S.Amdt. 1861

SA 1861. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Cotton) 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 A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1209. AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT FOR THE VETTED SYRIAN
OPPOSITION UPON THEIR RETURN TO SYRIA TO
PROTECT THEM FROM HOSTILE ADVERSARIES.

Section 1209 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck''
McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat, 3541) is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(l) Support for the Vetted Opposition Upon Return to
Syria.--In order to meet the purposes specified in subsection
(a), the Secretary of Defense may provide assistance to
appropriately vetted elements, groups, and individuals
described in that subsection, upon their return to Syria to
provide protection to such recipients from hostile
adversaries, including the following types of support:
``(1) Intelligence.
``(2) Logistics.
``(3) Defensive supporting fire.
``(4) Medical assistance.
``(5) Any other support the Secretary of Defense considers
appropriate.''.
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