[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4523-S4524]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 511. Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. 
Warner) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1218. COOPERATION BETWEEN INDIA AND AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) Sense of Congress on Bilateral Cooperation.--It is the 
     sense of Congress that, in order to promote stability and 
     security in Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense should, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State, identify and 
     promote means by which the Government of India may do the 
     following:
       (1) Increase security assistance to the Afghan National 
     Security Forces (ANSF), including through the provision of 
     logistics support, threat analysis, intelligence, materiel, 
     and maintenance support by India.
       (2) Support targeted infrastructure development and 
     economic investment in Afghanistan, including through a 
     priority for such investment that is aligned with the mutual 
     interests of the India Government and the United States 
     Government.
       (3) Improve the provision by India of humanitarian and 
     disaster relief assistance to Afghanistan, including through 
     the provision of logistics support by India, joint training 
     between Afghanistan and India, and combined military planning 
     by Afghanistan and India for humanitarian assistance and 
     disaster relief missions in Afghanistan.
       (b) Enhanced Trilateral Cooperation.--In order to enhance 
     trilateral cooperation between Afghanistan, India, and the 
     United States, and to promote mutual priorities for security 
     assistance in Afghanistan, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of State--
       (1) work with representatives of the Afghanistan 
     Government, the India Government, and the United States 
     Government on an ongoing basis to--
       (A) establish priorities for investments to promote 
     security and stability in Afghanistan that align with the 
     mutual interests of Afghanistan, India, and the United 
     States;
       (B) identify gaps in the capabilities of Afghanistan 
     security forces, and determine means of addressing such gaps;

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       (C) identify economic and infrastructure development 
     opportunities in Afghanistan related to improving security 
     and stability in Afghanistan; and
       (D) identify means of improving the coordination and 
     delivery of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief 
     capabilities to Afghanistan by the Afghanistan, India, and 
     United States militaries in order to improve joint military 
     response to current and anticipated humanitarian needs in 
     Afghanistan; and
       (2) advocate for necessary capabilities, especially to meet 
     critical, short-term needs identified by the commander of 
     United States forces participating in Operation Resolute 
     Support in Afghanistan.
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