S.Amdt. 2917

SA 2917. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON IMPACTS OF SANCTIONS ON MILITARIES OF
CERTAIN ADVERSARIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
the Treasury, shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report analyzing the impacts of sanctions imposed by the
United States on the armed forces and proxy forces of the
Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of how sanctions imposed by the United
States have impacted the overall readiness of the armed
forces of the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of
Iran, including how those forces have had to reorganize to
address readiness gaps as a result of the sanctions.
(2) An assessment of--
(A) the overall health of the domestic defense industrial
bases in the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of
Iran as a result of sanctions imposed by the United States
since 2018;
(B) whether those defense industrial bases can keep up with
the demands of the armed forces; and
(C) military technology areas that have been stunted or
halted by the imposition of the sanctions.
(3) A description of--
(A) the impacts of sanctions imposed by the United States
on the ability of proxy forces of the Russian Federation and
the Islamic Republic of Iran to conduct extraterritorial
operations; and
(B) alternative sources of support that those forces have
had to incorporate as a result of the imposition of those
sanctions.
(4) The assessment of the Department of Defense with
respect to whether sanctions imposed by the United States
have had a meaningful effect on deterring Russian or Iranian
aggression.
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