S.Amdt. 4527

SA 4527. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr.
Bennet) 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:

On page 1180, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the
following:
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``fiscal year 2016'' and inserting ``fiscal
years 2016 and 2017''; and
(B) by striking ``the Government of Pakistan'' and all that
follows and inserting ``any country that the Secretary of
Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, has
identified as critical for countering the movement of
precursor materials for improvised explosive devices into
Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan.'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Government of
Pakistan'' and inserting ``a country'';
(3) in paragraph (3), striking subparagraphs (A) and (B)
and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
``(A) listing each country identified pursuant to paragraph
(1);
``(B) detailing the amount of funds to be used with respect
to each country identified pursuant to paragraph (1) and the
training, equipment, supplies, and services to be provided to
such country;
``(C) evaluating the effectiveness of efforts by each
country identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to counter the
movement of precursor materials for improvised explosive
devices; and
``(D) setting forth the overall plan to increase the
counter-improvised explosive device capability of each
country identified pursuant to paragraph (1).''; and
(4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``December 31, 2016'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2017''.
(c) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the United States Government should continue and should
increase interagency efforts to disrupt the flow of
improvised explosive devices (IED), precursor chemicals, and
components into conflict areas such as Syria, Iraq, and
Afghanistan;
(2) the Department of Defense has made sizeable investments
to attack the network, defeat the device, and facilitate
protection of United States forces for many years and
throughout the relevant theaters of operation; and
(3) it is essential that the continuing efforts of the
United States to counter improvised explosive devices
leverage all instruments of national power, including
engagement and investment from diplomatic, economic, and law
enforcement departments and agencies.
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