S.Amdt. 4163

SA 4163. Mr. RUBIO (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Gardner)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S.
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

After section 1243, insert the following:

SEC. 1243A. GRANT OF OBSERVER STATUS TO THE MILITARY FORCES
OF TAIWAN AT RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall grant
observer status to the military forces of Taiwan in any
maritime exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific Exercise.
(b) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date
of the enactment of this Act, and applies with respect to any
maritime exercise described in subsection (a) that begins on
or after such date.
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