To require a report on criteria for the selection of strategic embarkation ports and ship layberth locations.

SA 1494. Mrs. HUTCHISON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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:

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SEC. 1073. REPORT ON CRITERIA FOR SELECTION OF STRATEGIC EMBARKATION PORTS AND SHIP LAYBERTHING LOCATIONS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Transportation Command shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report with criteria for the selection of strategic embarkation ports and ship layberth locations.

(b) Development of Criteria.--The criteria included in the report required under subsection (a) shall--

(1) prioritize the facilitation of strategic deployment and reduction of combatant commander force closure timelines;

(2) take into account--

(A) time required to crew, activate, and sail sealift vessels to embarkation ports;

(B) distance and travel times for the forces from assigned installation to embarkation ports;

(C) availability of adequate infrastructure to transport forces from assigned installation to embarkation ports; and

(D) time required to move forces from embarkation ports to likely areas of force deployment around the world; and

(3) inform the selection of strategic embarkation ports and the procurement of ship layberthing services.