal year; and
``(II) a report that an unforeseen emergency exists, in
accordance with paragraph (1);
``(ii) after the submission of such request and report,
there is enacted a joint resolution or other provision of law
approving the authorization requested; and
``(iii) Congress has authorized appropriations in a
specific amount sufficient to replenish the aggregate value
of the proposed drawdown.
``(B)(i) Each request submitted under subparagraph (A)(i)
may request authorization to direct a drawdown under
paragraph (1) for only one intended recipient country.
``(ii) A resolution or other provision of law described in
subparagraph (A)(ii) may approve a request for authorization
to direct a drawdown under paragraph (1) for only one
intended recipient country.
``(6)(A) Any resolution described in paragraph (5)(A)(ii)
may be considered by Congress using the expedited procedures
set forth in this paragraph.
``(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `resolution'
means only a joint resolution of the two Houses of Congress--
``(i) the title of which is as follows: `A joint resolution
approving the use of the special authority provided by
section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in
excess of the fiscal year limitation.';
``(ii) which does not have a preamble; and
``(iii) the sole matter after the resolving clause of which
is as follows: `The proposed use of the special authority
provided by section 506(a)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 in excess of the fiscal year limitation, to respond
to the unforeseen emergency in ________________