S.Amdt. 1602

SA 1602. Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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:

On page 483, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1232. STRATEGIC REVIEW OF BASING PLANS FOR THE UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND.

(a) Report Requirement.--Concurrent with the delivery of the report on the 2009 quadrennial defense review required by section 118 of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the combatant commander of the United States European Command, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the plan for basing of forces in the European theater. The report shall include a description of--

(1) how the plan supports the United States national security strategy;

(2) how the plan satisfies the commitments undertaken by the United States pursuant to Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, on April 4, 1949, and entered into force on August 24, 1949 (63 Stat. 2241; TIAS 1964);

(3) how the plan addresses the current security environment in Europe, including United States participation in theater cooperation activities;

(4) how the plan contributes to peace and stability in Europe; and

(5) the impact that a permanent change in the basing of a unit currently assigned to the United States European Command would have on the matters described in paragraphs (1) through (4).

(b) Notification Requirement.--The Secretary of Defense shall notify Congress at least 30 days before the permanent relocation of a unit stationed outside the continental United States as of the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c) Definitions.--In this section:

(1) Unit.--The term “unit” has the meaning determined by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this section.

(2) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term “appropriate congressional committees” means--

(A) the congressional defense committees;

(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(C) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives.