[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3447-S3448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 389. Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. Kaine) 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:

       At the end of subtitle E of title X, add the following:

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     SEC. 1045. TRAINING OF MIDCAREER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
                   PERSONNEL ON WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACHES TO 
                   NATIONAL SECURITY CHALLENGES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that 
     midcareer personnel of the Department of Defense are provided 
     training on whole-of-Government approaches to national 
     security challenges.
       (b) Coordination.--In providing training under this 
     section, the Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of 
     other 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 for midcareer military and civilian 
     personnel.
       (c) Elements.--The training under this section shall 
     include the following:
       (1) Training on creating integrated and consistent policy 
     across the executive branch.
       (2) Training on 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) Training on operating collaboratively in an interagency 
     environment.
       (4) Table-top role playing exercises and mentorship 
     programs designed to enable participants to gain a greater 
     understanding of interagency partners and how to leverage the 
     whole-of-Government approach to achieve desired outcomes.
       (d) 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--
       (A) from across the Department and the Armed Forces; and
       (B) to the extent practicable, from other departments and 
     agencies.
       (2) Providers of training.--The entities providing training 
     under this section shall include the military staff and war 
     colleges, the National Defense University, and accredited 
     public institutions of higher education that provide whole-
     of-Government curricula and are centrally located in areas of 
     high concentration of military and civilian national security 
     personnel.
       (3) Training at public institutions of higher education.--
     At least 50 percent of the training provided under this 
     section shall be provided at or by accredited public 
     institutions of higher education described in paragraph (2).
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