S.Amdt. 1620

SA 1620. Mr. COATS 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1264. MILITARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN SENIOR OFFICERS AND
OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a
program of exchanges of senior military officers and senior
officials between the United States and Taiwan designed to
improve military to military relations between the United
States and Taiwan.
(b) Exchanges Described.--For the purposes of this section,
an exchange is an activity, exercise, event, or observation
opportunity between members of the Armed Forces and officials
of the Department of Defense, on the one hand, and armed
forces personnel and officials of Taiwan, on the other hand.
(c) Focus of Exchanges.--The exchanges under the program
carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall include
exchanges focused on the following:
(1) Threat analysis.
(2) Military doctrine.
(3) Force planning.
(4) Logistical support.
(5) Intelligence collection and analysis.
(6) Operational tactics, techniques, and procedures.
(7) Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
(d) Civil-military Affairs.--The exchanges under the
program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall include
activities and exercises focused on civil-military relations,
including parliamentary relations.
(e) Location of Exchanges.--The exchanges under the program
carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall be conducted in
both the United States and Taiwan.
(f) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``senior military officer'', with respect to
the Armed Forces, means a general or flag officer of the
Armed Forces on active duty.
(2) The term ``senior official'', with respect to the
Department of Defense, means a civilian official of the
Department of Defense at the level of Assistant Secretary of
Defense or above.
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