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“Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of title V of division B, add the following new section: SEC. 2509. REPORT ON IRANIAN EXPENDITURES SUPPORTING FOREIGN MILITARY AND TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Director of National Intelligence shall submit to Congress a report describing Iranian expenditures in the previous calendar year on military and terrorist activities outside the country, including each of the following: (1) The amount spent in such calendar year on activities by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including activities providing support for-- (A) Hezbollah; (B) Houthi rebels in Yemen; (C) Hamas; (D) proxy forces in Iraq and Syria; or (E) any other entity or country the Director determines to be relevant. (2) The amount spent in such calendar year for ballistic missile research and testing or other activities that the Director determines are destabilizing to the Middle East region. (b) Form.--The report required under subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 989, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Illinois.”