S.Amdt. 899

SA 899. Mr. RUBIO 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 title XII, insert the
following:

SEC. 12__. ASSISTANCE FOR COLOMBIA.

Section 1021 of the Ronald W. Reagan National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Public Law 108-375;
118 Stat. 2042) is amended--
(1) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Limitation on Assignment of United States
Personnel.--
``(1) Defined term.--In this section, the term `covered
organization' means any foreign terrorist organization or
non-state armed group that--
``(A) promotes elicit economies;
``(B) employs violence to protect its interests;
``(C) has a military type structure, tactics, and weapons
that provide it the ability to carry out large-scale
violence;
``(D) challenges the security response capacity of
Colombia; and
``(E) has the capability to control territory.
``(2) Limitation.--None of the funding authorized to be
expended under subsection (a) may be provided to a current or
former member of--
``(A) a covered organization;
``(B) the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC); or
``(C) any affiliates of, or successor organizations to,
FARC.''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(i) Certification of Colombian Cooperation for a Unified
Counterdrug and Counterterrorism Campaign in Colombia.--Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and
quarterly thereafter, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, shall certify to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives that the Government of Colombia--
``(1) is in full compliance with Treaty of Extradition
Between the United States of America and the Republic of
Colombia, done at Washington September 14, 1979, with regard
to members of covered organizations;
``(2) is not undertaking joint exercises with, or hosting
military facilities of, the People's Liberation Army; and
``(3) is not allowing officials or agents of the Chinese
Communist Party or the People's Republic of China to
establish overseas police stations.
``(j) Effect of Non-certification.--Not later than 30 days
after the Secretary of Defense fails to submit a timely
certification to Congress in accordance with subsection (i),
the Secretary shall terminate all assistance authorized under
subsection (a).''.
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