[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2412. Mr. BOOKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 C of title VII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 752. REPORT ON MEDICAL CAPACITY SUPPORT BY UNITED STATES 
                   TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES RECEIVING UNITED STATES 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on 
     activities by the United States to support the medical 
     capacity of foreign countries receiving assistance from the 
     United States.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of programs and activities by the United 
     States that support medical corps capacity building among 
     foreign countries receiving security assistance from the 
     United States, including--
       (A) a list of countries that have received support through 
     such programs and activities during the two-year period 
     preceding the submittal of the report; and
       (B) a description of the support provided to each 
     recipient.
       (2) An assessment of whether programs and activities 
     currently authorized to support medical corps capacity 
     building among foreign countries receiving assistance from 
     the United States are sufficient--
       (A) to ensure functioning combat casualty care treatment 
     and equipment that meets or exceeds the standards recommended 
     by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care; and
       (B) to care for the wounded and sick in line with 
     obligations under the law of armed conflict.
       (3) An assessment of the efficacy of programs of the United 
     States to support the medical capacity of foreign countries 
     receiving assistance from the United States, and any 
     recommendations of the Secretary of Defense on whether 
     further authorities or resources are needed to meet the 
     standards described in paragraph (2)(A).
       (4) A summary assessment of the capacity and key gaps 
     within the military medical corps of Afghanistan and Iraq, 
     with a focus on their ability to provide battlefield medical 
     care to soldiers and wounded civilians in line with 
     obligations under the law of armed conflict.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified but may include a classified annex.
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