[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 147 (Tuesday, September 12, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5238-S5239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 994. Mr. JOHNSON 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

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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 A of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE INTERNATIONAL 
                   MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

       It is the sense of Congress that the International Military 
     Education and Training program--
       (1) improves the professionalism, capabilities, and 
     interoperability of United States military partners for our 
     mutual benefit;
       (2) strengthens the personal relationships between members 
     of the United States Armed Forces and their foreign 
     counterparts;
       (3) supports regional stability and democracy promotion; 
     and
       (4) plays a vital role in United States national security 
     and foreign policy.
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