S.Amdt. 800

SA 800. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO (for herself, Mr. Daines, Ms. Rosen, and Ms.
Ernst) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the
bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2024 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 A of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1213. REPORT ON COORDINATION WITH PRIVATE ENTITIES AND
STATE GOVERNMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE STATE
PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

(a) In General.-- The Secretary of Defense shall submit to
Congress a report on the feasibility of coordinating with
private entities

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and State governments to provide resources and personnel to
support technical exchanges under the Department of Defense
State Partnership Program established under section 341 of
title 10, United States Code.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An analysis of the limitations of the State Partnership
Program.
(2) The types of personnel and expertise that could be
helpful to partner country participants in the State
Partnership Program.
(3) Any authority needed to leverage such expertise from
private entities and State governments, as applicable.
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