[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 98 (Thursday, June 18, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S4328]
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        NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016


                    Amendment No. 1474, as Modified

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that 
notwithstanding the passage of H.R. 1735, the Coons amendment No. 1474, 
which was agreed to, be modified by replacing the text therein with the 
text of Coons amendment No. 2058.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment, as modified, is as follows:

(Purpose: To improve section 1204, relating to the National Guard State 
                          Partnership Program)

       On page 599, after line 21, add the following:
       (g) Enhanced Scope of Authority.--Subsection (a)(1) of such 
     section, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is 
     further amended by inserting after ``activities described in 
     paragraph (2)'' the following: ``, to support the security 
     cooperation objectives of the United States,''.
       (h) Procedures.--Such section, as amended by subsections 
     (b) through (f) of this section, is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as 
     subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c) Coordination of Activities.--The Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau shall designate a director for each 
     State and territory to be responsible for the coordination of 
     activities under a program established under subsection (a) 
     for such State or territory and reporting on activities under 
     the program.''.
       (i) Annual Report.--Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (f) of 
     such section, as redesignated by subsection (h)(1) of this 
     section, is amended--
       (1) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or other government 
     organizations'' after ``and security forces'';
       (2) in clause (iv), by adding at the end before the period 
     the following: ``and country'';
       (3) in clause (v), by striking ``training'' and inserting 
     ``activities''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) An assessment of the extent to which the activities 
     conducted during the previous year met the objectives 
     described in clause (v).''.


                           order for printing

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I further ask unanimous consent that 
the bill as passed by the Senate be printed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The bill, H.R. 1735, as amended, will be printed in a future edition 
of the Record.)

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