S.Amdt. 1570

SA 1570. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Cornyn) 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:

At the end of subtitle G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE DEFENSE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE REPUBLIC OF
INDIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States has an upgraded, strategic-plus
relationship with India based on regional cooperation, space
science cooperation, and defense cooperation.
(2) The defense relationship between the United States and
the Republic of India is strengthened by the common
commitment of both countries to democracy.
(3) The United States and the Republic of India share a
common and long-standing commitment to civilian control of
the military.
(4) The United States and the Republic of India have
increasingly worked together on defense cooperation across a
range of activities, exercises, initiatives, and research.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States should--
(1) continue to expand defense cooperation with the
Republic of India;
(2) welcome the role of the Republic of India in providing
security and stability in the Indo-Pacific region and beyond;
(3) work cooperatively with the Republic of India on
matters relating to our common defense;
(4) vigorously support the implementation of the United
States-India Defense Framework Agreement; and
(5) support the India Defense Trade and Technology
Initiative.
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