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James M. Inhofe was mentioned in Text of Senate Amendment 5695 on page S5076 covering the 2nd Session of the 117th Congress published on Sept. 27 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

SA 5695. Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. Young, and Mr. Marshall) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1239. CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR IMPOSING SANCTIONS

WITH RESPECT TO MEMBERS OF QUADRILATERAL

SECURITY DIALOGUE.

Section 231 of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (22 U.S.C. 9525) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``(g) Special Rule for Members of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue.--

``(1) In general.--During the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, the President may not impose sanctions under this section with respect a significant transaction described in subsection (a) engaged in by the government of a member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue before such date of enactment unless, before imposing such sanctions, the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that that government is not participating in quadrilateral cooperation between Australia, India, Japan, and the United States on security matters that are critical to United States strategic interests.

``(2) Member of the quadrilateral security dialogue defined.--In this subsection, the term `member of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue' means Australia, India, Japan, or the United States.''.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 156

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