S.Amdt. 2058

SA 2058. Mr. COONS 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:

On page 599, after line 21, add the following:
(g) Enhanced Scope of Authority.--Subsection (a)(1) of such
section, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is
further amended by inserting after ``activities described in
paragraph (2)'' the following: ``, to support the security
cooperation objectives of the United States,''.
(h) Procedures.--Such section, as amended by subsections
(b) through (f) of this section, is further amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as
subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
subsection (c):
``(c) Coordination of Activities.--The Chief of the
National Guard Bureau shall designate a director for each
State and territory to be responsible for the coordination of
activities under a program established under subsection (a)
for such State or territory and reporting on activities under
the program.''.
(i) Annual Report.--Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (f) of
such section, as redesignated by subsection (h)(1) of this
section, is amended--
(1) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or other government
organizations'' after ``and security forces'';
(2) in clause (iv), by adding at the end before the period
the following: ``and country'';
(3) in clause (v), by striking ``training'' and inserting
``activities''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(vi) An assessment of the extent to which the activities
conducted during the previous year met the objectives
described in clause (v).''.
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