S.Amdt. 511

SA 511. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr.
Warner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 B of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1218. COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

(a) Sense of Congress on Bilateral Cooperation.--It is the
sense of Congress that, in order to promote stability and
security in Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense should, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, identify and
promote means by which the Government of India may do the
following:
(1) Increase security assistance to the Afghan National
Security Forces (ANSF), including through the provision of
logistics support, threat analysis, intelligence, materiel,
and maintenance support by India.
(2) Support targeted infrastructure development and
economic investment in Afghanistan, including through a
priority for such investment that is aligned with the mutual
interests of the India Government and the United States
Government.
(3) Improve the provision by India of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance to Afghanistan, including through
the provision of logistics support by India, joint training
between Afghanistan and India, and combined military planning
by Afghanistan and India for humanitarian assistance and
disaster relief missions in Afghanistan.
(b) Enhanced Trilateral Cooperation.--In order to enhance
trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, India, and the
United States, and to promote mutual priorities for security
assistance in Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense shall, in
coordination with the Secretary of State--
(1) work with representatives of the Afghanistan
Government, the India Government, and the United States
Government on an ongoing basis to--
(A) establish priorities for investments to promote
security and stability in Afghanistan that align with the
mutual interests of Afghanistan, India, and the United
States;
(B) identify gaps in the capabilities of Afghanistan
security forces, and determine means of addressing such gaps;

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(C) identify economic and infrastructure development
opportunities in Afghanistan related to improving security
and stability in Afghanistan; and
(D) identify means of improving the coordination and
delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief
capabilities to Afghanistan by the Afghanistan, India, and
United States militaries in order to improve joint military
response to current and anticipated humanitarian needs in
Afghanistan; and
(2) advocate for necessary capabilities, especially to meet
critical, short-term needs identified by the commander of
United States forces participating in Operation Resolute
Support in Afghanistan.
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