[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Pages 8207-8222]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 4554. Mr. ISAKSON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I of title X add the following:

     SEC. 1097. ADVANCING RESEARCH FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

       Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 
     399S, the following:

     ``SEC. 399S-1. ADVANCING RESEARCH FOR NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may improve the collection 
     of epidemiological and surveillance data on neurological 
     diseases (including, for purposes of this section, both 
     neurological diseases and neurological conditions), which may 
     include the incorporation of such data into a registry, to 
     facilitate research and improve public health, including, as 
     appropriate, by leveraging existing surveillance activities 
     and registries established under this Act.
       ``(b) Content.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
     Secretary--
       ``(1) shall provide for the collection and storage of 
     information to better describe the incidence and prevalence 
     of neurological diseases in the United States identified 
     under paragraph (2);
       ``(2) shall initially identify and focus on up to five 
     neurological diseases that available data indicate are the 
     most prevalent or present a significant public health burden;
       ``(3) shall identify, build upon, leverage, and coordinate 
     among existing data and surveillance systems, surveys, 
     registries, and other existing Federal public health and 
     infrastructure wherever possible;
       ``(4) shall ensure that any neurological disease 
     surveillance activities conducted pursuant to this section, 
     including any such registry, are designed in a manner that 
     facilitates research on neurological diseases;
       ``(5) shall, to the extent practicable, provide for the 
     collection and storage of information relevant to the 
     identified neurological diseases, such as--
       ``(A) demographics, such as age, race, ethnicity, sex, 
     geographic location, and family history, and other 
     information, as appropriate;
       ``(B) risk factors that may be associated with certain 
     neurological diseases; and
       ``(C) diagnosis and progression markers;
       ``(6) may provide for the collection and storage of 
     additional information relevant to analysis on neurological 
     diseases, such as information regarding--
       ``(A) the natural history of the diseases;
       ``(B) the prevention, detection, management, and treatments 
     or treatment approaches for the diseases; and
       ``(C) the development of outcomes measures; and
       ``(7) may address issues identified during the consultation 
     process described in subsection (c).
       ``(c) Consultation.--In carrying out this section, the 
     Secretary shall consult with experts, who may include--
       ``(1) epidemiologists with experience in disease 
     surveillance or registries;
       ``(2) representatives of national and voluntary health 
     associations that focus on neurological diseases and have 
     demonstrated experience in research, care, or patient 
     services;
       ``(3) health information technology experts or other 
     information management specialists;
       ``(4) clinicians with expertise in neurological diseases; 
     and
       ``(5) research scientists with experience conducting 
     translational research or utilizing surveillance systems or 
     registries for scientific research purposes.
       ``(d) Grants.--The Secretary may award grants to, or enter 
     into contracts or cooperative agreements with, public or 
     private nonprofit entities to carry out activities under this 
     section.
       ``(e) Coordination With Other Federal Agencies.--Consistent 
     with applicable privacy laws, the Secretary shall make 
     information and analysis pertaining to information collected 
     under this section available, as appropriate, to relevant 
     Federal departments and agencies.
       ``(f) Access for Biomedical Research.--The Secretary shall 
     make data collected under this section available for purposes 
     of biomedical research as determined appropriate by the 
     Secretary, to the extent permitted by applicable laws, and in 
     a manner that protects personal privacy.
       ``(g) Reports.--
       ``(1) Interim report.--Not later than 1 year after the date 
     on which any registry is established and operational under 
     this section, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to 
     the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 
     House of Representatives regarding aggregate information 
     collected pursuant to this section and epidemiological 
     analyses, as appropriate. Such report shall be posted on

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     the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services and shall be updated biennially thereafter.
       ``(2) Implementation report.--Not later than 4 years after 
     the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
     shall submit a report to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 
     and Commerce of the House of Representatives regarding the 
     implementation of this section. Such report shall include 
     information on--
       ``(A) the development and maintenance of any means of 
     collecting neurological disease surveillance information 
     gathered pursuant to this section;
       ``(B) the type of information collected and stored;
       ``(C) the use and availability of such information, 
     including guidelines for such use; and
       ``(D) the use and coordination of databases that collect or 
     maintain information on neurological diseases.''.
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  SA 4555. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 A title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 807. ENSURING TRANSPARENCY IN ACQUISITION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish 
     and implement a policy that will ensure the acquisition 
     programs of major systems establish cost, schedule, and 
     performance goals at the onset of the program. The policy 
     shall also ensure that acquisition programs of major systems 
     report on the original cost, schedule, and performance goals 
     throughout the program to ensure transparency.
       (b) Major System Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``major system'' has the meaning given the term in section 
     2302d of title 10, United States Code.
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  SA 4556. Mr. COCHRAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 775, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       (c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report on counter-
     drug activities and activities to counter transnational 
     organized crime under section 384 of title 10, United States 
     Code (as added by subsection (a)). The report shall include 
     the following:
       (1) A description of the manner in which counter-drug 
     activities under that section will be coordinated with 
     Governors, the National Guard Bureau, and State law 
     enforcement agencies, including coordination with counterdrug 
     activities conducted under the control of the Governors.
       (2) A description of the manner in which notice will be 
     given to Governors on all counter-drug activities and 
     activities to counter transnational organized crime of the 
     Department of Defense under that section that are conducted 
     within the borders of the States.
       (3) A description of the manner in which information 
     gathered on and during activities to counter transnational 
     organized crime under that section will be shared with State, 
     local, and tribal authorities and law enforcement agencies.
       (4) A description of the manner in which activities under 
     that section will be coordinated with activities under the 
     National Guard Counterdrug Program under section 112 of title 
     32, United States Code, including mission planning, 
     information analysis, and funding.
       (5) A description of the manner in which the National Guard 
     will be integrated into the provision of support to other 
     agencies as described in subsections (a), (b), and (g) of 
     such section 384.
       (6) The execution policy of the Department of Defense for 
     section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (10 U.S.C. 124 note), include a 
     revised definition for the term ``drug-interdiction action'' 
     for purposes of subsection (c) of that section.
       (7) In coordination with the Chief of the National Guard 
     Bureau, a description of the manner in which the five 
     regional National Guard Counter-drug Training Centers will be 
     used to provide and supplement valid military training or 
     operations (including training exercises) referred to in 
     subsections (b)(5) and (g) of such section 384, including a 
     description of the savings to be achieved.
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  SA 4557. Mr. PETERS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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:

       In the funding table in section 4101, in the item relating 
     to Hi Mob Multi-Purp Whld Veh (HMMWV), strike the amount in 
     the Senate authorized column and insert ``$26,000''.
       In the funding table in section 4101, in the item relating 
     to Generators and Associated Equip, strike the amount in the 
     Senate authorized column and insert ``$108,266''.
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  SA 4558. Mr. BENNET (for himself and Mr. Hatch) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. STUDY ON CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING OBTAINED THROUGH 
                   MILITARY SERVICE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of 
     Education, institutions of higher education, accrediting 
     agencies or associations, State higher education agencies, 
     and veterans service organizations, shall study, and 
     disseminate best practices and information about, processes 
     (including associated costs, methods, and approaches) used by 
     institutions of higher education and other organizations to 
     evaluate or award academic credit for prior learning obtained 
     through military service, including processes, methods, and 
     approaches to ensure academic quality and integrity in 
     evaluating and awarding such credit.
       (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to require an institution of higher education to 
     adopt or adhere to a particular process, method, or approach 
     for evaluating or awarding academic credit as a condition for 
     receiving tuition assistance or any other Federal educational 
     benefit provided to servicemembers or students.
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  SA 4559. Mr. BURR (for himself, Mr. Tillis, and Mr. Nelson) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. REVIEW OF ILLNESSES AND CONDITIONS RELATING TO 
                   VETERANS STATIONED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH 
                   CAROLINA AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

       (a) Review and Publication of Illness or Condition.--Part P 
     of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g 
     et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 399V-6. REVIEW AND PUBLICATION OF ILLNESSES AND 
                   CONDITIONS.

       ``(a) In General.--Consistent with section 104(i) of the 
     Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
     Liability Act of 1980, not later than 1 year after the date 
     of enactment of this section, and not less frequently than 
     once every 3 years thereafter, the Secretary, acting through 
     the Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and 
     Disease Registry, shall--
       ``(1)(A) review the scientific literature relevant to the 
     relationship between the employment or residence of 
     individuals at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina for not fewer 
     than 30 days during the period beginning on August 1, 1953, 
     and ending on December 21, 1987, and specific illnesses or 
     conditions incurred by those individuals;
       ``(B) determine each illness or condition for which there 
     is evidence that exposure to a toxic substance at Camp 
     Lejeune, North Carolina, during the period specific in 
     subparagraph (A) may be a cause of the illness or condition; 
     and
       ``(C) with respect to each illness or condition for which a 
     determination has been made under subparagraph (B), 
     categorize the evidence of the connection of the illness or 
     condition to exposure described in that subparagraph as--

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       ``(i) sufficient to conclude with reasonable confidence 
     that the exposure is a cause of the illness or condition;
       ``(ii) modest supporting causation, but not sufficient to 
     conclude with reasonable confidence that exposure is a cause 
     of the illness or condition; or
       ``(iii) no more than limited supporting causation;
       ``(2) publish in the Federal Register and on the Internet 
     website of the Department of Health and Human Services--
       ``(A) a list of each illness or condition for which a 
     determination has been made under paragraph (1)(B), including 
     the categorization of the evidence of causal connection 
     relating to the illness or condition under paragraph (1)(C); 
     and
       ``(B) the bibliographic citations for all literature 
     reviewed under paragraph (1) for each illness or condition 
     listed under such paragraph; and
       ``(3) update the list under paragraph (2), as applicable, 
     to add an illness or condition for which a determination has 
     been made under paragraph (1)(B), including the 
     categorization of the evidence of causal connection relating 
     to the illness or condition under paragraph (1)(C), since 
     such list was last updated consistent with the requirements 
     of this subsection.''.
       (b) Eligibility for Health Care From Department of Veterans 
     Affairs.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1710(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United 
     States Code, is amended--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (xv) as subclauses 
     (I) through (XV), respectively;
       (B) by striking ``(F) Subject to'' and inserting ``(F)(i) 
     Subject to'';
       (C) by striking ``any of the following'' and inserting 
     ``any of the illnesses or conditions for which the evidence 
     of connection of the illness or condition to exposure to a 
     toxic substance at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during such 
     period is categorized as sufficient or modest in the most 
     recent list published under section 399V-6(a)(2) of the 
     Public Health Service Act, which may include any of the 
     following''; and
       (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) For the purposes of ensuring continuation of care, 
     any veteran who has been furnished hospital care or medical 
     services under this subparagraph for an illness or condition 
     shall remain eligible for hospital care or medical services 
     for such illness or condition notwithstanding that the 
     evidence of connection of such illness or condition to 
     exposure to a toxic substance at Camp Lejeune, North 
     Carolina, during the period described in clause (i) is not 
     categorized as sufficient or modest in the most recent list 
     published under section 399V-6(a)(2) of the Public Health 
     Service Act.''.
       (2) Family members.--Section 1787 of such title is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c) Continuation of Care.--For the purposes of ensuring 
     continuation of care, any individual who has been furnished 
     hospital care or medical services under this section for an 
     illness or condition shall remain eligible for hospital care 
     or medical services for such illness or condition 
     notwithstanding that the illness or condition is no longer 
     described in section 1710(e)(1)(F) of this title.''.
       (3) Transfer of amounts for program.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law, for each of fiscal years 2017 and 
     2018, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall transfer 
     $2,000,000 from amounts made available to the Department of 
     Veterans Affairs for medical support and compliance to the 
     Chief Business Office and Financial Services Center of the 
     Department to be used to continue building and enhancing the 
     claims processing system, eligibility system, and web portal 
     for the Camp Lejeune Family Member Program of the Department.
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  SA 4560. Mr. COATS (for himself and Mr. Rubio) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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:

       After section 1243, insert the following:

     SEC. 1243A. AUTHORITY FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL OF TAIWAN TO 
                   WEAR MILITARY UNIFORMS OF TAIWAN WHILE IN THE 
                   UNITED STATES.

       Members of the military forces of Taiwan who are wearing an 
     authorized uniform of such military forces in accordance with 
     applicable authorities of Taiwan are hereby authorized to 
     wear such uniforms while in the United States.

     SEC. 1243B. GRANT OF OBSERVER STATUS TO THE MILITARY FORCES 
                   OF TAIWAN AT RIM OF THE PACIFIC EXERCISES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall grant 
     observer status to the military forces of Taiwan in any 
     maritime exercise known as the Rim of the Pacific Exercise.
       (b) Effective Date.--This section takes effect on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, and applies with respect to any 
     maritime exercise described in subsection (a) that begins on 
     or after such date.
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  SA 4561. Mr. BARRASSO (for himself, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. 
Capito, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Daines, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. 
Isakson, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Tillis, 
Mr. Vitter, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Lee, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Hatch) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 H of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1277. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ISRAEL 
                   AND THE PALESTINIANS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States Government has a longstanding 
     position that a peaceful resolution of the conflict between 
     Israel and the Palestinians can only be achieved through 
     direct negotiations between the two parties.
       (2) The Palestinians have been pursuing a strategy to seek 
     recognition of a Palestinian state through the United 
     Nations, the United Nations specialized agencies, and the 
     United Nations affiliated organizations.
       (3) On March 17, 2016, the ``State of Palestine'' became a 
     party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
     Change (UNFCCC) as its 197th member.
       (4) Section 414 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246; 22 U.S.C. 
     287e note) states the following: ``No funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or any other Act shall be available 
     for the United Nations or any specialized agency thereof 
     which accords the Palestine Liberation Organization the same 
     standing as member states.''
       (5) Section 410 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
     Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 22 U.S.C. 
     287e note) states the following: ``The United States shall 
     not make any voluntary or assessed contribution: (1) to any 
     affiliated organization of the United Nations which grants 
     full membership as a state to any organization or group that 
     does not have the internationally recognized attributes of 
     statehood, or (2) to the United Nations, if the United 
     Nations grants full membership as a state in the United 
     Nations to any organization or group that does not have the 
     internationally recognized attributes of statehood, during 
     any period in which such membership is effective.''
       (6) The provisions described in paragraphs (4) and (5) may 
     not be waived.
       (7) The administration of President Barack Obama has 
     asserted that those provisions do not apply to the UNFCCC 
     because, according to Department of State spokesman John 
     Kirby, ``The UNFCCC is a treaty, and the Palestinians' 
     purported accession does not involve their becoming members 
     of any U.N. specialized agency or, indeed, any international 
     organization.''
       (8) Treaties can create international organizations, as 
     demonstrated by the case of the Charter of the United 
     Nations, which is a treaty that created the United Nations 
     organization.
       (9) Current United States law often treats entities created 
     by international treaties as international organizations, 
     such as the International Organizations Immunity Act (Public 
     Law 79-291), under which the Executive branch has designated 
     the International Boundary and Water Commission of the United 
     States and Mexico, which was created by United States and 
     Mexico international boundary treaties to assist in their 
     implementation.
       (10) The UNFCCC established an international organization 
     based in Bonn, Germany that employs approximately 500 people 
     from over 100 countries and has an annual budget in excess of 
     $60,000,000.
       (11) The operating entities of the UNFCCC constitute an 
     ``affiliated organization of the United Nations'' in that the 
     UNFCCC Secretariat is connected and linked to the United 
     Nations in many ways, including the following:
       (A) The United Nations Secretary-General appoints the 
     executive secretary of the UNFCCC secretariat.
       (B) At the first Conference of the Parties, the UNFCCC 
     decided that its secretariat ``shall be institutionally 
     linked to the United Nations''. According to the UNFCCC 
     website, it remains ``institutionally linked'' today.
       (C) The United Nations serves as Depository for the UNFCCC, 
     the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement.
       (D) The proposed budget of the United Nations for the 
     biennium 2016-2017 supports the UNFCCC.
       (E) The United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany houses the 
     UNFCCC secretariat, which the United Nations lists as one of 
     18 organizations that represent it and that are

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     part of the ``United Nations presence'' in Bonn.
       (F) The UNFCCC secretariat is subject to United Nations 
     rules and regulations regarding procurement and other 
     matters.
       (G) The UNFCCC secretariat supports what it describes as 
     the ``largest annual United Nations conference,'' which is 
     the Conference of Parties.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
       (1) reaffirms its longstanding position that the only true 
     and lasting path to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian 
     conflict is through direct negotiations between Israel and 
     the Palestinians;
       (2) reiterates its strong opposition to any attempt to 
     establish or seek recognition of a Palestinian state outside 
     of an agreement negotiated between leaders in Israel and the 
     Palestinians;
       (3) strongly opposes the unilateral actions of the 
     Palestinians to seek statehood recognition through the United 
     Nations, United Nations specialized agencies, United Nations 
     affiliated organizations, and United Nations treaties, 
     conventions, and agreements;
       (4) calls on the President to hold the Palestinians 
     accountable for their actions to undermine and circumvent the 
     peace process;
       (5) strongly supports the prohibition on United States 
     funding going to any United Nations affiliated organization 
     that grants full membership as a state to any organization or 
     group that does not have the internationally recognized 
     attributes of statehood; and
       (6) reaffirms that, under United States law, the United 
     States is prohibited from making any disbursements of United 
     States funds to the UNFCCC secretariat, the Green Climate 
     Fund, the Conference of the Parties, and the Conference of 
     the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the 
     Kyoto Protocol after the ``State of Palestine'' was allowed 
     to become a full member of the UNFCCC.
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  SA 4562. Mr. FLAKE (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Durbin, and Mr. 
Cardin) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 1016, strike lines 1 through 4 and insert the 
     following:
       (b) Exception.--The prohibition under subsection (a) shall 
     not apply--
       (1) to any joint or multilateral exercise, operation, or 
     related security conference that is related to humanitarian 
     assistance, disaster prevention and response, the security 
     and management of facilities at Guantanamo Bay, freedom of 
     navigation and maritime security, air traffic safety and 
     control, search and rescue, or counter-narcotics;
       (2) if the Secretary determines and reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that such prohibition is 
     contrary to security interests of the United States or of any 
     of our regional allies; or
       (3) to any funding appropriated for a fiscal year other 
     than fiscal year 2017.
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  SA 4563. Mr. SCOTT submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 869. DEFINITION OF COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

       (a) Amendments to Definition.--Section 103 of title 41, 
     United States Code, is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A)--
       (i) by striking ``customarily''; and
       (ii) by striking ``; and'' and inserting ``; or''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``is of a type that'' 
     before ``has been sold''; and
       (2) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ``, and the item 
     retains a predominance or preponderance of nongovernmental 
     functions or essential physical characteristics'' after 
     ``requirements''.
       (b) Relationship to Certain Title 10 Provisions.--This 
     section, and the amendments made by this section, shall not 
     be construed as affecting--
       (1) the meaning of the term ``commercial item'' under 
     subsection (a)(5) of section 2464 of title 10, United States 
     Code, or any requirement under subsection (a)(3) or 
     subsection (c) of such section;
       (2) the percentage limitation under subsection (a) of 
     section 2466 of such title; or
       (3) the definition of ``depot-level maintenance and 
     repair'' under subsection (a) of section 2460 of title 10, 
     United States Code, or the installation of parts as described 
     under subsection (b)(2) of such section.
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  SA 4564. Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. ACTIVE SHOOTER AND MASS CASUALTY INCIDENT RESPONSE 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
     consultation with the Attorney General and other Federal 
     agencies as appropriate, shall develop and make available to 
     State, local, tribal, territorial, private sector, and 
     nongovernmental partners guidance to assist in the 
     development of response plans for active shooter and mass 
     casualty incidents in publicly accessible spaces, including 
     facilities that have been identified by the Department of 
     Homeland Security as potentially vulnerable targets.
       (b) Types of Plans.--A response plan developed under 
     subsection (a) with respect to a publicly accessible space 
     may include the following elements:
       (1) A strategy for evacuating and providing care to persons 
     inside the publicly accessible space, with consideration 
     given to the needs of persons with disabilities.
       (2) A plan for establishing a unified command, including 
     identification of staging areas for law enforcement, fire 
     response, and medical personnel.
       (3) A schedule for regular testing of equipment used to 
     receive communications during an emergency.
       (4) An evaluation of how communications placed by persons 
     inside a publicly accessible space will reach police and 
     other emergency response personnel in an expeditious manner.
       (5) A practiced method and plan to communicate with 
     occupants of the publicly accessible space.
       (6) A practiced method and plan to communicate with the 
     surrounding community regarding the incident and the needs of 
     Federal, State, and local officials.
       (7) A plan for coordinating with volunteer organizations to 
     expedite assistance for victims.
       (8) To the extent practicable, a projected maximum time 
     frame for law enforcement response to active shooters, acts 
     of terrorism, and incidents that target the publicly 
     accessible space.
       (9) A schedule for joint exercises and training.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4565. Mr. FRANKEN (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 526. CERTAIN BENEFITS IN CONNECTION WITH SERVICE IN THE 
                   SELECTED RESERVE FOR PREPLANNED MISSIONS IN 
                   SUPPORT OF COMBATANT COMMANDS.

       (a) TRICARE Benefits Before Deployment.--Section 1074(d)(2) 
     of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting ``, 
     or under section 12304b of this title,'' after ``section 
     101(a)(13)(B) of this title''.
       (b) Transitional Health Benefits Following 
     Demobilization.--Section 1145(a)(2) of such title is amended 
     by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) A member who is separated from active duty after a 
     period on active duty in excess of 30 days under an order to 
     active duty under section 12304a or 12304b of this title.''.
       (c) Reduced Eligibility Age for Receipt of Non-Regular 
     Service Retired Pay.--Section 12731(f)(2)(B) of such title is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (iv) 
     and (v), respectively;
       (2) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause 
     (iii):
       ``(iii) Service on active duty described in this 
     subparagraph is also service on active duty after the date of 
     the enactment of this clause under an order to active duty 
     under section 12304b of this title.''; and
       (3) in clause (iv), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
     inserting ``or (iii)'' after ``or in clause (ii)''.
       (d) Post-9/11 Educational Assistance.--Section 3301(1)(B) 
     of title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking 
     ``12302, or 12304'' and inserting ``12302, 12304, or 
     12304b''.
       (e) Retroactive Effective Date.--The amendments made by 
     this section shall take effect on December 31, 2011.

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                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4566. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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. 1622. MARITIME INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND 
                   RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE NAVY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Navy is on the verge of deploying the Triton 
     unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to the fleet.
       (2) The Triton system performs maritime intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
       (3) The Air Force has already deployed a number of Global 
     Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), from which the Triton 
     system is derived.
       (4) The Navy should acquire maritime intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities in an 
     economical manner.
       (5) If the Navy determines that the maritime intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities currently 
     planned for the Triton system at initial operating capability 
     are not sufficient to meet its emerging needs for such 
     capabilities, the Navy should consider using off-the-shelf 
     technologies to fill such needs.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
     to the congressional defense committees a report setting 
     forth the following:
       (1) An assessment of emerging threats for which maritime 
     intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities 
     are a requirement.
       (2) A description of the plans of the Navy plans to obtain 
     such capabilities to address that requirement.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4567. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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:

       Strike section 5102 and insert the following:

     SEC. 5102. CLARIFICATION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO UCMJ WHILE ON 
                   INACTIVE-DUTY TRAINING.

       Paragraph (3) of section 802(a) of title 10, United States 
     Code (article 2(a) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(3)(A) Members of the Army National Guard of the United 
     States and the Air National Guard of the United States, but 
     only when serving on active duty.
       ``(B) Members of a reserve component, other than the Army 
     National Guard of the United States or the Air National Guard 
     of the Unites States, while on inactive-duty training and 
     during any of the periods specified in subparagraph (C).
       ``(C) The periods referred to in subparagraph (B) are the 
     following:
       ``(i) Travel to and from the inactive-duty training site of 
     the member, pursuant to orders or regulations.
       ``(ii) Intervals between consecutive periods of inactive-
     duty training on the same day, pursuant to orders or 
     regulations.
       ``(iii) Intervals between inactive-duty training on 
     consecutive days, pursuant to orders or regulations.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4568. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. BASIC ALLOWANCE FOR HOUSING AND CERTAIN FEDERAL 
                   BENEFITS.

       (a) Exclusion.--Section 403(k) of title 37, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) In determining eligibility to participate in the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program established under 
     the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) 
     and the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance program, 
     the value of a housing allowance under this section shall be 
     excluded from any calculation of income, assets, or 
     resources.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 5(d) of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (18), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a semicolon;
       (2) in paragraph (19)(B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(20) any allowance described in section 403(k)(4) of 
     title 37, United States Code.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4569. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 445, strike lines 1 through 8 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 757. REIMBURSEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO ENTITIES 
                   CARRYING OUT STATE VACCINATION PROGRAMS FOR 
                   COSTS OF VACCINES PROVIDED TO COVERED 
                   BENEFICIARIES.

       (a) Reimbursement.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall reimburse 
     an amount determined under para-
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4570. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 538. MODIFICATION OF DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY TO 
                   AUTHORIZE CERTAIN ENLISTMENTS IN THE ARMED 
                   FORCES.

       Section 504(b)(2) of title 10, United States Code, is 
     amended by striking ``if the Secretary'' and all that follows 
     and inserting ``if--
       ``(A) the person is an alien who was inspected and admitted 
     at the time of entry into the United States, has been in a 
     lawful immigration status (except temporary protected status 
     under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1254a)) continually for a period of at least five 
     years since the time of admission, and has not violated any 
     of the terms or conditions of such status; and
       ``(B) the Secretary determines that such enlistment is 
     vital to the national interest.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4571. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 appropriate place in title XXVIII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 28__. ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, EXPLOSIVES CLEANUP, AND 
                   SITE RESTORATION.

       (a) In General.--As part of any land conveyance by the Army 
     to a public or private entity, the Secretary of the Army 
     shall carry out under section 2701 of title 10, United States 
     Code, the activities described in subsection (b).
       (b) Environmental Remediation, Explosives Cleanup, and Site 
     Restoration Activities.--The activities described in this 
     subsection are--
       (1) environmental remediation activities, including--
       (A) any corrective action required under a permit issued by 
     the State in which the property is located pursuant to the 
     Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.) relating to 
     the property;
       (B) any activity to be carried out by the entity pursuant 
     to a consent agreement (including any amendments) between the 
     entity and the State in which the property is located 
     regarding Army activities at the property;
       (C) the abatement of any potential explosive and ordnance 
     conditions on the property;
       (D) the demolition, abatement, removal, and disposal of any 
     structure containing asbestos and lead-based paint, including 
     the foundations, footing, and slabs of the structure, 
     together with backfilling and seeding;
       (E) the removal and disposal of any soil that contains a 
     quantity of pesticide in excess of the standard of the State 
     in which the property is located, together with backfilling 
     and seeding;
       (F) the design, construction, closure, and post-closure of 
     any solid waste landfill facility permitted by the State in 
     which the

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     property is located pursuant to the delegated authority of 
     the State under the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6901 
     et seq.) to accommodate the consolidation of any existing 
     landfills on the property and future requirements;
       (G) lime sludge removal, disposal, and backfilling relating 
     to any water treatment plant;
       (H) the closure of any septic tank on the property; and
       (I) any financial assurance required in connection with the 
     activities described in this paragraph; and
       (2) site restoration activities, including--
       (A) the collection and disposal of any solid waste that was 
     present on the property before the date on which the Army 
     conveys the land to the entity;
       (B) the removal of any improvement to the property that was 
     present on the property before the date on which the Army 
     conveys the land to the entity, including roads, sewers, gas 
     lines, poles, ballast, structures, slabs, footings, and 
     foundations, together with backfilling and seeding;
       (C) any impediments to redevelopment of the property 
     arising from the use of the property by, or on behalf of, the 
     Army or any contractor of the Army;
       (D) any financial assurance required in connection with the 
     activities described in this paragraph; and
       (E) payment of the legal, environmental, and engineering 
     costs incurred by the entity for the analysis of the work 
     necessary to complete the environmental remediation.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4572. Mr. FLAKE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. CONSOLIDATION OF FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAMS AND 
                   TRAINING FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

       (a) Plan Required.--Not later than one year 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 setting forth a plan 
     for the consolidation of the current financial literacy 
     training programs of the Department of Defense and the 
     military departments for members of the Armed Forces into ``a 
     coordinated and comprehensive'' program of financial literacy 
     training for members that--
       (1) eliminates duplication and costs in the provision of 
     financial literacy training to members; and
       (2) ensures that members receive effective training in 
     financial literacy in as few training sessions as is 
     necessary for the receipt of effective training.
       (b) Implementation.--The Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretaries of the military departments shall commence 
     implementation of the plan required by subsection (a) 90 days 
     after the date of the submittal of the plan as required by 
     that subsection.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4573. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 809, after line 24, add the following:
       (5) a description of installations from which the Armed 
     Forces may conduct communications and domain awareness 
     activities in support of Arctic security missions; and
       (6) a description of efforts to promote military-to-
     military cooperation with partner countries that have mutual 
     security interests in the Arctic region, including 
     opportunities for sharing installations and maintenance 
     facilities to enhance domain awareness in the Arctic region.

       On page 810, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
       (f) Other Installations.--Nothing in this section may be 
     construed to limit the authority of the Department of Defense 
     to use existing infrastructure in support of Arctic domain 
     awareness or to pursue military-to-military cooperation with 
     partner countries that have mutual security interests in the 
     Arctic region, including opportunities for sharing 
     installations and maintenance facilities to enhance domain 
     awareness in the Arctic region.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4574. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Markey, Mr. Schatz, Mr. 
Coons, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Franken, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Blumenthal, 
Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Booker) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE NEED TO ADDRESS 
                   THE NATIONAL SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF CLIMATE 
                   CHANGE.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) the 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review concluded that--
       (A) ``[t]he impacts of climate change may increase the 
     frequency, scale, and complexity of future missions, 
     including defense support to civil authorities, while at the 
     same time undermining the capacity of our domestic 
     installations to support training activities''; and
       (B) the effects of climate change on severe weather, sea 
     levels, and availability of fresh water represent ``threat 
     multipliers that will aggravate stressors abroad such as 
     poverty, environmental degradation, political instability, 
     and social tensions - conditions that can enable terrorist 
     activity and other forms of violence'';
       (2) in the foreword to the 2014 Department of Defense 
     Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, former Secretary of 
     Defense Chuck Hagel wrote that climate change ``has the 
     potential to exacerbate many of the challenges we are dealing 
     with today - from infectious disease to terrorism. . . . 
     Rising global temperatures, changing precipitation patterns, 
     climbing sea levels, and more extreme weather events will 
     intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, 
     poverty, and conflict'';
       (3) the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap--
       (A) found that the effects of climate change could cause 
     instability around the world ``by impairing access to food 
     and water, damaging infrastructure, spreading disease, 
     uprooting and displacing large numbers of people, compelling 
     mass migration, interrupting commercial activity, or 
     restricting electricity availability''; and
       (B) judged that ``these developments could undermine 
     already-fragile governments that are unable to respond 
     effectively or challenge currently-stable governments, as 
     well as increasing competition and tension between countries 
     vying for limited resources'';
       (4) the 2015 National Security Strategy states that 
     ``climate change is an urgent and growing threat to our 
     national security, contributing to increased natural 
     disasters, refugee flows, and conflicts over basic resources 
     like food and water'';
       (5) the 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review 
     asserts that ``climate change exacerbates our greatest 
     vulnerabilities'';
       (6) the 2013 Department of Homeland Security Climate Action 
     Plan notes that--
       (A) some weather effects related to climate change, such as 
     warmer temperatures and increasingly severe storms, ``may 
     cause damage or disruptions to telecommunications and power 
     systems, creating challenges for telecommunications 
     infrastructure, emergency communications, and 
     cybersecurity'';
       (B) ``more extreme weather conditions in parts of the world 
     with limited ability to provide state aid create 
     opportunities for militant groups to become active in their 
     communities''; and
       (C) ``[c]limate change acts as a `threat multiplier,' 
     aggravating stressors abroad such as poverty, environmental 
     degradation, and social tensions, resulting in conditions 
     that could enable terrorist activity and violence'';
       (7) in February 2016, the Director of National 
     Intelligence, James Clapper, testified before the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the Senate that--
       (A) ``[e]xtreme weather, climate change, environmental 
     degradation, related rising demand for food and water, poor 
     policy responses, and inadequate critical infrastructure will 
     probably exacerbate--and potentially spark--political 
     instability, adverse health conditions, and humanitarian 
     crises in 2016''; and
       (B) ``[s]everal of these developments, especially those in 
     the Middle East, suggest that environmental degradation might 
     become a more common source for interstate tensions'';
       (8) Department of Defense Directive 4715.21 entitled 
     ``Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience'' and promulgated 
     in January 2016 states that--
       (A) as a matter of policy, the Department of Defense ``must 
     be able to adapt current and future operations to address the 
     impacts of climate change in order to maintain an effective 
     and efficient U.S. military''; and
       (B) all Department of Defense mission planning and 
     execution must--

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       (i) include ``identification and assessment of the effects 
     of climate change on the DoD mission'';
       (ii) take ``those effects into consideration when 
     developing plans and implementing procedures''; and
       (iii) anticipate and manage ``any risks that develop as a 
     result of climate change to build resilience'';
       (9) in the 2015 report to Congress entitled ``National 
     Security Implications of Climate-Related Risks and a Changing 
     Climate'', the Secretary of Defense--
       (A) acknowledged ``the reality of climate change and the 
     significant risk it poses to U.S. interests globally''; and
       (B) recognized that--
       (i) ``[a] changing climate increases the risk of 
     instability and conflict overseas, and has implications for 
     DoD on operations, personnel, installations, and the 
     stability, development, and human security of other 
     nations''; and
       (ii) ``[g]lobal climate change will have wide-ranging 
     implications for U.S. national security interests over the 
     foreseeable future because it will aggravate existing 
     problems--such as poverty, social tensions, environmental 
     degradation, ineffectual leadership, and weak political 
     institutions--that threaten domestic stability in a number of 
     countries''; and
       (10) leading United States national security experts from 
     both major political parties, including 12 former Senators 
     and Representatives, 10 retired generals and admirals, the 
     Chair and the Vice Chair of the National Commission on 
     Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (commonly referred 
     to as the ``9/11 Commission''), and Cabinet and Cabinet-level 
     officials from the Carter, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, 
     Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama Administrations, signed an 
     open letter in October 2015, stating that climate change ``is 
     critically important to the world's most experienced security 
     planners. The impacts are real, and the costs of inaction are 
     unacceptable. America's elected leaders and private sector 
     must think past tomorrow to focus on this growing problem, 
     and take action at home and abroad.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that it 
     is in the national security interests of the United States to 
     assess, plan for, and mitigate the security and strategic 
     implications of climate change.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4575. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 H of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 899C. IMPROVED DEFENSE COOPERATION AND ACCESS TO 
                   COMMERCIAL INNOVATION.

       (a) Competitive Pricing Discretion in Foreign Military 
     Sales Contracting.--Section 22(d)(1) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2762(d)(1)) is amended by striking 
     ``shall'' and inserting ``may, at the discretion of the 
     Secretary of Defense,''.
       (b) Commercial Item ITAR Exemption.--Any commercial item as 
     defined in section 103 of title 41, United States Code, that 
     is incorporated in a defense product shall be regulated under 
     the Export Administration Regulations (part 730 of title 15, 
     Code of Federal Regulations) and exempt from regulation under 
     the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (subchapter M 
     of chapter I of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations) unless 
     the Secretary of Defense or the Secretary of State makes a 
     written determination prior to incorporation of the 
     commercial item in the defense product that the International 
     Traffic in Arms Regulations should apply.
       (c) Post-export Supply Chain Transfers Within National 
     Technology Industrial Base Countries.--The government of a 
     country that is part of the national technology industrial 
     base (as that term is defined in section 2500 of title 10, 
     United States Code) may transfer United States-origin 
     material within that government's supply chain without 
     further United States Government approval or the need to 
     comply with additional export licensing requirements provided 
     that the material remains in the ownership of such 
     government.
       (d) Integration of Supply Chain Within National Technology 
     Industrial Base.--
       (1) In general.--A company included on the list under 
     paragraph (2) with facilities in both the United States and 
     in a country that is part of the national technology 
     industrial base (as that term is defined in section 2500 of 
     title 10, United States Code) may transfer controlled 
     material between a United States facility and a facility 
     located in a national technology industrial base country 
     without the need for United States Government approval or the 
     need for an additional export control license. Any such 
     transfer must comply with United States security 
     classification requirements.
       (2) Approved company list.--The list referred to in 
     paragraph (1) is a list maintained by the Secretary of 
     Defense and the Secretary of State of companies the 
     Secretaries have determined are qualified for the streamlined 
     transfer authority under such paragraph.
       (e) Non-missile Technology Exports.--Export control 
     policies, procedures, and practices specific to implementing 
     the Missile Technology Control Regime shall not apply to the 
     review and approval of exports of non-missile technologies 
     such as unmanned autonomous vehicles, optionally piloted 
     vehicles, and commercial space craft.
       (f) Implementation of Treaties on Defense Cooperation.--The 
     Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense shall conduct 
     a review of the exempted technologies lists that apply to the 
     Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America 
     and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade 
     Cooperation, done at Sydney September 5, 2007, and the Treaty 
     Between the Government of the United States of America and 
     the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
     Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done 
     at Washington and London June 21 and 26, 2007, with the aim 
     of reducing the applicable lists to the minimum compatible 
     with international obligations.
       (g) Enhancing Program Licensing.--Not later than September 
     30, 2018, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
     shall establish a structure for implementing a revised 
     program export licensing framework intended to provide 
     comprehensive export licensing authorization to support large 
     international cooperative defense programs between multiple 
     nations and determine what, if any, regulatory authorities 
     require modification.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4576. Mr. TILLIS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 337, line 5, insert before the semicolon the 
     following: ``, except in the case of a pharmaceutical agent 
     prescribed to a patient for which the prescribing health care 
     provider determines that such agent is medically necessary 
     for the patient and receives a waiver from the Secretary to 
     prescribe such agent to the patient under a process that the 
     Secretary shall establish for such purpose''.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4577. Mr. SCHATZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2814. DURATION OF ENERGY SAVINGS CONTRACTS.

       Section 2913 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new subsections:
       ``(e) Duration of Contracts.--An energy savings contract 
     entered into under this section may have a contract period 
     not to exceed 25 years.
       ``(f) Verification Requirements.--The conditions of an 
     energy savings contract entered into under this section shall 
     include requirements for measurement, verification, and 
     performance assurances or guarantees of the savings.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4578. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Cornyn) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 A of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 1114. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BUSINESS CASES ANALYSES FOR 
                   DECISIONS AFFECTING THE WORKFORCE AND MODIFYING 
                   LOCATIONS OF WHERE WORK WILL BE EXECUTED OR 
                   COMPLETED.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) in a budget constrained environment, the military 
     departments and Defense Agencies must utilize all available 
     tools to make informed, supportable decisions in moving 
     workforce and workload from one location or entity to 
     another;
       (2) such tools should include a properly supported and 
     documented business case analysis (BCA);
       (3) before a military department or Defense Agency embarks 
     on a workforce decision of

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     workload in excess of $3,000,000 per year, the Department of 
     Defense needs to understand the possible costs, benefits, 
     risks, and impacts to the small business goals, small and 
     disadvantaged contracting agreements, and other sensitivities 
     of the Department associated with such a decision;
       (4) the military departments and Defense Agencies should 
     perform a business case analysis, as part of any workforce 
     decision described in paragraph (3);
       (5) any such business case analysis for a workforce 
     decision having an annual estimated cost of $5,000,0000 or 
     more should be reviewed and approved by the Under Secretary 
     of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and 
     the Under Secretary should provide such business case 
     analysis to the congressional defense committees at least 30 
     days before taking any action to effect a shift in the 
     workload concerned;
       (6) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics, 
     Materiel, and Readiness, working with the Cost Analysis 
     Program Evaluation office, should develop minimum standards 
     and criteria for business case analyses covered by this 
     section and a process for the review and transparency of such 
     business case analyses; and
       (7) the Assistant Secretary should submit to the 
     congressional defense committees, by not later than 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the 
     plan of the Assistant Secretary plan to implement the 
     standards and criteria described in paragraph (6).
       (b) Business Case Analysis Defined.--In this section, the 
     term ``business case analysis'' means a structured 
     methodology and decision support document that aids decision 
     making by identifying and comparing alternatives by examining 
     the mission and business impacts (both financial and non-
     financial), risks, and sensitivities.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4579. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 IX, add the following:

     SEC. 926. PROHIBITION ON CONSOLIDATION OF UNITED STATES 
                   NORTHERN COMMAND WITH ANY OTHER GEOGRAPHIC 
                   COMBATANT COMMAND.

       No amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act, or 
     amounts authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
     Defense for a fiscal year before fiscal year 2017 that remain 
     available for obligation, may be used as follows:
       (1) To consolidate the United States Northern Command with 
     any other geographic combatant command.
       (2) To subordinate the United States Northern Command to 
     any other geographic combatant command.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4580. Mr. CASSIDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. PROVISION OF ACCESS BY EMPLOYEES OF MEMBERS OF 
                   CONGRESS TO CASE-TRACKING INFORMATION TO CASE-
                   TRACKING INFORMATION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 59 of title 38, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 5906. Provision of access by employees of members of 
       Congress to case-tracking information

       ``(a) In General.--(1) Beginning not later than the date 
     that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     section, the Secretary shall provide to accredited, permanent 
     Congressional employees who have successfully completed the 
     certification process described in subsection (b)(1), upon 
     election by the Member of Congress for which the employee 
     works, read-only remote access to the electronic VBA claims 
     records system of veterans who reside in the area represented 
     by the Member, regardless of whether such employee is acting 
     under a power of attorney executed by such veteran.
       ``(2) The Secretary shall ensure that access provided to an 
     accredited, permanent Congressional employee under paragraph 
     (1) is provided in a manner that does not allow the employee 
     to modify the data contained in the electronic VBA claims 
     records system.
       ``(b) Certification Required.--(1) The certification 
     process described in this paragraph is the certification 
     process that the Secretary requires an agent or attorney 
     under this chapter to complete before the agent or attorney 
     may access the electronic VBA claims records system.
       ``(2) Each Member of Congress who elects to have an 
     accredited, permanent Congressional employee of the Member 
     have access under subsection (a)(1) shall bear the cost of 
     the certification process described in paragraph (1), to be 
     paid from the Member's Representational Allowance.
       ``(c) Treatment of Disclosure.--The access to information 
     by an accredited, permanent Congressional employee pursuant 
     to subsection (a)(1) shall be deemed to be--
       ``(1) a disclosure permitted under section 552a(b) of title 
     5; and
       ``(2) a disclosure permitted under regulations promulgated 
     under section 264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and 
     Accountability Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-191; 42 U.S.C. 
     1320d-2 note).
       ``(d) Nonrecognition.--The Secretary may not recognize an 
     accredited, permanent Congressional employee for the 
     preparation, presentation, and prosecution of claims under 
     laws administered by the Secretary by reason of the Secretary 
     providing the employee with access to the electronic VBA 
     claims records system under subsection (a). An accredited, 
     permanent Congressional employee who is provided such access 
     may not use such access to act as such a recognized 
     individual.
       ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) The term `electronic VBA claims records system' means 
     the system of the Department of Veterans Affairs that 
     provides information regarding the status of a claim 
     submitted by a veteran, including information regarding 
     medical records, compensation and pension exams records, 
     rating decisions, statement of the case (SOC), supplementary 
     statement of the case (SSOC), notice of disagreement (NOD), 
     and Form-9.
       ``(2) The term `accredited, permanent Congressional 
     employee' means an employee of a Member of Congress who 
     assists the constituents of the Member with issues regarding 
     departments or agencies of the Federal Government.
       ``(3) The term `Member of Congress' means a Representative, 
     a Senator, a Delegate to Congress, or the Resident 
     Commissioner of Puerto Rico.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of chapter 59 of such title is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``5906. Provision of access by employees of members of Congress to 
              case-tracking information.''.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4581. Mr. SULLIVAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 1049, strike lines 14 through 16 and insert the 
     following:

     through the program, and the specific military operations 
     conducted.
       (4) Each partner country or ally, if any, included in the 
     military operations.
       (c) Form.--Each report under this section shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form.

     SEC. 1241A. UNITED STATES POLICY WITH RESPECT TO FREEDOM OF 
                   NAVIGATION OPERATIONS AND OVERFLIGHT BEYOND THE 
                   TERRITORIAL SEA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Since the Declaration of Independence in 1776, which 
     was inspired in part as a response to a ``tyrant'' who 
     ``plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts'' and who wrote laws 
     ``for cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world'', 
     freedom of seas and promotion of international commerce have 
     been core security interests of the United States.
       (2) Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of the United 
     States establishes enumerated powers for Congress which 
     include regulating commerce with foreign nations, punishing 
     piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and offenses 
     against the law of nations, and providing and maintaining a 
     Navy.
       (3) For centuries, the United States has maintained a 
     bedrock commitment to ensuring the right to freedom of 
     navigation for all law-abiding parties in every region of the 
     world.
       (4) In support of international law, the longstanding 
     United States commitment to freedom of navigation and 
     ensuring the free access to sea lanes to promote global 
     commerce remains a core security interest of the United 
     States.
       (5) This is particularly true in areas of the world that 
     are critical transportation corridors and key routes for 
     global commerce, such as the South China Sea and the East 
     China Sea, through which a significant portion of global 
     commerce transits.
       (6) The consistent exercise of freedom of navigation 
     operations and overflights by

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     United States naval and air forces throughout the world plays 
     a critical role in safeguarding the freedom of the seas for 
     all lawful nations, supporting international law, and 
     ensuring the continued safe passage and promotion of global 
     commerce and trade.
       (b) Declaration of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to fly, sail, and operate throughout the oceans, seas, 
     and airspace of the world wherever international law allows.
       (c) Implementation of Policy.--In furtherance of the policy 
     set forth in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense shall--
       (1) plan and execute a robust series of routine and regular 
     naval presence missions and freedom of navigation operations 
     (FONOPs) throughout the world, with a particular emphasis on 
     critical transportation corridors and key routes for global 
     commerce (such as the South China Sea and the East China 
     Sea);
       (2) execute, in such critical transportation corridors, 
     routine and regular naval presence missions and maritime 
     freedom of navigation operations throughout the year;
       (3) give preference in freedom of navigation operations to 
     unlawful or excessive maritime coastal state claims that have 
     not been challenged within the past three years;
       (4) in addition to the operations executed pursuant to 
     paragraph (2), execute routine and regular maritime freedom 
     of navigation operations throughout the year, in accordance 
     with international law, including the use of expanded 
     military options and maneuvers beyond innocent passage 
     (including operating under normal military conditions inside 
     12 nautical miles of features determined to be low-tide 
     elevations); and
       (5) to the maximum extent practicable, execute freedom of 
     navigation operations pursuant to this subsection with 
     regional partner countries and allies of the United States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4582. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 590. REVIEW REGARDING AWARD OF MEDAL OF HONOR TO CERTAIN 
                   ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE AMERICAN PACIFIC 
                   ISLANDER WAR VETERANS.

       (a) Review Required.--The Secretary of each military 
     department shall review the service records of each Asian 
     American and Native American Pacific Islander war veteran 
     described in subsection (b) to determine whether that veteran 
     should be awarded the Medal of Honor.
       (b) Covered Veterans.--The Asian American and Native 
     American Pacific Islander war veterans whose service records 
     are to be reviewed under subsection (a) are the following:
       (1) Any Asian American or Native American Pacific Islander 
     war veteran who was awarded the Distinguished-Service Cross, 
     the Navy Cross, or the Air Force Cross during the Korean War 
     or the Vietnam War.
       (2) Any other Asian American or Native American Pacific 
     Islander war veteran whose name is submitted to the Secretary 
     concerned for such purpose before the end of the one-year 
     period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Consultations.--In carrying out the review under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of each military department 
     shall consult with such veterans service organizations as the 
     Secretary considers appropriate.
       (d) Recommendations Based on Review.--If the Secretary 
     concerned determines, based upon the review under subsection 
     (a) of the service records of any Asian American or Native 
     American Pacific Islander war veteran, that the award of the 
     Medal of Honor to that veteran is warranted, the Secretary 
     shall submit to the President a recommendation that the 
     President award the Medal of Honor to that veteran.
       (e) Authority to Award Medal of Honor.--A Medal of Honor 
     may be awarded to an Asian American or Native American 
     Pacific Islander war veteran in accordance with a 
     recommendation of the Secretary concerned under subsection 
     (d).
       (f) Congressional Notification.--No Medal of Honor may be 
     awarded pursuant to subsection (e) until the Secretary of 
     Defense submits to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives notice of the 
     recommendations under subsection (d), including the name of 
     each Asian American or Native American Pacific Islander war 
     veteran recommended to be awarded a Medal of Honor and the 
     rationale for such recommendation.
       (g) Waiver of Time Limitations.--An award of the Medal of 
     Honor may be made under subsection (e) without regard to--
       (1) section 3744, 6248, or 8744 of title 10, United States 
     Code, as applicable; and
       (2) any regulation or other administrative restriction on--
       (A) the time for awarding the Medal of Honor; or
       (B) the awarding of the Medal of Honor for service for 
     which a Distinguished-Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force 
     Cross has been awarded.
       (h) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Native 
     American Pacific Islander'' means a Native Hawaiian or Native 
     American Pacific Islander, as those terms are defined in 
     section 815 of the Native American Programs Act of 1974 (42 
     U.S.C. 2992c).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4583. Mr. REID (for Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Blunt)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid to the bill 
S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 582. REPORT ON PLAN FOR STAFFING AND OPERATION OF THE 
                   ARMY CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER, SPRINGFIELD, 
                   VIRGINIA.

       Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of the Army, submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report setting forth a plan to ensure 
     appropriate staffing and operation of the Army Child 
     Development Center adjacent to the campus of the National 
     Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in Springfield, Virginia.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4584. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 F of title V, add the following:

     SEC. 583. GAO REPORT ON IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall conduct a comprehensive study that--
       (1) examines the implementation of section 8007 of the 
     Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (for fiscal 
     year 2016 and any preceding fiscal year, and as in effect for 
     such fiscal year) and section 7007 of that Act (for each of 
     fiscal years 2017 and 2018, and as in effect for such fiscal 
     year), including a comparison of--
       (A) the distribution of payments between subparagraphs (A) 
     and (B) of subsection (a)(3) of those sections, as 
     applicable, for the period of the 10 fiscal years preceding 
     the fiscal year of the study;
       (B) other Federal construction or capital funding made 
     available to local educational agencies eligible to receive 
     funding under subsection (a)(3) of those sections; and
       (C) the overall level of available capital funding, and 
     estimated bonding capacity, of local educational agencies 
     eligible to receive funding under subsection (a)(3) of those 
     sections compared to national recommended average investments 
     and other comparable local educational agencies;
       (2) evaluates unmet need as of the date of enactment of 
     this section for housing of professionals employed to work at 
     schools operated by local educational agencies eligible to 
     receive funding under subsection (a)(3)(B) of section 7007 of 
     the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (as in 
     effect for fiscal year 2017);
       (3) to the extent practicable, determines the age, 
     condition, and remaining utility of school facilities for 
     those local educational agencies eligible under section 
     7007(a)(3) of that Act (as in effect for fiscal year 2017) 
     that are eligible to receive a basic support payment under--
       (A) section 8003(b) of that Act (for any of fiscal years 
     2009 through 2016, and as in effect for such fiscal year); 
     and
       (B) section 7003(b) of that Act (for any of fiscal years 
     2017 and 2018, and as in effect for such fiscal year); and
       (4) recommends a method by which the Federal Government may 
     develop a school facility condition index for a school 
     facility of a local educational agency eligible to receive 
     funding under 7007(a)(3) of that Act (as in effect for fiscal 
     year 2017) that limits the reporting burden to the maximum 
     extent practicable on the eligible local educational agencies 
     included in the index.
       (b) Reporting.--The Comptroller General shall submit a 
     report containing the conclusions of the study under 
     subsection (a) to--
       (1) the Committees on Indian Affairs, Armed Services, and 
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
       (2) the Subcommittee on Indian, Insular, and Alaska Native 
     Affairs and the Committees on Education and the Workforce and

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     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (c) Timeframe.--The Comptroller General shall complete the 
     study under subsection (a) and submit the report under 
     subsection (b) by the date that is not later than 18 months 
     after the date of enactment of this Act.
       (d) Definition of School Facility.--In this section, the 
     term ``school facility'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 7013 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713), as in effect for fiscal year 2017.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4585. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1224. SALE OF MULTIROLE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TO BAHRAIN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Actions taken by the Administration have unduly delayed 
     the export of multirole fighter aircraft to Bahrain.
       (2) Continued defense security cooperation and assistance 
     with Bahrain are critical to regional security and countering 
     the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria 
     (ISIS), as well as counterbalancing the influence of Iran and 
     its proxies in the region.
       (3) Bahrain has made several of its military facilities 
     available for use by the United States military to address 
     past and current threats from Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, 
     international terrorism, and piracy and smuggling in the Gulf 
     and Arabian Sea.
       (4) Outdated Bahraini F-16 aircraft lack certain 
     capabilities, and this limits their utility in coalition 
     operations.
       (5) For several years, Bahrain has expressed interest in 
     upgrading its existing fleet of 20 F-16 Block 40 aircraft 
     with advanced capabilities, including Active Electronically 
     Scanned Array radars.
       (6) Bahrain submitted formal Letters of Request for these 
     upgrades, as well as for the sale of a comparable number of 
     new F-16 aircraft in November 2015.
       (7) The upgrade and sale of F-16 aircraft to Bahrain will 
     help advance military-to-military cooperation between the 
     United States and Bahrain.
       (8) Recent inroads by European and Russian manufacturers of 
     competitor aircraft in the region have the potential to erode 
     United States military-to-military relations with Bahrain, 
     and these potential erosions deepen regional concerns over 
     United States policy in the Middle East generally and towards 
     Iran specifically.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) a strong bilateral relationship between the United 
     States and Bahrain is critical to maintaining stability in 
     the Middle East, countering the Islamic State of Iraq and 
     Syria, mitigating further terrorist threats, and 
     counterbalancing Iran and its regional proxies;
       (2) Bahrain and the United States share a mutual commitment 
     to regional security, counterterrorism efforts, and related 
     coalition operations; and
       (3) the Bahraini air force needs additional advanced 
     multirole fighter aircraft in order to modernize its fleet 
     and participate in regional security initiatives and counter-
     Islamic State of Iraq and Syria campaigns.
       (c) Sale of Multirole Fighter Aircraft.--The President 
     shall carry out the sale of all pending foreign military 
     sales of F-16 fighter aircraft and related upgrades of 
     existing F-16 aircraft to Bahrain by not later than 30 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4586. Mr. HELLER (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mrs. Feinstein) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. COMMERCIAL GAMING NOT LOCATED ON INDIAN LAND.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of the amendment made by 
     subsection (b) is to ensure that the rights, processes, and 
     provisions of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 
     2701 et seq.) are used exclusively to provide for the 
     regulation of noncommercial gaming by Indian tribes on Indian 
     lands (as those terms are defined in section 4 of that Act 
     (25 U.S.C. 2703)).
       (b) Commercial Gaming.--Section 11(d)(8) of the Indian 
     Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(8)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as 
     subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
       ``(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
     shall disapprove a compact, or an amendment to a compact, 
     described in subparagraph (A) if the compact or amendment 
     authorizes, approves, or aids, directly or indirectly, in the 
     authorization or approval of a commercial gaming activity--
       ``(I) not located on Indian lands; and
       ``(II) that is or would be owned or operated, directly or 
     indirectly, by 1 or more Indian tribes.
       ``(ii) A compact or an amendment to a compact disapproved 
     under clause (i) shall not take effect.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4587. Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mr. McCain) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 A of title XI, add the following:

     SEC. 1114. PILOT PROGRAM ON APPOINTMENT
                   OF PHYSICALLY DISQUALIFIED FORMER CADETS AND 
                   MIDSHIPMEN IN THE EXCEPTED SERVICE.

       (a) Pilot Programs Authorized.--Each Secretary of a 
     military department may carry out a pilot program to assess 
     the feasability and advisability of appointing in the 
     excepted service former cadets or midshipmen who--
       (1) graduated from a military service academy or a Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program; and
       (2) are medically disqualified for appointment as a 
     commissioned officer and fulfilling an active duty service 
     obligation arising from participation of such cadets or 
     midshipmen at such academy or through such a program.
       (b) Employment.--Under a pilot program, the Secretary of 
     the military department concerned--
       (1) may, without regard to any provision of title 5, United 
     States Code, governing appointment of employees to 
     competitive service positions within the Department of 
     Defense, appoint to a position within the Department in the 
     excepted service an individual who meets the eligibility 
     criteria of subsection (c); and
       (2) may, upon satisfactory completion of two years of 
     substantially continuous service by an incumbent who was 
     appointed to an excepted service position under the authority 
     of paragraph (1), convert the appointment of such individual, 
     without competition, to a career or career conditional 
     appointment.
       (c) Eligibility.--A former cadet or midshipman is eligible 
     for appointment under a pilot program only if--
       (1) the former cadet or midshipman was previously under the 
     jurisdiction of the Secretary of the military department 
     concerned;
       (2) the former cadet or midshipman completed the prescribed 
     course of instruction and graduated from a military service 
     academy or a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program;
       (3) the former cadet or midshipman is determined to be 
     medically disqualified to complete a period of active duty 
     prescribed in an agreement signed by such cadet or midshipman 
     in accordance with section 4348, 6959, 9348, or 2107 of title 
     10, United States Code, as applicable; and
       (4) the medical disqualification is not the result of the 
     gross negligence or misconduct of the cadet or midshipman.
       (d) Relationship to Repayment Provisions.--
       (1) Satisfaction of obligation.--A former cadet or 
     midshipman shall be treated as relieved of any repayment 
     obligation under section 303a(e) or 373 of title 37, United 
     States Code, in connection with the failure of the cadet or 
     midshipman to accept appointment as a commissioned officer 
     and fulfill an active duty service obligation as described in 
     subsection (a) by the either of the following:
       (A) Service in the excepted service under the pilot program 
     for such period as the Secretary of the military department 
     concerned shall specify at the time of the appointment of the 
     former cadet or midshipman under the pilot program.
       (B) The competition of the cadet or midshipman for, and the 
     encumbrance of the cadet or midshipman of, a permanent 
     position within the Department or one of its components.
       (2) Coercion prohibited.--A Secretary of a military 
     department shall not implicitly or explicitly compel an 
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     subsection (c) to accept an appointment in the excepted 
     service under this section.
       (e) Rules of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to--
       (1) authorize additional positions or create any vacancies 
     to which eligible individuals may be appointed; or
       (2) except as provided in subsection (d)(1), alter the 
     authority of a Secretary authority under section 303a(e)(1), 
     373(b), or 374 of title 37, United States Code.
       (f) Termination of Authority.--
       (1) In general.--The authority to make appointment in the 
     excepted service under a pilot program shall expire on the 
     date that is four years after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
       (2) Effect on existing appointments.--The termination by 
     paragraph (1) of the authority in subsection (a) shall not 
     affect any appointment made under that authority before the 
     termination date specified in paragraph (1) in accordance 
     with the terms of such appointment.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4588. Mr. BOOZMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 V, add the following:

     SEC. 565. REPORT ON EVALUATION AND OVERSIGHT OF THE SENIOR 
                   RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS PROGRAMS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of the Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in 
     coordination with the Secretaries of the military 
     departments, submit to Congress a report on the manner in 
     which the Department of Defense intends--
       (1) to improve the oversight and accountability of the 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs; and
       (2) to ensure that the Secretary of Defense, the Armed 
     Forces, and Congress have a comprehensive understanding 
     whether particular programs are achieving desired results 
     before decisions to close or terminate such programs are 
     undertaken.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An assessment of--
       (A) existing Department of Defense processes to evaluate 
     the performance of the Senior Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps programs;
       (B) the clarity of goals and objectives for the Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs;
       (C) the frequency of evaluation of the Senior Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps programs;
       (D) the adequacy of the oversight roles and 
     responsibilities outlined in Department of Defense 
     Instruction Number 1215.08, dated June 26, 2006; and
       (E) the efforts undertaken by the Armed Forces to 
     effectively communicate evaluations of the performance of the 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs to Congress 
     and other key stakeholders before decisions to close or 
     terminate particular programs are undertaken.
       (2) A description of--
       (A) the strategic goals and objectives of the Senior 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs;
       (B) officer output requirements under the Senior Reserve 
     Officers' Training Corps programs, set forth by institution 
     of higher education concerned;
       (C) attrition rates under the Senior Reserve Officers' 
     Training Corps programs, set forth by institution of higher 
     education concerned;
       (D) the characteristics of quality officers graduating from 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs; and
       (E) the current timeline for any anticipated closure or 
     termination of a Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps 
     program.
       (3) A detailed plan for--
       (A) improving the oversight and accountability of the 
     Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs; and
       (B) ensuring the Secretary of Defense, the Armed Forces, 
     and Congress have a comprehensive understanding whether 
     particular Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps programs 
     are achieving desired results before decisions to close or 
     terminate such programs are undertaken.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4589. Mr. HEINRICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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:

       After section 216, insert the following:

     SEC. 216A. HIGH ENERGY LASER SYSTEMS TEST FACILITY.

       (a) Independent Evaluation.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     enter into an agreement with an independent entity to conduct 
     an evaluation and assessment of options to provide financial 
     resources for the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility 
     (HELSTF) in accordance with the recommendations in the 2009 
     report of the Test Resource Management Center and High Energy 
     Laser Joint Program Office entitled ``Impact Report to 
     Congress on High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility (HELSTF) 
     and Plan for Test and Evaluation of High Energy Laser 
     Systems'', and other relevant reports, including--
       (1) the transfer of management of the Facility to the Joint 
     Directed Energy Program Office (JDEPO), as redesignated by 
     section 216(b); and
       (2) modifications of funding for the Joint Directed Energy 
     Program Office in order to provide adequate financial 
     resources for the Facility.
       (b) Report.--Under the agreement entered into pursuant to 
     subsection (a), the entity conducting the evaluation and 
     assessment required pursuant to that subsection shall, by not 
     later than January 31, 2017, submit to the Secretary, and to 
     the congressional defense committees, a report setting forth 
     the results of the evaluation and assessment, including such 
     recommendations for legislative and administrative action 
     with respect to the financial resources and organization of 
     the High Energy Laser Systems Test Facility as the entity 
     considers appropriate.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4590. Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Blunt) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. RECONSIDERATION OF CLAIMS FOR DISABILITY 
                   COMPENSATION FOR VETERANS WHO WERE THE SUBJECTS 
                   OF MUSTARD GAS OR LEWISITE EXPERIMENTS DURING 
                   WORLD WAR II.

       (a) Reconsideration of Claims for Disability Compensation 
     in Connection With Exposure to Mustard Gas or Lewisite.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall reconsider 
     all claims for compensation described in paragraph (2) and 
     make a new determination regarding each such claim.
       (2) Claims for compensation described.--Claims for 
     compensation described in this paragraph are claims for 
     compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
     Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are 
     in connection with exposure to mustard gas or lewisite during 
     active military, naval, or air service during World War II 
     and that were denied before the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
       (3) Presumption of exposure.--In carrying out paragraph 
     (1), if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs or the Secretary of 
     Defense makes a determination regarding whether a veteran who 
     has filed a claim for compensation described in paragraph (2) 
     has experienced full-body exposure to mustard gas or 
     lewisite, such Secretary--
       (A) shall presume that the veteran experienced full-body 
     exposure to mustard gas or lewisite, as the case may be, 
     unless proven otherwise; and
       (B) may not use information contained in the DoD and VA 
     Chemical Biological Warfare Database or any list of known 
     testing sites for mustard gas or lewisite maintained by the 
     Department of Veterans Affairs or the Department of Defense 
     as the sole reason for determining that the veteran did not 
     experience full-body exposure to mustard gas or lewisite.
       (4) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and not less frequently than once 
     every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report specifying any claims reconsidered under paragraph (1) 
     that were denied during the 90-day period preceding the 
     submittal of the report, including the rationale for each 
     such denial.
       (b) Development of Policy.--Not later than one year after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
     Veterans Affairs and the Secretary of Defense shall jointly 
     establish a policy for processing future claims for 
     compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
     Code, that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are 
     in connection with exposure to mustard gas or lewisite during 
     active military, naval, or air service during World War II.
       (c) Investigation and Report by Secretary of Defense.--Not 
     later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of Defense shall--

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       (1) for purposes of determining whether a site should be 
     added to the list of the Department of Defense of sites where 
     mustard gas or lewisite testing occurred, investigate and 
     assess sites where--
       (A) the Army Corps of Engineers has uncovered evidence of 
     mustard gas or lewisite testing; or
       (B) more than two veterans have submitted claims for 
     compensation under chapter 11 of title 38, United States 
     Code, in connection with exposure to mustard gas or lewisite 
     at such site and such claims were denied; and
       (2) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a 
     report on experiments conducted by the Department of Defense 
     during World War II to assess the effects of mustard gas and 
     lewisite on people, which shall include--
       (A) a list of each location where such an experiment 
     occurred, including locations investigated and assessed under 
     paragraph (1);
       (B) the dates of each such experiment; and
       (C) the number of members of the Armed Forces who were 
     exposed to mustard gas or lewisite in each such experiment.
       (d) Investigation and Report by Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
     shall--
       (1) investigate and assess--
       (A) the actions taken by the Secretary to reach out to 
     individuals who had been exposed to mustard gas or lewisite 
     in the experiments described in subsection (c)(2)(A); and
       (B) the claims for disability compensation under laws 
     administered by the Secretary that were filed with the 
     Secretary and the percentage of such claims that were denied 
     by the Secretary; and
       (2) submit to the appropriate committees of Congress--
       (A) a report on the findings of the Secretary with respect 
     to the investigations and assessments carried out under 
     paragraph (1); and
       (B) a comprehensive list of each location where an 
     experiment described in subsection (c)(2)(A) was conducted.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The terms ``active military, naval, or air service'', 
     ``veteran'', and ``World War II'' have the meanings given 
     such terms in section 101 of title 38, United States Code.
       (2) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on 
     Armed Services, and the Special Committee on Aging of the 
     Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and the Committee on 
     Armed Services of the House of Representatives.
       (3) The term ``full-body exposure'', with respect to 
     mustard gas or lewisite, has the meaning given that term by 
     the Secretary of Defense.
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  SA 4591. Mr. REED submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 XXVIII, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 2826. LIMITATION ON CONVEYANCE OF REAL PROPERTY AT NAVAL 
                   STATION NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

       None of the funds authorized to be appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by this or any other Act may be 
     obligated or expended to carry out the conveyance or other 
     disposal of real property by the Department of the Navy at 
     Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island, unless such property is 
     first offered for conveyance to relevant State and local 
     jurisdictions.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4592. Ms. HIRONO (for herself and Mr. Rounds) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. WATER RESOURCE AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN ALLIES AND 
                   ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT OF CONTINGENCY 
                   OPERATIONS.

       The Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the 
     Secretary of State, is authorized to enter into agreements 
     with the governments of allied countries and organizations 
     described in section 2350a(2) of title 10, United States 
     Code, to develop land-based water resources in support of and 
     in preparation for contingency operations, including water 
     efficiency, reuse, selection, pumping, purification, storage, 
     research and development, distribution, cooling, consumption, 
     water source intelligence, training, acquisition of water 
     support equipment, and water support operations.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4593. Mr. LEE (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 341. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT GRANTED TO OCCUPATIONAL 
                   LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS ISSUED BY STATES 
                   FOR PURPOSES OF ACTIVITIES ON MILITARY 
                   INSTALLATIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Federal Government shall provide full 
     faith and credit to an occupational license or certification 
     granted by a State for the purpose of establishing an 
     individual's authorization to engage in the occupation on a 
     military installation located on land owned by the Federal 
     Government, provided that the license or certification is not 
     expired, revoked, or suspended by the issuing State, and 
     provided that there are no outstanding enforcement actions 
     against the individual brought by the licensing board or 
     certifying authority for that occupation in the issuing 
     State.
       (b) Scope of Practice.--An individual relying on subsection 
     (a) for authorization to engage in an occupation is 
     authorized to sell those goods and services covered by the 
     occupational license or certification.
       (c) State Defined.--In this section, the term ``State'' 
     includes the District of Columbia.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4594. Mr. GRAHAM (for himself and Mr. McCain) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1216. SENSE OF SENATE ON THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF THE 
                   ADVICE OF MILITARY COMMANDERS TO ENSURE FORCE 
                   LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN AFTER 2016 ARE 
                   CONDITIONS-BASED.

       (a) Finding.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States vowed to hold those responsible for 
     the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks accountable, and 
     seeks to ensure that terrorists never again use Afghan soil 
     to plot an attack on another country.
       (2) Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 
     the United States decisively expelled the Taliban from 
     control of Afghanistan and sought to promote a multilateral 
     agenda to stabilize and reconstruct Afghanistan and rebuild 
     its institutions and economy.
       (3) The United States and Afghanistan signed a Bilateral 
     Security Agreement (BSA) on September 30, 2014, that provides 
     for an enduring commitment between the Government of the 
     United States and the Government of Afghanistan to enhance 
     the ability of the Government of Afghanistan to deter 
     internal and external threats against its sovereignty.
       (4) The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has 
     metastasized beyond the borders of Iraq and Syria, announcing 
     its formation on January 10, 2015, in Afghanistan where it 
     carries out bombings, small arms attacks, and kidnappings 
     against civilians and security forces in a number of 
     provinces.
       (5) On September 28, 2015, Taliban fighters took over the 
     city of Kunduz, Afghanistan, after government forces fully 
     retreated, giving the insurgents a military and political 
     victory that had evaded them since 2001.
       (6) Since the beginning of 2016, current Commander of 
     Resolute Support and United States Forces-Afghanistan, 
     General John W. Nicholson Jr., former Commander of Resolute 
     Support and United States Forces-Afghanistan, General John F. 
     Campbell, and current Commander of United States Central 
     Command, General Joseph L. Votel--the senior military 
     commanders closest to the fight--have testified that the 
     security situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating and 
     support a withdrawal of United States forces from Afghanistan 
     only when conditions warrant.
       (7) On April 19, 2016, the Taliban carried out a suicide 
     bomb and gun assault on a government security building in 
     Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least 28 people and wounding 
     more than 320, marking the single deadliest attack in the 
     capital of Afghanistan since 2011.
       (8) In the first three months of 2016, the United Nations 
     reported that Afghanistan

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     documented 600 civilian deaths and 1,343 wounded, with almost 
     one-third of the casualties being children.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the future trajectory of security and stability in 
     Afghanistan is contingent upon the proper force levels of the 
     United States and coalition partners, which must be 
     conditions-based;
       (2) adjustments to force levels in Afghanistan should be 
     made with all due consideration to the assessment and advice 
     of military commanders on the ground;
       (3) decisions on force levels in Afghanistan should take 
     into account the capabilities required to preserve and 
     promote the hard-fought gains achieved over the last 15 
     years;
       (4) United States force levels in Afghanistan should be 
     determined in a timely manner and made known to allies and 
     partners to afford adequate planning and force generation 
     lead times;
       (5) the United States must continue its efforts to train 
     and advise the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in 
     warfighting functions so that they are capable of defending 
     their country and ensuring that Afghanistan never again 
     succumbs to the fate of being a terrorist safe-haven for 
     groups like the Taliban, al Qaeda, and the Islamic State of 
     Iraq and the Levant (ISIL);
       (6) the United States must continue, in conjunction with 
     the Afghan National Security Forces, to operate a robust 
     counterterrorism force to deal with evolving and immediate 
     threats to the national security interests of the United 
     States;
       (7) the decision of the President in October 2015 to 
     maintain the current United States force level of 9,800 
     members of the Armed Forces in Afghanistan was in the 
     national security interests of the United States; and
       (8) Congress would support the President if the President 
     decided to maintain the current level of United States forces 
     in Afghanistan and adjust such level based on conditions on 
     the ground.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4595. Mr. McCAIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4229 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 12, line 5, strike ``$7,200,000'' and insert 
     ``$8,700,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4596. Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. Sanders) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1004. ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMPROVEMENT OF ABILITY OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN 
                   CLEAN AUDIT OPINIONS.

       (a) Financial Audit Incentive Fund.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall establish a fund to be known as the ``Financial 
     Audit Incentive Fund'' (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Fund'') for the purpose of encouraging the organizations, 
     components, and elements of the military departments to 
     maintain unmodified audit opinions.
       (b) Availability.--
       (1) In general.--Amounts in the Fund shall be available to 
     the military departments to address readiness funding 
     shortfalls for operational training exercises, including home 
     station training, brigade-level or equivalent training, or 
     joint exercises directed by combatant commanders.
       (2) Transfers from fund.--Amounts in the Fund may be 
     transferred to any other account of a military department in 
     order to fund training described in paragraph (1). Any 
     amounts transferred from the Fund to an account shall be 
     merged with amounts in the account to which transferred and 
     shall be available subject to the same terms and conditions 
     as amounts in such account, except that amounts so 
     transferred shall remain available until expended. The 
     authority to transfer amounts under this paragraph is in 
     addition to any other authority of the Secretary to transfer 
     amounts by law.
       (3) Limitation.--Amounts in the Fund may be transferred 
     under this subsection only to organizations components, and 
     elements of the military departments that have a current 
     unmodified audit opinion for use by such organizations 
     components, and elements for purposes specified in paragraph 
     (1).
       (c) Transfers to Fund in Connection With Organizations Not 
     Having Achieved Qualified Audit Opinions.--
       (1) Reduction in amount available.--Subject to paragraph 
     (2), if during any fiscal year after fiscal year 2019 the 
     Secretary determines that an organization, component, or 
     element of the Department has not achieved a qualified 
     opinion of its statement of budgetary resources for the 
     calender year ending during such fiscal year--
       (A) the amount available to such organization, component, 
     or element for the fiscal year in which such determination is 
     made shall be equal to--
       (i) the amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
     such organization, component, or element for the fiscal year; 
     minus
       (ii) the lesser of--

       (I) an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the amount described 
     in clause (i); or
       (II) $100,000,000; and

       (B) the Secretary shall deposit in the Fund all amounts 
     unavailable to organizations, components, and elements of the 
     Department in the fiscal year pursuant to determinations made 
     under subparagraph (A).
       (2) Inapplicability to amounts for military personnel.--Any 
     reduction applicable to an organization, component, or 
     element of the Department under paragraph (1) for a fiscal 
     year shall not apply to amounts, if any, available to such 
     organization, component, or element for the fiscal year for 
     military personnel.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4597. Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Menendez) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 H of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1277. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES.

       (a) Establishment.--The Secretary of State shall establish 
     in the Office of the Secretary of the Department of State an 
     Office of Global Women's Issues (in this section referred to 
     as the ``Office''). The Office shall be headed by an 
     Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, who shall be 
     appointed by the President, by and with the advice and 
     consent of the Senate. The Ambassador-at-Large shall report 
     directly to the Secretary and shall have the rank and status 
     of Ambassador-at-Large.
       (b) Purpose.--In addition to the duties described in 
     subsection (c) and those duties determined by the Secretary 
     of State, the Ambassador-at-Large shall coordinate efforts of 
     the United States Government, as directed by the Secretary 
     regarding gender integration and advancing the status of 
     women and girls in United States foreign policy.
       (c) Duties.--The Ambassador-at-Large--
       (1) shall serve as the principal advisor to the Secretary 
     of State regarding gender equality, women's empowerment, and 
     violence against women and girls as a foreign policy matter;
       (2) is authorized to represent the United States in 
     diplomatic and multilateral fora on matters relevant to the 
     status of women and girls;
       (3) shall advise and provide input to the Secretary on all 
     activities, policies, programs, and funding relating to 
     gender equality and the advancement of women and girls 
     internationally for all bureaus and offices of the Department 
     of State and in the international programs of all other 
     Federal agencies;
       (4) shall work to ensure that efforts to advance gender 
     equality and women's empowerment are fully integrated into 
     the programs, structures, processes, and capacities of all 
     bureaus and offices of the Department of State and in the 
     international programs of other Federal agencies;
       (5) shall direct, as appropriate, United States Government 
     resources to respond to needs for gender integration and 
     empowerment of women in United States Government foreign 
     policies and international programs;
       (6) may design, support, and implement activities regarding 
     empowerment of women internationally; and
       (7) shall conduct regular consultation with civil society 
     organizations working to advance gender equality and empower 
     women and girls internationally.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4598. Mr. SCHUMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I, add the following:

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     SEC. 128. TESTING AND INTEGRATION OF MINEHUNTING SONARS FOR 
                   LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP MINE HUNTING CAPABILITIES.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The Department of the Navy has determined that the 
     Remote Minehunting System (RMS) has not performed 
     satisfactorily.
       (2) On February 26, 2016, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus 
     stated that new testing must be done to find a reliable 
     solution to the mine countermeasures mission package and that 
     the Navy wants to ``get it out there as quickly as you can 
     and test it in a more realistic environment''.
       (3) There are several mature unmanned surface vehicle-towed 
     and unmanned underwater vehicle-based synthetic aperture 
     sonar (SAS) sensors in use by the Department of Defense and 
     navies of allied nations.
       (4) SAS sensors could provide a technology that would meet 
     the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) minehunting area clearance 
     rate sustained requirement.
       (b) Assessment Required.--The Secretary of the Navy shall 
     perform at-sea testing of a range of sonar technologies to 
     determine which systems can meet the requirements of the Navy 
     LCS mine countermeasure mission package (MCM MP).
       (c) Report to Congress.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than September 30, 2019, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall--
       (A) conduct operational at-sea testing and experimentation 
     of currently available and deployable United States and 
     allied conventional side-scan sonars and synthetic aperture 
     sonars;
       (B) complete an assessment of minehunting sonar 
     technologies that could meet the requirements for the LCS MCM 
     MP; and
       (C) submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     that contains the results of the at-sea testing and 
     assessment described in subparagraphs (A) and (B).
       (2) Elements.--The assessment required under paragraph 
     (1)(B) shall include--
       (A) specific details regarding the capabilities of current 
     United States Navy minehunting sonars and in-production SAS 
     sensors available for integration in the LCS MCM MP;
       (B) an estimate of the capabilities that could be achieved 
     by integrating SAS sensors in the LCS MCM MP; and
       (C) recommendations to enhance the minehunting capabilities 
     of the LCS MCM MP using conventional sonar systems and SAS 
     systems.
       (d) Sonar System Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``sonar system'' includes, at a minimum, sonar systems 
     relying on conventional sonars, side-scan sonars, or 
     synthetic aperture sonars.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 4599. Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. Murphy) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2943, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2017 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 title XII, add the following:

    Subtitle I--Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act

     SEC. 1281. CENTER FOR INFORMATION ANALYSIS AND RESPONSE.

       (a) Establishment.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the President shall establish a 
     Center for Information Analysis and Response (in this section 
     referred to as the ``Center''). The purposes of the Center 
     are--
       (1) to coordinate the sharing among government agencies of 
     information on foreign government information warfare 
     efforts, including information provided by recipients of 
     information access fund grants awarded using funds made 
     available under subsection (e) and from other sources, 
     subject to the appropriate classification guidelines;
       (2) to establish a process for integrating information on 
     foreign propaganda and disinformation efforts into national 
     strategy; and
       (3) to develop, plan, and synchronize interagency 
     activities to expose and counter foreign information 
     operations directed against United States national security 
     interests and advance narratives that support United States 
     allies and interests.
       (b) Functions.--The Center shall carry out the following 
     functions:
       (1) Integrating interagency efforts to track and evaluate 
     counterfactual narratives abroad that threaten the national 
     security interests of the United States and United States 
     allies, subject to appropriate regulations governing the 
     dissemination of classified information and programs.
       (2) Analyzing relevant information from United States 
     Government agencies, allied nations, think-tanks, academic 
     institutions, civil society groups, and other nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       (3) Developing and disseminating thematic narratives and 
     analysis to counter propaganda and disinformation directed at 
     United States allies and partners in order to safeguard 
     United States allies and interests.
       (4) Identifying current and emerging trends in foreign 
     propaganda and disinformation, including the use of print, 
     broadcast, online and social media, support for third-party 
     outlets such as think tanks, political parties, and 
     nongovernmental organizations, in order to coordinate and 
     shape the development of tactics, techniques, and procedures 
     to expose and refute foreign misinformation and 
     disinformation and proactively promote fact-based narratives 
     and policies to audiences outside the United States.
       (5) Facilitating the use of a wide range of information-
     related technologies and techniques to counter foreign 
     disinformation by sharing expertise among agencies, seeking 
     expertise from external sources, and implementing best 
     practices.
       (6) Identifying gaps in United States capabilities in areas 
     relevant to the Center's mission and recommending necessary 
     enhancements or changes.
       (7) Identifying the countries and populations most 
     susceptible to foreign government propaganda and 
     disinformation.
       (8) Administering and expending funds made available 
     pursuant to subsection (e).
       (9) Coordinating with allied and partner nations, 
     particularly those frequently targeted by foreign 
     disinformation operations, and international organizations 
     and entities such as the NATO Center of Excellence on 
     Strategic Communications, the European Endowment for 
     Democracy, and the European External Action Service Task 
     Force on Strategic Communications, in order to amplify the 
     Center's efforts and avoid duplication.
       (c) Interagency Manager.--
       (1) In general.--The President is authorized to designate 
     an official of the United States Government to lead an 
     interagency team and to manage the Center. The President 
     shall delegate to the manager of the Center responsibility 
     for and presumptive authority to direct and coordinate the 
     activities and operations of all departments, agencies, and 
     elements of the United States Government in so far as their 
     support is required to ensure the successful implementation 
     of a strategy approved by the President for accomplishing the 
     mission. The official so designated shall be serving in a 
     position in the executive branch by appointment, by and with 
     the advice and consent of the Senate.
       (2) Interagency steering committee.--
       (A) Composition.--The Interagency Manager shall establish a 
     Steering Committee composed of senior representatives of 
     agencies relevant to the Center's mission to provide advice 
     to the Manager on the operations and strategic orientation of 
     the Center and to ensure adequate support for the Center. The 
     Steering Committee shall include one senior representative 
     designated by each of the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary 
     of State, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development, and the Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of 
     Governors.
       (B) Meetings.--The Interagency Steering Committee shall 
     meet not less than every 3 months.
       (C) Participation and independence.--The Chairman of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors shall not compromise the 
     journalistic freedom or integrity of relevant media 
     organizations. Other Federal agencies may be invited to 
     participate in the Steering Committee at the discretion of 
     the Chairman of the Steering Committee and with the consent 
     of the Secretary of State.
       (3) Scope of responsibility and authority.--
       (A) Limitation on scope.--The delegated responsibility and 
     authority provided pursuant to paragraph (1) may not extend 
     beyond the requirements for successful implementation of the 
     mission and strategy described in that paragraph.
       (B) Appeal of execution of activities.--The head of any 
     department, agency, or other element of the United States 
     Government may appeal to the President a requirement or 
     direction by the official designated pursuant to paragraph 
     (1) for activities otherwise in support of the mission and 
     strategy described in that paragraph if such head determines 
     that there is a compelling case that executing such 
     activities would do undue harm to other missions of national 
     importance to the United States.
       (4) Targeted foreign audiences.--
       (A) In general.--The activities under this subsection of 
     the Center described in paragraph (1) shall be done only with 
     the intent to influence foreign audiences. No funds for the 
     activities of the team under this section may be used with 
     the intent to influence public opinion in the United States.
       (B) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
     be construed to prohibit the team described in paragraph (1) 
     from engaging in any form of communication or medium, either 
     directly or indirectly, or coordinating with any other 
     department or agency of the United States Government, a State 
     government, or any other public or private organization or 
     institution because a United States domestic audience is or 
     may be thereby exposed to activities or communications

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     of the team under this subsection, or based on a presumption 
     of such exposure.
       (d) Staff.--
       (1) Compensation.--The President may fix the compensation 
     of the manager of the Center and other personnel without 
     regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
     title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of 
     positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the 
     rate of pay for the executive director and other personnel 
     may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive 
     Schedule under section 5316 of that title.
       (2) Detail of government employees.--Any Federal Government 
     employee may be detailed to the Center without reimbursement, 
     and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of 
     civil service status or privilege.
       (3) Procurement of temporary and intermittent services.--
     The President may procure temporary and intermittent services 
     under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at 
     rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
     equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for 
     level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of that 
     title.
       (e) Funds.--Of amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2017 for the Department of Defense by this Act 
     and identified as undistributed fuel cost savings as 
     specified in the funding tables in division D, up to 
     $250,000,000 may be available for purposes of carrying out 
     this section and the grant program established under section 
     1282. Once obligated, such funds shall remain available for 
     such purposes until expended.

     SEC. 1282. INFORMATION ACCESS FUNDS.

       (a) Grants and Contracts of Financial Support.--The Center 
     may provide grants or contracts of financial support to civil 
     society groups, journalists, nongovernmental organizations, 
     federally funded research and development centers, private 
     companies, or academic institutions for the following 
     purposes:
       (1) To support local independent media who are best placed 
     to refute foreign disinformation and manipulation in their 
     own communities.
       (2) To collect and store examples in print, online, and 
     social media of disinformation, misinformation, and 
     propaganda directed at the United States and its allies and 
     partners.
       (3) To analyze tactics, techniques, and procedures of 
     foreign government information warfare with respect to 
     disinformation, misinformation, and propaganda.
       (4) To support efforts by the Center to counter efforts by 
     foreign governments to use disinformation, misinformation, 
     and propaganda to influence the policies and social and 
     political stability of the United States and United States 
     allies and partners.
       (b) Funding Availability and Limitations.--All 
     organizations that apply to receive funds under this section 
     must undergo a vetting process in accordance with the 
     relevant existing regulations to ensure their bona fides, 
     capability, and experience, and their compatibility with 
     United States interests and objectives.

     SEC. 1283. INCLUSION IN DEPARTMENT OF STATE EDUCATION AND 
                   CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS OF FOREIGN STUDENTS 
                   AND COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM COUNTRIES AND 
                   POPULATIONS SUSCEPTIBLE TO FOREIGN 
                   MANIPULATION.

       The President shall ensure that when the Secretary of State 
     is selecting participants for United States educational and 
     cultural exchange programs, the Secretary of State gives 
     special consideration to students and community leaders from 
     populations and countries the Secretary deems vulnerable to 
     foreign propaganda and disinformation campaigns.

     SEC. 1284. REPORTS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the 
     establishment of the Center, the President submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating the 
     success of the Center in fulfilling the purposes for which it 
     was authorized and outlining steps to improve any areas of 
     deficiency.
       (b) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs, and the Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (2) the congressional defense committees, the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
     Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.

     SEC. 1285. TERMINATION OF CENTER AND STEERING COMMITTEE.

       The Center for Information Analysis and Response and the 
     interagency team established under section 1281(c) shall 
     terminate 15 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.

     SEC. 1286. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING RELATIONSHIP TO 
                   INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES.

       Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed as superseding 
     or modifying any existing authorities governing the 
     collection, sharing, and implementation of intelligence 
     programs and activities or existing regulations governing the 
     sharing of classified information and programs.
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  SA 4600. Mr. CORNYN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 H of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1277. REPORT ON POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS BY IRAN OF THE 
                   RIGHT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW TO CONDUCT 
                   INNOCENT PASSAGE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 
     that includes a determination with respect to whether, during 
     or after the incident that began on January 12, 2016, in 
     which forces of Iran boarded two United States Navy riverine 
     combat vessels and detained at gunpoint the crews of those 
     vessels, any of the actions of the forces of Iran constituted 
     a violation of the right under international law to conduct 
     innocent passage.
       (b) Actions to Be Assessed.--In assessing actions of the 
     forces of Iran under subsection (a), the Secretary shall 
     consider, at a minimum, the following actions:
       (1) The stopping, boarding, search, and seizure of the two 
     United States Navy riverine combat vessels in the incident 
     described in subsection (a).
       (2) The removal from their vessels and detention of members 
     of the United States Armed Forces in that incident.
       (3) The theft or confiscation of electronic navigational 
     equipment or any other equipment from the vessels.
       (4) The forcing of one or more members of the United States 
     Armed Forces to apologize for their actions.
       (5) The display, videotaping, or photographing of members 
     of the United States Armed Forces and the subsequent 
     broadcasting or other use of those photographs or videos.
       (6) The forcing of female members of the United States 
     Armed Forces to wear head coverings.
       (c) Description of Actions.--In the case of each action 
     that the Secretary determines under subsection (a) is a 
     violation of the right under international law to conduct 
     innocent passage, the Secretary shall include in the report 
     required by that subsection a description of the action and 
     an explanation of how the action violated that right.
       (d) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
     classified annex.
       (e) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Forces of iran.--The term ``forces of Iran'' means the 
     Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, members of other military 
     or paramilitary units of the Government of Iran, and other 
     agents of that Government.
       (3) Innocent passage.--The term ``innocent passage'' means 
     the principle under customary international law that all 
     vessels have the right to conduct innocent passage through 
     another country's territorial waters for the purpose of 
     continuous and expeditious traversing.
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  SA 4601. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 III, add the following:

     SEC. 341. MITIGATION OF RISKS POSED BY ZIKA VIRUS.

       (a) Insect Repellant and Other Measures to Protect Service 
     Members From the Zika Virus.--Funds authorized to be 
     appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for the 
     Department of Defense shall be made available for the 
     deployment of insect repellant and other appropriate measures 
     for members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense 
     civilian personnel stationed in or deployed to areas affected 
     by the Zika virus, as well as the treatment for insects at 
     military installations located in areas affected by the Zika 
     virus inside and outside the United States. Using existing 
     authorities to work with foreign governments that host United 
     States military and civilian personnel, the Department shall

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     provide support as appropriate to those foreign governments 
     to counter insects at foreign military installations where 
     members of the Armed Forces and Department of Defense 
     civilian personnel are stationed in areas affected by the 
     Zika virus.
       (b) Report on Efforts to Mitigate Risk to Service Members 
     Posed by the Zika Virus.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the risk members of the Armed Forces face of contracting 
     the Zika virus and the mitigation efforts being taken by the 
     Department of Defense in response. The report shall include a 
     strategy to counter the virus should it become a long-term 
     issue.
       (c) Areas Affected by the Zika Virus Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``areas affected by the Zika virus'' means 
     areas under a level 2 or level 3 travel advisory notice 
     issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     related to the Zika virus.
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  SA 4602. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 I of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1097. INTERNATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE SIMULATION AND 
                   ANALYSIS CENTER.

       (a) Establishment.--Using existing funds, the Secretary of 
     Defense is authorized to work in consultation with the 
     Secretary of Energy to develop an International 
     Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center.
       (b) Purpose.--The International Infrastructure Simulation 
     and Analysis Center may serve as the key asset for gathering, 
     analyzing, and disseminating information to the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Energy, and the National Security 
     Council for the purposes of--
       (1) providing advanced modeling, simulation, and analysis 
     capabilities to analyze critical infrastructure 
     interdependencies, vulnerabilities, and complexities outside 
     the United States;
       (2) providing analysis and data to policy makers and 
     decision makers to aid in the prevention or response to 
     humanitarian or other threats outside the United States; and
       (3) providing strategic, multidisciplinary analyses of 
     infrastructure interdependencies and the consequences of 
     infrastructure disruptions across multiple infrastructure 
     sectors outside the United States.
       (c) Use of Existing Facilities.--The International 
     Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center should utilize 
     existing Department of Defense or Department of Energy 
     facilities.
       (d) Capabilities.--The Center should include the following 
     capabilities:
       (1) Process-based systems dynamic models.
       (2) Mathematical network optimization models.
       (3) Physics-based models of existing infrastructure.
       (4) High fidelity, agent-based simulations of systems.
       (5) Other systems capabilities as deemed necessary by the 
     Secretary of Defense to fulfil the mission needs of the 
     Department of Defense.
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  SA 4603. Mr. REID submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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, add the following:
       This Act shall be in effect 1 day after enactment.

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