Sec. 1296. Report on interference in Libya by military and security forces of other foreign nations
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for 2 years, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the military activities of external actors in Libya, including Russia, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates. The report required by subsection
(a)shall also include the following: An assessment of military, security, and influence activities by foreign countries in Libya, including— actions that violate or seek to violate the United Nations arms embargo on Libya imposed pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011); actions outside the scope of such Resolution that seek to increase the relative strength of either the eastern or western coalition in Libya, including through financing, policy coordination, or political support; the extent to which the actions described in subparagraph
(A)and
(B)involve United States-origin equipment and violate contractual conditions of acceptable use of such equipment; An assessment of whether the actions described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)of paragraph
(1)have undermined the United Nations-led and United States-supported negotiations or the objective of political reconciliation and stabilization in Libya. An assessment of Russian influence in Libya and Egypt, including: Russian efforts to provide logistical, material or political assistance to Libyan parties, establish a military presence, and expand political influence in Libya, and any facilitation by Egyptian officers or officials for such activities; whether the presence and activities of Russian personnel and equipment in Libya and Egypt, and Russian requests to establish bases in Egypt, pose or could pose a future challenge to the United States’ ability to operate in Egypt, Libya, or the southern Mediterranean broadly, including overflight privileges; and whether Egypt is facilitating Russian influence and materiel-provision in Libya and the extent to which such facilitation undermines United States policy, involves United States-origin equipment, and violates contractual conditions of acceptable use of such equipment. Any other matters the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State determine to be relevant. The report required by subsection
(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified annex. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.