[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8460]
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SA 4788. Mr. LEE 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:
On page 621, strike lines 14 through 24 and insert the
following:
cross-strait relations;
(7) reinforcing the status of the Republic of Singapore as
a Major Security Cooperation Partner of the United States and
continuing to strengthen defense and security cooperation
between the military forces of the Republic of Singapore and
the Armed Forces of the United States, including through
participation in combined exercises and training, including
the use of the Foreign Military Sales Training Center at
Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas; and
(8) ensuring that the allies and partners referred to in
paragraphs (1) through (7) contribute more than 50 percent of
the total cost of mutual defense efforts in the Indo-Pacific
region.
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