S.Amdt. 1539

SA 1539. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1042, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2006 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 Forces, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert:

SEC. . BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIP SECURITY CAPACITY OF FOREIGN MILITARY AND SECURITY FORCES.

(a) Authority.--The President may authorize building the capacity of partner nations' military or security forces to disrupt or destroy terrorist networks, close safe havens, or participate in or support United States, coalition, or international military or stability operations.

(b) Types of Partnership Security Capacity Building.--The partnership security capacity building authorized under subsection (a) may include the provision of equipment, supplies, services, training, and funding.

(c) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary of Defense may, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, implement partnership security capacity building as authorized under section (a) including by transferring funds available to the Department of Defense to the Department of State, or to any other federal agency. Any funds so transferred shall remain available until expended. The amount of such partnership security capacity building provided by the Department of Defense under this section may not exceed $750,000,000 in any fiscal year.

(d) Congressional Notification.--Before building partnership security capacity under this section, the Secretaries of State and Defense shall submit to their congressional oversight committees a notification of the nations designated by the President with which partnership security capacity will be built under this section and the nature and amounts of security capacity building to occur. Any such notification shall be building. submitted not less than 7 days before the provision of such partnership security capacity building.

(e) Military and Security Forces Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term ‘military and security forces' includes armies, guard, border security, civil defense, infrastructure protection, and police forces.

(f) Complementary Authority.--The authority to build partnership security capacity under this section is in addition to any other authority of the Department of Defense to provide assistance to a foreign country.

SEC. . SECURITY AND STABILIZATION ASSISTANCE.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon a request from the Secretary of State and upon a determination by the Secretary of Defense that an unforeseen emergency exists that requires immediate reconstruction, security, or stabilization assistance to a foreign country for the purpose of restoring or maintaining peace and security in that country, and that the provision of such assistance is in the national security interests of the United States, the Secretary of Defense may authorize the use or transfer of defense articles, services, training or other support, including support acquired by contract or otherwise, to provide such assistance.

(b) Availability of Funds.--Subject to subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense may transfer funds available to the Department of Defense to the Department of State, or to any other federal agency, to carry out the purposes of this section, and funds so transferred shall remain available until expended.

(c) Limitation.--The aggregate value of assistance provided or funds transferred under the authority of this section may not exceed $200,000,000.

(d) Complementary Authority.--The authority to provide assistance under this section shall be in addition to any other authority to provide assistance to a foreign country.

(e) Expiration.--The authority in this section shall expire on September 30, 2006.