S.Amdt. 5563

SA 5563. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. REPORT ON UNITED STATES-COLOMBIA COUNTERNARCOTICS PARTNERSHIP.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the counternarcotics partnership between the United States and Colombia.

(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) A strategy for the Department to enhance coordination with and support for the Comandos Jungla Antinarcoticos, including through training with United States Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets.

(2) An evaluation of the success, as of the date on which the report is submitted, of the support provided by the Department for the efforts of the Policia National de Colombia to conduct counternarcotics operations, eradicate and seize cocaine and coca base, and train police in rural security positions.