[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3668]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 646. Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Casey, and Ms. 
Harris) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her 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. 1226. EFFORTS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION OF 
                   AFGHAN WOMEN IN PEACE NEGOTIATIONS IN 
                   AFGHANISTAN.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in coordination 
     with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out activities to 
     ensure the meaningful participation of Afghan women in the 
     ongoing peace process in Afghanistan in a manner consistent 
     with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (22 U.S.C. 
     2151 note; Public Law 115-68), which shall include--
       (1) continued United States Government advocacy for the 
     inclusion of Afghan women leaders in ongoing and future 
     negotiations to end the conflict in Afghanistan; and
       (2) support for the inclusion of constitutional protections 
     on women's and girls' human rights that ensure their freedom 
     of movement, rights to education and work, political 
     participation, and access to healthcare and justice in any 
     agreement reached through intra-Afghan negotiations, 
     including negotiations with the Taliban.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing 
     the steps taken to fulfill the duties of the Secretary of 
     State and the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a).
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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