S.Amdt. 549

SA 549. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 XII, add the following:

SEC. 1262. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION IN THE
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.

(a) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on
defense cooperation between the United States and India in
the Western Indian Ocean.
(2) Matters to be included.--The report required by
paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) A description of military activities of the United
States and India, separately, in the Western Indian Ocean.
(B) A description of military cooperation activities
between the United States and India in the areas of
humanitarian assistance, counter terrorism, counter piracy,
maritime security, and other areas as the Secretary
determines appropriate.
(C) A description of how the relevant geographic combatant
commands coordinate their activities with the Indian military
in the Western Indian Ocean.
(D) A description of the mechanisms in place to ensure the
relevant geographic combatant commands maximize defense
cooperation with India in the Western Indian Ocean.
(E) Areas of future opportunity to increase military
engagement with India in the Western Indian Ocean.
(3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(b) Military Cooperation Agreements; Conduct of Regular
Joint Military Training and Operations.--The Secretary of
Defense is authorized to enter into military cooperation
agreements and to conduct regular joint military training and
operations with India in the Western Indian Ocean on behalf
of the United States Government, and after consultation with
the Secretary of State.
(c) Mechanisms to Maximize Defense Cooperation.--The
Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the relevant
geographic combatant commands have proper mechanisms in place
to maximize defense cooperation with India in the Western
Indian Ocean.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant
congressional committees'' means--
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives; and
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on
Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate.
(2) Relevant geographic combatant commands.--The term
``relevant geographic combatant commands'' means the United
States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command,
and United States Africa Command.
(3) Western indian ocean.--The term ``Western Indian
Ocean'' means the area in the Indian Ocean extending from the
west coast of India to the east coast of Africa.
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