[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2666. Mr. WARNER 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 D of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1037. TRAINING OF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PERSONNEL ON 
                   WHOLE OF GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO NATIONAL 
                   SECURITY CHALLENGES.

       (a) Training Required.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
     appropriate Department of Defense personnel are provided 
     training on whole of Government approaches to national 
     security challenges.
       (2) Coordination.--In providing training under this 
     section, the Secretary shall consult with the heads of other 
     appropriate departments and agencies of the United States 
     Government in order to ensure that such training promotes 
     cross-agency and multi-sector learning, collaboration and 
     problem-solving.
       (b) Elements.--The training under this section shall 
     include and emphasize the following:
       (1) Integration and synchronization of policy across the 
     executive branch.
       (2) An understanding of the role of Congress, State and 
     local governments, community organizations, academia, foreign 
     governments, non-governmental organizations, and the private 
     sector in influencing and executing whole-of-Government 
     solutions.
       (3) Operating in an interagency environment.
       (4) Table-top role playing exercises and mentorship 
     programs designed to enable participants to gain a greater 
     understanding of interagency partnerships and means of 
     operating successfully in a whole of Government environment.
       (c) Provision of Training.--
       (1) Training by cohort.--Training shall be provided under 
     this section to cohorts comprised of a mix of military and 
     civilian personnel from across the Department and the Armed 
     Forces and, with the approval of the head of the department 
     or agency concerned, from other departments and agencies of 
     the United States Government.
       (2) Providers of training.--The entities providing training 
     under this section shall include military staff and war 
     colleges, the National Defense University, and accredited 
     public institutions of higher education that provide whole of 
     Government curricula and are located amid areas of high 
     concentration of military and civilian national security 
     personnel.
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