S.Amdt. 1518

SA 1518. Ms. MURKOWSKI 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 A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1005. ANNUAL REPORT ON MANNER IN WHICH THE BUDGET OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORTS THE STRATEGY OF
THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ARCTIC REGION.

(a) Annual Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall
provide for the inclusion in the budget for each fiscal year
after fiscal year 2016 that is submitted to Congress pursuant
to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on
the manner in which amounts requested in the budget for the
fiscal year concerned for the Department

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of Defense support implementation of the strategy of the
Department and the Armed Forces for the Arctic region,
including the extent to which such amounts will address gaps
in military infrastructure and capabilities in the Arctic
region.
(b) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
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