S.Amdt. 1517

SA 1517. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Insert after section 1204 the following:

SEC. 1204A. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE NATIONS IN THE
ARCTIC REGION.

Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report setting forth an
assessment of the feasibility and advisability of expanding
the National Guard State Partnership Program to include
partnerships with nations in the Arctic region in order to
further the strategy of the Department of Defense for the
Arctic region.
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