[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7644-S7645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4178. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1283. PLAN FOR ENHANCING INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING 
                   ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of State, shall develop a 
     plan for enhancing institutional capacity building activities 
     in the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
       (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of the major areas of weakness in 
     civilian oversight of--

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       (A) the military forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; 
     and
       (B) the defense institutions of the Federal Republic of 
     Nigeria.
       (2) An identification of the programs authorized under 
     title 10, United States Code, that could be applied to 
     strengthen--
       (A) civilian oversight of the military forces of the 
     Federal Republic of Nigeria; and
       (B) governance in the defense sector of the Federal 
     Republic of Nigeria.
       (3) A plan for the provision of assistance to the Federal 
     Republic of Nigeria under section 332(b) of title 10, United 
     States Code, during the three-year period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act that--
       (A) includes civilian oversight of the military and better 
     governance and internal controls in defense establishments; 
     and
       (B) addresses shortfalls in organizational structure and 
     management.
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
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