S.Amdt. 3181

SA 3181. Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Ms. Cortez Masto, and Mr. Cardin)
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. LIMITED EXCEPTION TO FUNDING PROHIBITION FOR
FOREIGN SECURITY FORCES THAT HAVE COMMITTED A
GROSS VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND FEASIBILITY
REPORT ON VETTING CERTAIN FOREIGN MILITARY
UNITS FOR JOINT EXERCISES AND SUPPORT.

(a) Limited Exception .--Section 362(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by striking ``has taken all necessary
corrective steps,'' and inserting ``is taking effective steps
to bring the responsible members of the security forces unit
to justice,''.
(b) Feasibility Report on Vetting of Foreign Military Units
for Joint Exercises and Support.--
(1) Sense of the senate.--It is the sense of the Senate
that the application of the vetting requirements under
section 362 of title 10, United States Code, and section 620M
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2378d), with
respect to the participation in joint military exercises with
the United States Armed Forces of foreign military units of
countries that are not member countries of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization or Australia, Israel, Japan, Republic of
Korea, or New Zealand, is an important safeguard against the
provision of United States training to a unit that may be, or
may have been, involved in the commission of gross violations
of human rights to the detriment of United States foreign
policy and national security interests.
(2) Report.--
(A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on--
(i) the feasibility of vetting foreign military units
(except such units from member countries of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization and Australia, Israel, Japan,
Republic of Korea, and New Zealand) pursuant to section 362
of title 10, United States Code, before any such unit
participates in joint military exercises with the United
States or receives support under section 321 of that title
for such participation; and
(ii) the resulting potential impact to military operations
if such vetting is required in the future.
(B) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(i) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(ii) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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