S.Amdt. 2428

SA 2428. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain)
and intended to be proposed 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 end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMBINED MARITIME TASK FORCE
PACIFIC.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall establish a
task force, to be known as the Combined Maritime Task Force
Pacific, to protect a free and open Indo-Pacific maritime
region.
(b) Consultation.--In establishing the task force under
subsection (a), the President shall seek the participation of
partner nations that are interested in goals of the task
force.
(c) Leadership.--The United States Navy shall lead the task
force established under subsection (a).
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