S.Amdt. 2059

SA 2059. Mr. BENNET 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 B of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1628. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT
OPERATIONS.

(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) military information support operations are an
important component of Department of Defense communications
efforts and provide commanders with a valuable tool to shape
the operational environment; and
(2) the Secretary of Defense should develop creative and
agile concepts, technologies, and strategies to more
effectively counter and degrade the ability of state and non-
state adversaries to persuade, inspire, and recruit using
both traditional and emerging forms of communication and
information related-capabilities.

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