S.Amdt. 3334
What it does: Adds SEC. 1022. REPORT ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY on page 247, between lines 13 and 14
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)What it changes
1 change to S. 2400
Adds SEC. 1022. REPORT ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY on page 247, between lines 13 and 14
Adds a sectionPrinted pageInserted: SEC. 1022. REPORT ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on global poverty and national security.
Inserted: (b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--
Inserted: (1) an evaluation of the impact of global poverty and the barriers to sustainable development and political stability in developing countries, including the effects of--
Inserted: (A) the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases;
Inserted: (B) unemployment;
Inserted: (C) hunger;
Inserted: (D) illiteracy;
Inserted: (E) the status of women;
Inserted: (F) internally displaced person and refugees; and
Inserted: (G) environmental degradation;
Inserted: (2) a description of the direct and indirect relationships between global poverty and the most important barriers to sustainable development and political stability, including the relationship between such barriers and civil conflict, regional instability, the war on terrorism, the national security interests of the United States, and global stability; and
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Inserted: (3) the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, if any, for addressing the barriers to sustainable development and political stability in developing countries, including such barriers described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1), including recommendations for--
Inserted: (A) the appropriate role of the Department of Defense in addressing such barriers;
Inserted: (B) the appropriate role of other departments or agencies of the Federal Government in addressing such barriers;
Inserted: (C) organizational changes to improve the ability of the Department of Defense or other departments or agencies of the Federal Government to address such barriers; and
Inserted: (D) methods or organizational arrangements to coordinate actions to address such barriers among the Federal Government, nongovernmental organizations, foreign countries, and international organizations.
Inserted: (c) Requirement to Consult.--The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the head of each appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government in preparing the report required by subsection (a).
Original wording
On page 247, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
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As printed
SA 3334. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2400, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Services, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
On page 247, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
SEC. 1022. REPORT ON GLOBAL POVERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY.
(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a report on global poverty and national security.
(b) Content.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include--
(1) an evaluation of the impact of global poverty and the barriers to sustainable development and political stability in developing countries, including the effects of--
(A) the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), tuberculosis, malaria, and other diseases;
(B) unemployment;
(C) hunger;
(D) illiteracy;
(E) the status of women;
(F) internally displaced person and refugees; and
(G) environmental degradation;
(2) a description of the direct and indirect relationships between global poverty and the most important barriers to sustainable development and political stability, including the relationship between such barriers and civil conflict, regional instability, the war on terrorism, the national security interests of the United States, and global stability; and
(3) the recommendations of the Secretary of Defense, if any, for addressing the barriers to sustainable development and political stability in developing countries, including such barriers described in subparagraphs (A) through (G) of paragraph (1), including recommendations for--
(A) the appropriate role of the Department of Defense in addressing such barriers;
(B) the appropriate role of other departments or agencies of the Federal Government in addressing such barriers;
(C) organizational changes to improve the ability of the Department of Defense or other departments or agencies of the Federal Government to address such barriers; and
(D) methods or organizational arrangements to coordinate actions to address such barriers among the Federal Government, nongovernmental organizations, foreign countries, and international organizations.
(c) Requirement to Consult.--The Secretary of Defense shall consult with the head of each appropriate department or agency of the Federal Government in preparing the report required by subsection (a).
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Senate amendment submitted
June 7, 2004