[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9794-9795]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 2058. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 599, after line 21, add the following:
       (g) Enhanced Scope of Authority.--Subsection (a)(1) of such 
     section, as amended by subsection (b)(1) of this section, is 
     further amended by inserting after ``activities described in 
     paragraph (2)'' the following: ``, to support the security 
     cooperation objectives of the United States,''.

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       (h) Procedures.--Such section, as amended by subsections 
     (b) through (f) of this section, is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (g) as 
     subsections (d) through (h), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
     subsection (c):
       ``(c) Coordination of Activities.--The Chief of the 
     National Guard Bureau shall designate a director for each 
     State and territory to be responsible for the coordination of 
     activities under a program established under subsection (a) 
     for such State or territory and reporting on activities under 
     the program.''.
       (i) Annual Report.--Paragraph (2)(B) of subsection (f) of 
     such section, as redesignated by subsection (h)(1) of this 
     section, is amended--
       (1) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or other government 
     organizations'' after ``and security forces'';
       (2) in clause (iv), by adding at the end before the period 
     the following: ``and country'';
       (3) in clause (v), by striking ``training'' and inserting 
     ``activities''; and
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vi) An assessment of the extent to which the activities 
     conducted during the previous year met the objectives 
     described in clause (v).''.
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  SA 2059. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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 XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1628. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT 
                   OPERATIONS.

       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) military information support operations are an 
     important component of Department of Defense communications 
     efforts and provide commanders with a valuable tool to shape 
     the operational environment; and
       (2) the Secretary of Defense should develop creative and 
     agile concepts, technologies, and strategies to more 
     effectively counter and degrade the ability of state and non-
     state adversaries to persuade, inspire, and recruit using 
     both traditional and emerging forms of communication and 
     information related-capabilities.

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