[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2775. Mr. DURBIN (for Ms. Duckworth) 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON SECURITY COOPERATION PROGRAMS AND 
                   ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN 
                   CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
     that assesses, for fiscal years 2013 through 2018, the 
     assessment, monitoring, and evaluation activities of the 
     Department of Defense for security cooperation programs in 
     each of the foreign countries specified in subsection (b).
       (b) Foreign Countries Specified.--The foreign countries 
     specified in this subsection are the following:
       (1) Afghanistan.
       (2) Iraq.
       (3) Yemen.
       (4) Nigeria.
       (5) Niger.
       (6) Mali.
       (7) Tunisia.
       (8) Somalia.
       (9) The Philippines.
       (10) Jordan.
       (c) Matters to Be Included.--The report required under 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) Lessons learned and best practices with respect to such 
     security cooperation programs and activities of the 
     Department of Defense.
       (2) Relevant recommendations for future security 
     cooperation programs and activities of the Department of 
     Defense.
       (3) Recommendations for monitoring and evaluation metrics 
     for future security cooperation programs and activities of 
     the Department of Defense.
       (4) Evaluation of the efficacy of the assessment tools used 
     by the Department of Defense and other relevant security 
     cooperation agencies with respect to such security 
     cooperation programs and activities of the Department of 
     Defense for purposes of measuring improvements made by the 
     forces of the foreign countries specified in subsection (b).
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the congressional defense committees; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Security cooperation programs and activities of the 
     department of defense.--The term ``security cooperation 
     programs and activities of the Department of Defense'' has 
     the meaning given such term in section 301(7) of title 10, 
     United States Code.
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