[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3369]
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  SA 2533. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. 
McCain) and intended to be proposed 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON TRANS-SAHARA COUNTERTERRORISM 
                   PARTNERSHIP AND PARTNERSHIP FOR REGIONAL EAST 
                   AFRICA COUNTERTERRORISM.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report that--
       (1) updates the report submitted under section 1206(a)(3) 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     2014 (Public Law 113-66; 127 Stat. 900; 22 U.S.C. 2151 note); 
     and
       (2) provides a comprehensive review of the manner in which 
     the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership and the 
     Partnership For Regional East Africa Counterterrorism support 
     the policy priorities of the President in the west and 
     northwest regions of Africa and east Africa.
       (b) Matters to Be Included.--The report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) Each of the elements set forth in section 1206(a)(3) of 
     such Act.
       (2) A detailed description of the policy priorities of the 
     President in the west and northwest regions of Africa and 
     east Africa;
       (3) An assessment of the manner in which the strategic 
     priorities of the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership 
     and the Partnership For Regional East Africa 
     Counterterrorism, as described in the report submitted under 
     section 7042(b) of the Consolidated Further and Continuing 
     Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235), support 
     priorities of the President in such regions.
       (4) An assessment of the manner in which security 
     cooperation authorized to be conducted in Africa under this 
     Act and under title 10 of the United States Code, has been 
     coordinated with activities of the Trans-Sahara 
     Counterterrorism Partnership and the Partnership For Regional 
     East Africa Counterterrorism to meet identified policy 
     priorities during each of the three fiscal years beginning 
     before the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (5) A description of countering violence extremism and any 
     additional counterterrorism programs and activities 
     implemented in Africa by the Department of State, the 
     Department of Defense, and the United States Agency for 
     International Development that--
       (A) support such policy priorities; and
       (B) are separate from the programs and activities of the 
     Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership and the Partnership 
     For Regional East Africa Counterterrorism.
       (6) The amounts programmed through the Trans-Sahara 
     Counterterrorism Partnership and the Partnership For Regional 
     East Africa Counterterrorism during each of the three fiscal 
     years beginning before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     including, to the maximum extent practicable, funding 
     information disaggregated by country.
       (7) Data on allocations, unobligated balances, unliquidated 
     obligations, and disbursements for the Trans-Sahara 
     Counterterrorism Partnership and the Partnership For Regional 
     East Africa Counterterrorism by country and account for each 
     of the three fiscal years beginning before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (8) A description of the processes in each administering 
     agency for collecting and maintaining financial data related 
     to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership and the 
     Partnership For Regional East Africa Counterterrorism.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Appropriations, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
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