S.Amdt. 2774

SA 2774. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe
(for himself and Mr. McCain) 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 A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORTS ON AUTHORITY TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR FOREIGN
SECURITY FORCES.

Section 333 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Comptroller General Reports.--
``(1) In general.--Not later than March 31, 2020, and
periodically thereafter, as determined by the Comptroller
General of the United States, until January 1, 2029, the
Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on 1 or more programs
authorized by this section, as selected by the Comptroller
General for purposes of the report.

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``(2) Elements.--Each report under paragraph (1) shall
include the following with respect to the execution and
management by the Secretary of Defense of the selected
programs, to the extent such information is available:
``(A) The assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of the
Secretary in support of such programs.
``(B) Any other information relating to such programs, as
the Comptroller General considers appropriate.
``(3) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
section, the term `appropriate committees of Congress'
means--
``(A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate; and
``(B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives.''.
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