S.Amdt. 1652

SA 1652. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 429, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1073. REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Building foreign partner capacity is a fundamental cornerstone of the security strategy of the United States.

(2) Significant progress has been made in this area over the past several years, but the United States Government must continue to increase its efforts, including improving reliability of funding and late notifications of school availability for the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program.

(b) Report Required.--

(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the effectiveness and efficiency of the IMET program.

(2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall include the following information broken out by year over the past 10 years:

(A) Number of courses in the IMET program available, accomplished, and cancelled and an explanation therefor.

(B) Number of students authorized and actual attendance for each course and an explanation for the difference.

(C) The total budget and actual budget executed for each course in the IMET program and an explanation for the difference.

(D) The process for selecting students for the IMET program, including a timeline.

(E) The process for distributing funding for each school, including a timeline.

(F) Lessons learned to ensure student attendance and course execution is maximized.