S.Amdt. 4178

SA 4178. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1283. PLAN FOR ENHANCING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING
ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall develop a
plan for enhancing institutional capacity building activities
in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of the major areas of weakness in
civilian oversight of--

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(A) the military forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
and
(B) the defense institutions of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
(2) An identification of the programs authorized under
title 10, United States Code, that could be applied to
strengthen--
(A) civilian oversight of the military forces of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria; and
(B) governance in the defense sector of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.
(3) A plan for the provision of assistance to the Federal
Republic of Nigeria under section 332(b) of title 10, United
States Code, during the three-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act that--
(A) includes civilian oversight of the military and better
governance and internal controls in defense establishments;
and
(B) addresses shortfalls in organizational structure and
management.
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Armed Services of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on
Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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