S.Amdt. 403

SA 403. Mr. BENNET 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 B of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. MODIFICATION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON ENHANCING
SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN.

Paragraph (1) of section 1225(b) of the Carl Levin and
Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 127 Stat. 3550) is
amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading by inserting ``and taking into
account the august 2017 strategy of the united states'' after
``2014''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)--
(A) by striking the period at the end and inserting a
semicolon;
(B) by striking ``in the assessment of any such'' and
inserting ``in the assessment of--
``(i) any such''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
``(ii) the United States counterterrorism mission; and
``(iii) efforts to bring about a political settlement,
support reconciliation efforts, and extend the reach of the
Government of Afghanistan throughout Afghanistan.''.
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