[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1517. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, to 
prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Insert after section 1204 the following:

     SEC. 1204A. REPORT ON EXPANSION OF NATIONAL GUARD STATE 
                   PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM TO INCLUDE NATIONS IN THE 
                   ARCTIC REGION.

       Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report setting forth an 
     assessment of the feasibility and advisability of expanding 
     the National Guard State Partnership Program to include 
     partnerships with nations in the Arctic region in order to 
     further the strategy of the Department of Defense for the 
     Arctic region.
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