S.Amdt. 4592

SA 4592. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Rounds) 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 2350a(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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