S.Amdt. 4417

SA 4417. Mr. KAINE 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:

At the end of subtitle H of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1277. PILOT PROGRAM ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND UNITED
STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COOPERATION TO COUNTER VIOLENT EXTREMISM.

(a) Pilot Program.--The Secretary of Defense and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development may jointly carry out in accordance with this
section a pilot program to assess the feasibility and
advisability of cooperation between the Department of Defense
and the United States Agency for International Development in
projects to prevent support for violent extremism.
(b) Cooperation Through Support of Projects.--In carrying
out the pilot program, the Secretary is authorized to provide
support for projects of the United States Agency for
International Development to prevent support for violent
extremism.
(c) Funds.--Any support under the pilot program in a fiscal
year shall be provided using amounts available for such
fiscal year for the Department of Defense for security
cooperation programs and activities of the Department of
Defense, and shall be subject to the authorities and
limitations governing the activities of the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development.
(d) Request and Concurrence Required.--Any support under
the pilot program may be provided only at the request of the
commander of a combatant command and with the concurrence of
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
(e) Joint Determination Required.--Support may be provided
under the pilot program for a project of the United States
Agency for International Development only if the Secretary
and the Administrator jointly determine that the project--
(1) is in support of, or necessary to the effectiveness of,
one or more programs conducted by the Department of Defense;
and
(2) cannot be carried out by the Department.
(f) Limitation.--The amount of support provided by the
Secretary under the pilot program in any fiscal year may not
exceed $10,000,000.
(g) Notice to Congress.--Not later than 15 days before
providing support for a project under the pilot program, the
Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a notice detailing the project to be supported.
(h) Sunset.--The authority to provide support under the
pilot program shall expire on September 30, 2018. The
expiration of the authority on that date shall not affect the
availability of funds made available to the Administrator of
the United States Agency for International Development under
the authority before that date.
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