[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3573]
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  SA 549. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and Mr. Warner) 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 XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1262. UNITED STATES-INDIA DEFENSE COOPERATION IN THE 
                   WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.

       (a) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the relevant congressional committees a report on 
     defense cooperation between the United States and India in 
     the Western Indian Ocean.
       (2) Matters to be included.--The report required by 
     paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) A description of military activities of the United 
     States and India, separately, in the Western Indian Ocean.
       (B) A description of military cooperation activities 
     between the United States and India in the areas of 
     humanitarian assistance, counter terrorism, counter piracy, 
     maritime security, and other areas as the Secretary 
     determines appropriate.
       (C) A description of how the relevant geographic combatant 
     commands coordinate their activities with the Indian military 
     in the Western Indian Ocean.
       (D) A description of the mechanisms in place to ensure the 
     relevant geographic combatant commands maximize defense 
     cooperation with India in the Western Indian Ocean.
       (E) Areas of future opportunity to increase military 
     engagement with India in the Western Indian Ocean.
       (3) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (b) Military Cooperation Agreements; Conduct of Regular 
     Joint Military Training and Operations.--The Secretary of 
     Defense is authorized to enter into military cooperation 
     agreements and to conduct regular joint military training and 
     operations with India in the Western Indian Ocean on behalf 
     of the United States Government, and after consultation with 
     the Secretary of State.
       (c) Mechanisms to Maximize Defense Cooperation.--The 
     Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the relevant 
     geographic combatant commands have proper mechanisms in place 
     to maximize defense cooperation with India in the Western 
     Indian Ocean.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Relevant congressional committees.--The term ``relevant 
     congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     House of Representatives; and
       (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
     Senate.
       (2) Relevant geographic combatant commands.--The term 
     ``relevant geographic combatant commands'' means the United 
     States Indo-Pacific Command, United States Central Command, 
     and United States Africa Command.
       (3) Western indian ocean.--The term ``Western Indian 
     Ocean'' means the area in the Indian Ocean extending from the 
     west coast of India to the east coast of Africa.
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