[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3878]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1841. Mr. PERDUE (for himself and Mr. Cotton) 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, 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. 1209. USE OF ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO THE VETTED SYRIAN 
                   OPPOSITION TO DEFEND THE SYRIAN PEOPLE AGAINST 
                   THE ASSAD REGIME.

       Section 1209(a) of the Carl Levin and Howard P. ``Buck'' 
     McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2015 (Public Law 113-291; 128 Stat. 3541) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
     (3) and (4), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new 
     paragraph (2):
       ``(2) Defending the Syrian people from attacks by the 
     regime of President Bashir Assad.''.
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