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  1. Adds SEC. 1066. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND FOR AFRICA at the end of subtitle G of title X

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    In S. 2766 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    (f) Report on Imposition of Additional Charges or Fees for Attendance at Certain Academies.--Section 553(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1995 (Public Law 103-337; 108 Stat. 2772; 10 U.S.C. 4331 note) is amended by striking the second sentence.

    Inserted: SEC. 1066. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND FOR AFRICA.

    Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report on the establishment of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa.

    Inserted: (b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

    Inserted: (1) a feasibility study on the establishment of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa;

    Inserted: (2) an assessment of the benefits and problems associated with establishing such a command; and

    Inserted: (3) an estimate of the costs, time, and resources needed to establish such a command.

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    At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

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SA 4405. Mr. FEINGOLD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2766, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 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 end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

SEC. 1066. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND FOR AFRICA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report on the establishment of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa.

(b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

(1) a feasibility study on the establishment of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa;

(2) an assessment of the benefits and problems associated with establishing such a command; and

(3) an estimate of the costs, time, and resources needed to establish such a command.

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June 21, 2006