S.Amdt. 1497

SA 1497. Mr. PORTMAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1257. REPORT ON SECURITY CHALLENGES OF HYBRID WARFARE
TACTICS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to the congressional defense committees a report
setting forth an assessment of the security challenges posed
by hybrid warfare tactics that combine conventional and
unconventional means, such as those used by the Russian
Federation in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, and their
implications for United States military doctrine,
organization, training, materiel, leadership and education,
and personnel and facilities.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
address the following:
(1) The implications for mechanized and armored warfare.
(2) The implications of the use of information operations
to gain information dominance.
(3) The implications of the use of sophisticated electronic
warfare capabilities.
(4) The applicability of lessons learned from the conflict
in Ukraine to security challenges faced by other United
States combatant commands, including the United

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States Pacific Command and the United States Central Command.
(5) Such other matters with respect to the security
challenges posed by the tactics described in subsection (a)
as the Secretary consider appropriate.
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