S.Amdt. 2278

SA 2278. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2019 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE FREE TRADE
AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN
COUNTRIES.

(a) In General.--The Chief Executive Officer of the
Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult and coordinate
with the United States Trade Representative and the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development with respect to countries described in subsection
(b) for the purpose of developing and carrying out the plan
required by section 116(b) of the African Growth and
Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3723(b)).
(b) Countries Described.--A country is described in this
paragraph if the country--
(1) is identified under section 110(b)(1) of the Trade
Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-27; 19
U.S.C. 3705 note); and
(2)(A) has entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact
pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of
2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708); or
(B) is selected by the Board of Directors of the Millennium
Challenge Corporation under subsection (c) of section 607 of
that Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) from among the countries determined
to be eligible countries under subsection (a) of that
section.
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