[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2278. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2019 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. COORDINATION OF EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE FREE TRADE 
                   AGREEMENTS WITH CERTAIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--The Chief Executive Officer of the 
     Millennium Challenge Corporation shall consult and coordinate 
     with the United States Trade Representative and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development with respect to countries described in subsection 
     (b) for the purpose of developing and carrying out the plan 
     required by section 116(b) of the African Growth and 
     Opportunity Act (19 U.S.C. 3723(b)).
       (b) Countries Described.--A country is described in this 
     paragraph if the country--
       (1) is identified under section 110(b)(1) of the Trade 
     Preferences Extension Act of 2015 (Public Law 114-27; 19 
     U.S.C. 3705 note); and
       (2)(A) has entered into a Millennium Challenge Compact 
     pursuant to section 609 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 
     2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708); or
       (B) is selected by the Board of Directors of the Millennium 
     Challenge Corporation under subsection (c) of section 607 of 
     that Act (22 U.S.C. 7706) from among the countries determined 
     to be eligible countries under subsection (a) of that 
     section.
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