S.Amdt. 2052

SA 2052. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1955 proposed by Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Levin) to
the bill H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the Department of Defense
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title XII of division A, as added by Senate
amendment No. 1955, add the following:

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,
at the request of the Secretary of State, support partnership
security capacity building as authorized under subsection (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 submitted not less than 7 days
before the provision of such partnership security capacity
building.
(e) 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.
(f) Military and Security Forces Defined.--In this section,
the term ``military and security forces'' includes armies,
guard, border security, civil defense, infrastructure
protection, and police forces.

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.

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