S.Amdt. 2688

SA 2688. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mr. Moran, and Mr. Van Hollen)
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 year, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

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

SEC. 1216. NONAPPLICABILITY OF A POLICY OF DENIAL FOR
EXPORTS, RE-EXPORTS, OR TRANSFERS OF DEFENSE
ARTICLES AND DEFENSE SERVICES DESTINED FOR OR
ORIGINATING IN THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (d) and except as
provided in subsection (b), beginning on the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall not apply
a policy of denial for exports, re-exports, or transfers of
defense articles and defense services destined for or
originating in the Republic of Cyprus if--
(1) the request is made by or on behalf of the Government
of the Republic of Cyprus; and

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(2) the end-user of such defense articles or defense
services is the Government of the Republic of Cyprus.
(b) Exception.--The exclusion provided for in subsection
(a) shall not apply with respect to the application of a
policy of denial based upon credible human rights concerns.
(c) Waiver.--The President may waive the exclusion provided
for in subsection (a) for a period of one fiscal year if the
President determines that it is essential to the national
security interests of the United States to do so.
(d) Termination.--
(1) In general.--The President may terminate the exclusion
provided for in subsection (a) for the 5-year period
beginning on the date that is 5 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and may renew such termination for
subsequent 5-year periods, if, prior to each such 5-year
period, the President submits to the appropriate committees
of Congress a certification that the Government of the
Republic of Cyprus is no longer--
(A) cooperating with the United States Government in
efforts to implement reforms on anti-money laundering
regulations and financial regulatory oversight; and
(B) denying Russian military vessels access to ports for
refueling and servicing.
(2) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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