[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 139 (Tuesday, August 21, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5776-S5777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3856. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3695 proposed by Mr. Shelby to the bill H.R. 6157, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title VIII of division A, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. ___. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director of 
     National Intelligence, submit to

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     the congressional defense committees a report on the 
     implications for the national security of the United States, 
     and for stability in the region concerned, of continuing 
     instability in each of the following:
       (1) Nicaragua.
       (2) Venezuela.
       (b) The report required by subsection (a) shall include the 
     following:
       (1) A description and assessment of the manner in which the 
     political, economic, and humanitarian crisis in each of 
     Nicaragua and Venezuela affects the national security of the 
     United States, United States interests in the Western 
     Hemisphere, and stability in the region concerned.
       (2) A description and assessment of various policy options 
     for the United States to mitigate any adverse effects 
     described pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (3) A description and assessment of various policy options 
     for enhancement of the security partnership between the 
     United States and Costa Rica (in the case of Nicaragua), the 
     United States and Colombia (in the case of Venezuela), and 
     between the United States and other strategic allies in the 
     region concerned.
       (4) A description and assessment of the adequacy of the 
     posture of the Department of Defense and the Armed Forces to 
     address continuing or worsening instability in each of 
     Nicaragua and Venezuela.
       (5) A description of the financial and other support, if 
     any, required by the United States Southern Command to 
     address continuing or worsening instability in each of 
     Nicaragua and Venezuela.
       (c) The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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