[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 84 (Thursday, May 26, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3345]
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  SA 4344. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Warner, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Kirk) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill 
S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1247. MILITARY-TO-MILITARY EXCHANGES WITH INDIA.

       To enhance military cooperation and encourage engagement in 
     joint military operations between the United States and 
     India, the Secretary of Defense may take appropriate actions 
     to ensure that exchanges between senior military officers and 
     senior civilian defense officials of the Government of India 
     and the United States Government--
       (1) are at a level appropriate to enhance engagement 
     between the militaries of the two countries for developing 
     threat analysis, military doctrine, force planning, 
     logistical support, intelligence collection and analysis, 
     tactics, techniques, and procedures, and humanitarian 
     assistance and disaster relief;
       (2) include exchanges of general and flag officers; and
       (3) significantly enhance joint military operations, 
     including maritime security, counter-piracy, counter-terror 
     cooperation, and domain awareness in the Indo-Asia-Pacific 
     region.
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