S.Amdt. 994

SA 994. Mr. JOHNSON 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

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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. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE INTERNATIONAL
MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

It is the sense of Congress that the International Military
Education and Training program--
(1) improves the professionalism, capabilities, and
interoperability of United States military partners for our
mutual benefit;
(2) strengthens the personal relationships between members
of the United States Armed Forces and their foreign
counterparts;
(3) supports regional stability and democracy promotion;
and
(4) plays a vital role in United States national security
and foreign policy.
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