S.Amdt. 1866

SA 1866. Mr. RUBIO 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1264. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PARTICIPATION
OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE NEXT
RIM OF THE PACIFIC NAVAL EXERCISES.

No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or
otherwise available for the Department of Defense funds may
be obligated or expended for the participation of the
People's Republic of China in the next Rim of the Pacific
(RIMPAC) naval exercises until the Secretary of Defense
certifies to the congressional defense committees that--
(1) the People's Republic of China has ceased its land
reclamation activities on disputed islands located in the
South China Sea as well its militarization of those islands,
including the building or deployment of surface-to-air
missile, coastal defenses, cruise missiles, naval guns,
fortified aviation hangars, and artillery; and
(2) the Republic of China Navy has been invited to
participate in the Rim of the Pacific naval exercises.
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