S.Amdt. 389

SA 389. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kaine) 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:

At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

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SEC. 1045. TRAINING OF MIDCAREER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
PERSONNEL ON WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACHES TO
NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that
midcareer personnel of the Department of Defense are provided
training on whole-of-Government approaches to national
security challenges.
(b) Coordination.--In providing training under this
section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of
other departments and agencies of the United States
Government in order to ensure that such training promotes
cross-agency and multi-sector learning, collaboration, and
problem-solving for midcareer military and civilian
personnel.
(c) Elements.--The training under this section shall
include the following:
(1) Training on creating integrated and consistent policy
across the executive branch.
(2) Training on the role of Congress, State and local
governments, community organizations, academia, foreign
governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private
sector in influencing and executing whole-of-Government
solutions.
(3) Training on operating collaboratively in an interagency
environment.
(4) Table-top role playing exercises and mentorship
programs designed to enable participants to gain a greater
understanding of interagency partners and how to leverage the
whole-of-Government approach to achieve desired outcomes.
(d) Provision of Training.--
(1) Training by cohort.--Training shall be provided under
this section to cohorts comprised of a mix of military and
civilian personnel--
(A) from across the Department and the Armed Forces; and
(B) to the extent practicable, from other departments and
agencies.
(2) Providers of training.--The entities providing training
under this section shall include the military staff and war
colleges, the National Defense University, and accredited
public institutions of higher education that provide whole-
of-Government curricula and are centrally located in areas of
high concentration of military and civilian national security
personnel.
(3) Training at public institutions of higher education.--
At least 50 percent of the training provided under this
section shall be provided at or by accredited public
institutions of higher education described in paragraph (2).
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