[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 403. Mr. BENNET 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 B of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. MODIFICATION OF SEMIANNUAL REPORT ON ENHANCING 
                   SECURITY AND STABILITY IN AFGHANISTAN.

       Paragraph (1) of section 1225(b) of the Carl Levin and 
     Howard P. ``Buck'' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act 
     for Fiscal Year 2015 (Public Law 113-291; 127 Stat. 3550) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the paragraph heading by inserting ``and taking into 
     account the august 2017 strategy of the united states'' after 
     ``2014''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B)--
       (A) by striking the period at the end and inserting a 
     semicolon;
       (B) by striking ``in the assessment of any such'' and 
     inserting ``in the assessment of--
       ``(i) any such''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
       ``(ii) the United States counterterrorism mission; and
       ``(iii) efforts to bring about a political settlement, 
     support reconciliation efforts, and extend the reach of the 
     Government of Afghanistan throughout Afghanistan.''.
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