S.Amdt. 4428

SA 4428. Mrs. BOXER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1266. ENHANCEMENT OF EFFORTS FOR THE RECRUITMENT AND
ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE SECURITY SECTOR AS
PART OF DEFENSE INSTITUTION BUILDING PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

In carrying out programs and activities for defense
institution building of foreign countries under the security
cooperation programs and activities of the Department of
Defense, the Secretary of Defense shall, in coordination with
the Secretary of State, include policies to strengthen and
facilitate, to the extent practicable, the efforts of
countries participating in such defense institution building
programs and activities to recruit, retain, professionalize,
and advance women in their security sectors.

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