[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3380-S3381]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 280. Mr. COTTON (for himself and Ms. Duckworth) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1790, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 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:

       Strike section 1260 and insert the following:

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     SEC. 1260. SENSE OF SENATE ON ENHANCED COOPERATION WITH 
                   PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES TO ESTABLISH OPEN-
                   SOURCE INTELLIGENCE FUSION CENTERS IN THE INDO-
                   PACIFIC REGION.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the Pacific Island countries in the Indo-Pacific region 
     are critical partners of the United States;
       (2) the United States should take steps to enhance 
     collaboration with Pacific Island countries;
       (3) United States Indo-Pacific Command should pursue the 
     establishment of one or more open-source intelligence fusion 
     centers in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance cooperation 
     with Pacific Island countries, which may include 
     participation in an existing fusion center of a partner or 
     ally in lieu of establishing an entirely new fusion center; 
     and
       (4) the United States should continue to support the 
     political, economic, and security partnerships among 
     Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific Island countries.
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