[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3716]
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  SA 2759. Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Ernst, and Mr. 
Van Hollen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment 
SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 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 C of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PESHMERGA FORCES.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq 
     have made, and continue to make, significant contributions to 
     the United States-led campaign to degrade, dismantle, and 
     ultimately defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) 
     in Iraq;
       (2) a lasting defeat of ISIS is critical to maintaining a 
     stable and tolerant Iraq in which all faiths, sects, and 
     ethnicities are afforded equal protection and full 
     integration into the Government and society of Iraq; and
       (3) in support of counter-ISIS operations and in 
     conjunction with the Central Government of Iraq, the United 
     States should provide the Ministry of Peshmerga forces of the 
     Kurdistan Region of Iraq $290,000,000 in operational 
     sustainment, so that the Peshmerga forces can more 
     effectively partner with the Iraqi Security Forces, the 
     United States, and other international Coalition members to 
     consolidate gains, hold territory, and protect infrastructure 
     from ISIS and its affiliates in an effort to deal a lasting 
     defeat to ISIS and prevent its reemergence in Iraq.
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