[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3879]
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SA 1843. Mrs. FEINSTEIN 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 appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. __. REPORT ON COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN.
(a) In General.--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 a report that
describes--
(1) the counter-narcotics goals of the Department of
Defense in Afghanistan; and
(2) how the Secretary of Defense will coordinate the
counter-drug efforts of the Department of Defense with other
Federal agencies to ensure an integrated, effective counter-
narcotics strategy is implemented in Afghanistan.
(b) Contents.--The report submitted under subsection (a)
shall include--
(1) a description of the metrics used to evaluate the
effectiveness of counter-drug efforts of the Department of
Defense in Afghanistan; and
(2) a description of the process by which the Secretary of
Defense will determine whether to continue each of the
counter-drug initiatives of the Department of Defense in
Afghanistan.
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