S.Amdt. 4542

SA 4542. Ms. HIRONO 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 I of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1097. WATER RESOURCE AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN ALLIES AND
ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY
OPERATIONS.

The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the
Secretary of State, is authorized to enter into agreements
with the governments of allied countries and organizations
described in section 2350(a)(2) of title 10, United States
Code, to develop land-based water resources in support of and
in preparation for contingency operations, including water
efficiency, reuse, selection, pumping, purification, storage,
research and development, distribution, cooling, consumption,
water source intelligence, training, acquisition of water
support equipment, and water support operations.
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