S.Amdt. 3343

SA 3343. Mr. CURTIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2026 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. 1265. STRENGTHENING CAPACITY TO COUNTER MALIGN
ACTIVITIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

(a) Strategy.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of State, the Secretary of
the Treasury, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of
Homeland Security, shall develop and commence implementation
of a strategy to strengthen the capacity of allies and
partners in Latin America to counter malign activities by the
Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, Iran, and
nonstate actors, including Hezbollah.
(2) Elements.--The strategy required by paragraph (1)
shall--
(A) enhance the capabilities of regional partners through
Department of Defense-led training, equipment transfers, and
intelligence-sharing agreements;
(B) prioritize countries that demonstrate a commitment to
countering malign activities described that paragraph; and
(C) leverage the United States Southern Command and the
Joint Interagency Task Force South to provide--
(i) intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance;
(ii) special operations support; and
(iii) joint exercises addressing hybrid threats such as
cyberattacks, disinformation, and illicit finance.
(b) Reports.--
(1) Initial report.--Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees an initial
report relating to the strategy required by subsection (a)
that assesses, with respect to allies and partners in Latin
America--
(A) capabilities and proposed enhancements of such
capabilities; and
(B) capability gaps and proposed measures to address such
gaps.
(2) Annual report.--Not less frequently than annually, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the implementation of the
strategy required by subsection (a) that includes--
(A) metrics on disrupted malign activities; and
(B) a description of improvements to partner country
capacity to counter malign activities.
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