[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2216. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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. SENSE OF SENATE ON SECURITY COOPERATION WITH JAPAN 
                   AND AUSTRALIA.

       It is the sense of the Senate that it should be the policy 
     of the United States to continue to develop security 
     cooperation efforts with the Government of Japan and the 
     Government of Australia and strengthen military engagement in 
     the Indo-Pacific region by--
       (1) developing a regular trilateral exercise for amphibious 
     operations among the United States, Japan, and Australia;
       (2) conducting frequent submarine and anti-submarine 
     warfare exercises;
       (3) taking advantage of opportunities to build trilateral 
     humanitarian assistance and disaster response operational 
     expertise;
       (4) cooperating on development of next-generation 
     platforms;
       (5) exploring opportunities to share, develop, and leverage 
     logistics and distribution capabilities throughout the Indo-
     Pacific region; and
       (6) encouraging annual leader-level meetings.
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