[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3691]
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SA 673. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Ms. Warren) 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 by the Department of Defense to support
reconciliation efforts and develop conditions for the
expansion of the reach of the Government of Afghanistan
throughout Afghanistan.''.
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