[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 89 (Thursday, June 4, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3786]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1620. Mr. COATS 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. MILITARY EXCHANGES BETWEEN SENIOR OFFICERS AND 
                   OFFICIALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a 
     program of exchanges of senior military officers and senior 
     officials between the United States and Taiwan designed to 
     improve military to military relations between the United 
     States and Taiwan.
       (b) Exchanges Described.--For the purposes of this section, 
     an exchange is an activity, exercise, event, or observation 
     opportunity between members of the Armed Forces and officials 
     of the Department of Defense, on the one hand, and armed 
     forces personnel and officials of Taiwan, on the other hand.
       (c) Focus of Exchanges.--The exchanges under the program 
     carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall include 
     exchanges focused on the following:
       (1) Threat analysis.
       (2) Military doctrine.
       (3) Force planning.
       (4) Logistical support.
       (5) Intelligence collection and analysis.
       (6) Operational tactics, techniques, and procedures.
       (7) Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
       (d) Civil-military Affairs.--The exchanges under the 
     program carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall include 
     activities and exercises focused on civil-military relations, 
     including parliamentary relations.
       (e) Location of Exchanges.--The exchanges under the program 
     carried out pursuant to subsection (a) shall be conducted in 
     both the United States and Taiwan.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``senior military officer'', with respect to 
     the Armed Forces, means a general or flag officer of the 
     Armed Forces on active duty.
       (2) The term ``senior official'', with respect to the 
     Department of Defense, means a civilian official of the 
     Department of Defense at the level of Assistant Secretary of 
     Defense or above.
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