S.Amdt. 1842

SA 1842. Mr. PERDUE 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, 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1242. STRATEGY FOR THE MIDDLE EAST IN THE EVENT OF A
COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR AGREEMENT WITH IRAN.

(a) Strategy Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, other members of
the National Security Council, and the heads of other
appropriate departments and agencies of the United States
Government, develop a strategy for the United States for the
Middle East in the event of a comprehensive nuclear agreement
with Iran.
(b) Elements.--The strategy shall include the following:
(1) Efforts to counter Iranian-sponsored terrorism in
Middle East region.
(2) Efforts to reassure United States allies and partners
in Middle East.
(3) Efforts to address the potential for a conventional or
nuclear arms race in the Middle East.

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(c) Submittal to Congress.--Not later than 60 days after
the date of the entry of Iran into the agreement described in
subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit the strategy
developed under that subsection to--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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