S.Amdt. 465Senate118th Congress (2023-2025)
S.Amdt. 465
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Submitted July 13, 2023
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SA 465. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. Blumenthal) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 appropriate place in subtitle B of title XV, insert the following: SEC. ___. MONITORING IRANIAN ENRICHMENT. (a) Definitions.--In this section: (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means-- (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Appropriations, and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives. (2) Congressional leadership.--The term ``congressional leadership'' means-- (A) the majority leader of the Senate; (B) the minority leader of the Senate; (C) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and (D) the minority leader of the House of Representatives. (3) Significant enrichment activity.--The term ``significant enrichment activity'' means-- (A) any enrichment of any amount of uranium-235 to a purity percentage that is 5 percent higher than the purity percentage indicated in the prior notification to Congress under subsection (b)(1); or (B) any enrichment of uranium-235 in a quantity exceeding 10 kilograms. (b) Notification to Congress.-- (1) In general.--Not later than 48 hours after the Director of National Intelligence determines that the Islamic Republic of Iran has produced or possesses any amount of uranium-235 enriched to greater than 60 percent purity, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership a notification of such determination. (2) Classified notice to members of congress.--Not later than 24 hours after the submission of the notification under paragraph (1), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a 1-page document with respect to the determination, which shall be made available to any member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, aligned with the proper classification authorizations. (3) Subsequent notifications.--If the Director of National Intelligence determines that the Islamic Republic of Iran has engaged in significant enrichment activity subsequent to the submission of a notification under paragraph (1), the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and congressional leadership-- (A) not later than 48 hours after making a determination that such significant enrichment activity has occurred, a notification of the determination; and (B) not later than 24 hours after the submission of the notification under subparagraph (A), a 1-page document with respect to the determination. ______