[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 7, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3588]
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  SA 4527. Mr. CASEY (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Blumenthal, and Mr. 
Bennet) 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:

       On page 1180, strike lines 1 through 5 and insert the 
     following:
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``fiscal year 2016'' and inserting ``fiscal 
     years 2016 and 2017''; and
       (B) by striking ``the Government of Pakistan'' and all that 
     follows and inserting ``any country that the Secretary of 
     Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, has 
     identified as critical for countering the movement of 
     precursor materials for improvised explosive devices into 
     Syria, Iraq, or Afghanistan.'';
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the Government of 
     Pakistan'' and inserting ``a country'';
       (3) in paragraph (3), striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) 
     and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(A) listing each country identified pursuant to paragraph 
     (1);
       ``(B) detailing the amount of funds to be used with respect 
     to each country identified pursuant to paragraph (1) and the 
     training, equipment, supplies, and services to be provided to 
     such country;
       ``(C) evaluating the effectiveness of efforts by each 
     country identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to counter the 
     movement of precursor materials for improvised explosive 
     devices; and
       ``(D) setting forth the overall plan to increase the 
     counter-improvised explosive device capability of each 
     country identified pursuant to paragraph (1).''; and
       (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``December 31, 2016'' and 
     inserting ``December 31, 2017''.
       (c) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the United States Government should continue and should 
     increase interagency efforts to disrupt the flow of 
     improvised explosive devices (IED), precursor chemicals, and 
     components into conflict areas such as Syria, Iraq, and 
     Afghanistan;
       (2) the Department of Defense has made sizeable investments 
     to attack the network, defeat the device, and facilitate 
     protection of United States forces for many years and 
     throughout the relevant theaters of operation; and
       (3) it is essential that the continuing efforts of the 
     United States to counter improvised explosive devices 
     leverage all instruments of national power, including 
     engagement and investment from diplomatic, economic, and law 
     enforcement departments and agencies.
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