[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1866. Mr. RUBIO 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1264. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR THE PARTICIPATION 
                   OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN THE NEXT 
                   RIM OF THE PACIFIC NAVAL EXERCISES.

       No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act or 
     otherwise available for the Department of Defense funds may 
     be obligated or expended for the participation of the 
     People's Republic of China in the next Rim of the Pacific 
     (RIMPAC) naval exercises until the Secretary of Defense 
     certifies to the congressional defense committees that--
       (1) the People's Republic of China has ceased its land 
     reclamation activities on disputed islands located in the 
     South China Sea as well its militarization of those islands, 
     including the building or deployment of surface-to-air 
     missile, coastal defenses, cruise missiles, naval guns, 
     fortified aviation hangars, and artillery; and
       (2) the Republic of China Navy has been invited to 
     participate in the Rim of the Pacific naval exercises.
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