To require a strategy to promote United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

SA 1708. Mr. GARDNER 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. STRATEGY TO PROMOTE UNITED STATES INTERESTS IN THE
INDO-ASIA-PACIFIC REGION.

(a) Strategy.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall develop an
overall strategy to promote United States interests in the
Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Such strategy shall be informed by
the following:
(1) The national security strategy of the United States for
2015 set forth in the national security strategy report
required under section 108(a)(3) of the National Security Act
of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 5043(a)(3)), as such strategy relates to
United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
(2) The 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), as it
relates to United States interests in the Indo-Asia-Pacific
region.
(3) The 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review
(QDDR), as it relates to United States interests in the Indo-
Asia-Pacific region.
(4) The strategy to prioritize United States defense
interests in the Asia-Pacific region as contained in the
report required by section 1251(a) of the Carl Levin and
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3570).
(5) The integrated, multi-year planning and budget strategy
for a rebalancing of United States policy in Asia submitted
to Congress pursuant to section 7043(a) of the Department of
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 2014 (division K of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2014 (Public Law 113-76)).
(b) Presidential Policy Directive.--The President shall
issue a Presidential Policy Directive to appropriate
departments and agencies of the United States Government that
contains the strategy developed under subsection (a) and
includes implementing guidance to such departments and
agencies.
(c) Relation to Agency Priority Goals and Annual Budget.--
(1) Agency priority goals.--In identifying agency priority
goals under section 1120(b) of title 31, United States Code,
for each appropriate department and agency of the United
States Government, the head of such department or agency, or
as otherwise determined by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, shall take into consideration the
strategy developed under subsection (a) and the Presidential
Policy Directive issued under subsection (b).
(2) Annual budget.--The President shall, acting through the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, ensure that
the annual budget submitted to Congress under section 1105 of
title 31, United States Code, includes a separate section
that clearly highlights programs and projects that are being
funded in the annual budget that relate to the strategy
developed under subsection (a) and the Presidential Policy
Directive issued under subsection (b).
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