S.Amdt. 1213
What it does: Adds SEC. 1088. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING CERTAIN THREATS AGAINST MILITARY UNITS AND FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle H of title X
Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-OK)What it changes
1 change to S. 1867 · shown in the bill's text
Adds SEC. 1088. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING CERTAIN THREATS AGAINST MILITARY UNITS AND FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES at the end of subtitle H of title X
Adds a sectionIn S. 1867 · Placed on Calendar Senate
Section 382 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking "biological or chemical" each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b).
Inserted: SEC. 1088. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING CERTAIN THREATS AGAINST MILITARY UNITS AND FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
Inserted: (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
Inserted: (1) Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) are being increasingly employed by terrorists and other adversaries against our forces around the world.
Inserted: (2) The IED and VBIED will continue to be a threat even after the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are complete.
Inserted: (3) Terrorist organizations, hybrid threat organizations, and other adversaries plan to use IEDs and VBIEDs against our military units and facilities within the United States.
Inserted: (4) Such a strategy would degrade our ability to project forces to respond to contingencies around the world.
Inserted: (5) The Joint Improvised Explosive Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has proven to be very effective at combating the threat to our military overseas in support of our combatant commanders.
Inserted: (6) The success of JIEDDO is based on its methodology of defeat the device, attack the enemy networks, and train friendly forces; its broad authority to hasten innovations to the combat units; and its ability to fuse intelligence from across the intelligence community.
Inserted: (7) JIEDDO's methodology could be leveraged by utilizing its intelligence fusion capability and its training capability against threats within the United States.
Inserted: (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
Inserted: (1) the Department of Defense should leverage JIEDDO's capability and authority to combat terrorist organizations targeting the Armed Forces and facilities in the United States; and
Inserted: (2) the Department of Defense should look at expanding JIEDDO's mandate to allow it to cooperate with agencies responsible for the protection of the United States, including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Federal, State, and local law enforcement.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:
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As printed
SA 1213. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1867, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 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 X, add the following:
SEC. 1088. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMBATING CERTAIN THREATS AGAINST MILITARY UNITS AND FACILITIES IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIEDs) are being increasingly employed by terrorists and other adversaries against our forces around the world.
(2) The IED and VBIED will continue to be a threat even after the current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are complete.
(3) Terrorist organizations, hybrid threat organizations, and other adversaries plan to use IEDs and VBIEDs against our military units and facilities within the United States.
(4) Such a strategy would degrade our ability to project forces to respond to contingencies around the world.
(5) The Joint Improvised Explosive Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) has proven to be very effective at combating the threat to our military overseas in support of our combatant commanders.
(6) The success of JIEDDO is based on its methodology of defeat the device, attack the enemy networks, and train friendly forces; its broad authority to hasten innovations to the combat units; and its ability to fuse intelligence from across the intelligence community.
(7) JIEDDO's methodology could be leveraged by utilizing its intelligence fusion capability and its training capability against threats within the United States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Department of Defense should leverage JIEDDO's capability and authority to combat terrorist organizations targeting the Armed Forces and facilities in the United States; and
(2) the Department of Defense should look at expanding JIEDDO's mandate to allow it to cooperate with agencies responsible for the protection of the United States, including the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Federal, State, and local law enforcement.
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Senate amendment submitted
November 17, 2011