S.Amdt. 280

SA 280. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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:

Strike section 1260 and insert the following:

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SEC. 1260. SENSE OF SENATE ON ENHANCED COOPERATION WITH
PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH OPEN-
SOURCE INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTERS IN THE INDO-
PACIFIC REGION.

It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Pacific Island countries in the Indo-Pacific region
are critical partners of the United States;
(2) the United States should take steps to enhance
collaboration with Pacific Island countries;
(3) United States Indo-Pacific Command should pursue the
establishment of one or more open-source intelligence fusion
centers in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance cooperation
with Pacific Island countries, which may include
participation in an existing fusion center of a partner or
ally in lieu of establishing an entirely new fusion center;
and
(4) the United States should continue to support the
political, economic, and security partnerships among
Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific Island countries.
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