S.Amdt. 2180
What it does: Adds SEC. 1237. MARITIME SECURITY IN GULF OF GUINEA at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1237. MARITIME SECURITY IN GULF OF GUINEA at the end of subtitle C of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Inserted: SEC. 1237. MARITIME SECURITY IN GULF OF GUINEA.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Although the number of armed robbery at sea and piracy attacks worldwide dropped substantially in recent years, such acts in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing, with more than 40 reported through October 2013 and many more going unreported.
Inserted: (2) The nature of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea demonstrates an ongoing pattern of cargo thefts and robbery, often occurring in the territorial waters of West and Central African states.
Inserted: (3) The U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa issued by President Barack Obama in June 2012 states, "It is in the interest of the United States to improve the region's trade competitiveness, encourage the diversification of exports beyond natural resources, and ensure that the benefits from growth are broad-based.".
Inserted: (4) The United States Government in the Gulf of Guinea has focused on encouraging multi-layered regional and national ownership in developing sustainable capacity building efforts, including working with partners through the G8++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea Group, to coordinate United States Government maritime security activities in the region.
Inserted: (5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2039, "expressing its deep concern about the threat that piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea pose to international navigation, security and the economic development of states in the region", was unanimously adopted on February 29, 2012.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
Inserted: (1) condemns acts of armed robbery at sea, piracy, and other maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea;
Inserted: (2) endorses and supports the efforts made by United States Government agencies to assist affected West and Central African countries to build capacity to combat armed robbery at sea, piracy, and other maritime threats, and encourages the President to continue such assistance, as appropriate, within resource constraints; and
Inserted: (3) commends the African Union, subregional entities such as the ECOWAS and ECCAS, and the various international agencies that have worked to develop policy and program frameworks for enhancing maritime security in West and Central Africa, and encourages these entities and their member states to continue to build upon these and other efforts to achieve that end.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
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SA 2180. Mr. FLAKE (for himself and Mr. Coons) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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:
At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1237. MARITIME SECURITY IN GULF OF GUINEA.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Although the number of armed robbery at sea and piracy attacks worldwide dropped substantially in recent years, such acts in the Gulf of Guinea are increasing, with more than 40 reported through October 2013 and many more going unreported.
(2) The nature of attacks in the Gulf of Guinea demonstrates an ongoing pattern of cargo thefts and robbery, often occurring in the territorial waters of West and Central African states.
(3) The U.S. Strategy Toward Sub-Saharan Africa issued by President Barack Obama in June 2012 states, “It is in the interest of the United States to improve the region's trade competitiveness, encourage the diversification of exports beyond natural resources, and ensure that the benefits from growth are broad-based.”.
(4) The United States Government in the Gulf of Guinea has focused on encouraging multi-layered regional and national ownership in developing sustainable capacity building efforts, including working with partners through the G8++ Friends of Gulf of Guinea Group, to coordinate United States Government maritime security activities in the region.
(5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 2039, “expressing its deep concern about the threat that piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Gulf of Guinea pose to international navigation, security and the economic development of states in the region”, was unanimously adopted on February 29, 2012.
(b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
(1) condemns acts of armed robbery at sea, piracy, and other maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea;
(2) endorses and supports the efforts made by United States Government agencies to assist affected West and Central African countries to build capacity to combat armed robbery at sea, piracy, and other maritime threats, and encourages the President to continue such assistance, as appropriate, within resource constraints; and
(3) commends the African Union, subregional entities such as the ECOWAS and ECCAS, and the various international agencies that have worked to develop policy and program frameworks for enhancing maritime security in West and Central Africa, and encourages these entities and their member states to continue to build upon these and other efforts to achieve that end.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 19, 2013