[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1861. 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. AUTHORITY FOR SUPPORT FOR THE VETTED SYRIAN 
                   OPPOSITION UPON THEIR RETURN TO SYRIA TO 
                   PROTECT THEM FROM HOSTILE ADVERSARIES.

       Section 1209 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 by 
     adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(l) Support for the Vetted Opposition Upon Return to 
     Syria.--In order to meet the purposes specified in subsection 
     (a), the Secretary of Defense may provide assistance to 
     appropriately vetted elements, groups, and individuals 
     described in that subsection, upon their return to Syria to 
     provide protection to such recipients from hostile 
     adversaries, including the following types of support:
       ``(1) Intelligence.
       ``(2) Logistics.
       ``(3) Defensive supporting fire.
       ``(4) Medical assistance.
       ``(5) Any other support the Secretary of Defense considers 
     appropriate.''.
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