[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3241-S3242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2326. Mr. TESTER 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 end of subtitle E of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 558. IMPROVEMENT OF AUTHORITY ON LANGUAGE TRAINING 
                   CENTERS FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND 
                   CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   DEFENSE.

       (a) Requirement for Program.--
       (1) In general.--Subsection (a) of section 529 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 (10 
     U.S.C. 2001 note

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     prec.) is amended by striking ``may carry out'' and inserting 
     ``shall carry out''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--Such section is further amended 
     by striking ``authorized by subsection (a)'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``required by subsection (a)''.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is hereby 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2019 for the 
     Department of Defense, $10,000,000 to carry out the program 
     of language training centers required by section 529 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, as 
     amended by subsection (a).
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