S.Amdt. 2775

SA 2775. 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN
CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report
that assesses, for fiscal years 2013 through 2018, the
assessment, monitoring, and evaluation activities of the
Department of Defense for security cooperation programs in
each of the foreign countries specified in subsection (b).
(b) Foreign Countries Specified.--The foreign countries
specified in this subsection are the following:
(1) Afghanistan.
(2) Iraq.
(3) Yemen.
(4) Nigeria.
(5) Niger.
(6) Mali.
(7) Tunisia.
(8) Somalia.
(9) The Philippines.
(10) Jordan.
(c) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) Lessons learned and best practices with respect to such
security cooperation programs and activities of the
Department of Defense.
(2) Relevant recommendations for future security
cooperation programs and activities of the Department of
Defense.
(3) Recommendations for monitoring and evaluation metrics
for future security cooperation programs and activities of
the Department of Defense.
(4) Evaluation of the efficacy of the assessment tools used
by the Department of Defense and other relevant security
cooperation agencies with respect to such security
cooperation programs and activities of the Department of
Defense for purposes of measuring improvements made by the
forces of the foreign countries specified in subsection (b).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.
(2) Security cooperation programs and activities of the
department of defense.--The term ``security cooperation
programs and activities of the Department of Defense'' has
the meaning given such term in section 301(7) of title 10,
United States Code.
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