S.Amdt. 739

SA 739. Mr. MERKLEY 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 end of subtitle F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1282. USE OF UNITED STATES-ORIGIN DEFENSE ARTICLES IN
YEMEN.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense, shall develop specific
guidance for investigating any indications that United
States-origin defense articles have been used in Yemen by the
Saudi-led coalition in substantial violation of relevant
agreements with countries participating in the coalition,
including for unauthorized purposes.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report
on--
(A) the guidance developed pursuant to subsection (a); and
(B) all current information on each of the certification
elements required by section 1290 of the John S. McCain
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019
(Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2081).
(2) Form.--The report required by this subsection shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex if necessary.
(3) Appropriate congressional committees defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
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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