S.Amdt. 1784

SA 1784. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Begich) 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 ESTABLISHMENT OF ARCTIC DEEP WATER PORT.

(a) Study.--

(1) In general.--The Chief of Naval Operations, in consultation with the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall conduct a study on the feasibility and potential of establishing a deep water sea port in the Arctic to protect and advance strategic United States interests within the evolving and ever more important Arctic region.

(2) Scope.--The study required under paragraph (1) shall address the following issues:

(A) The capability that such a port would provide.

(B) Potential and optimum locations for such a port.

(C) Resources needed to establish such a port.

(D) The time frame needed to establish such a port.

(E) The infrastructure required to support such a port.

(F) Any other issues the Secretary determines necessary to complete the study.

(b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a).