S.Amdt. 2386
What it does: Adds SEC. 1220. CONSULTATION ON BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)What it changes
1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1220. CONSULTATION ON BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN at the end of subtitle B of title XII
Adds a sectionIn S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate
It is the sense of Congress that the Department of Defense should seek not to commence any new long-term nation building or large-scale infrastructure development project in Afghanistan after 2014.
Inserted: SEC. 1220. CONSULTATION ON BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN.
Inserted: (a) Consultations Required.--If, on the date of the enactment of this Act, a bilateral security agreement between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has not been entered into and negotiations between the two governments continue, the President shall consult periodically with the appropriate committees of Congress on the status of those negotiations. Such consultations shall include a briefing summarizing the purpose, objectives, and key issues relating to the agreement.
Inserted: (b) Availability of Agreement Text.--Before entering into any bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan, the President shall make available to the appropriate committees of Congress the text of such agreement.
Inserted: (c) Termination of Consultations.--The requirements of this section shall terminate on the date on which the United States and Afghanistan enter into a bilateral security agreement or the President notifies Congress that negotiations on such an agreement have been terminated.
Inserted: (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term "appropriate committees of Congress" means--
Inserted: (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
Inserted: (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title XII, add the following:
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As printed
SA 2386. Mr. SESSIONS 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 B of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1220. CONSULTATION ON BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH AFGHANISTAN.
(a) Consultations Required.--If, on the date of the enactment of this Act, a bilateral security agreement between the United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan has not been entered into and negotiations between the two governments continue, the President shall consult periodically with the appropriate committees of Congress on the status of those negotiations. Such consultations shall include a briefing summarizing the purpose, objectives, and key issues relating to the agreement.
(b) Availability of Agreement Text.--Before entering into any bilateral security agreement with Afghanistan, the President shall make available to the appropriate committees of Congress the text of such agreement.
(c) Termination of Consultations.--The requirements of this section shall terminate on the date on which the United States and Afghanistan enter into a bilateral security agreement or the President notifies Congress that negotiations on such an agreement have been terminated.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 20, 2013