S.Amdt. 1762

SA 1762. Mr. CORNYN 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 E of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1664. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
ATTACKS.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) An attack on the United States using an electromagnetic
pulse weapon could have devastating effects on critical
infrastructure and, over time, could lead to the death of
millions of people of the United States.
(2) The threat of an electromagnetic pulse attack on United
States non-military infrastructure remains a serious
vulnerability for the United States.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should ensure that all relevant Federal
agencies have a full understanding of the electromagnetic
pulse threat and are prepared for such a contingency;
(2) the United States Government should formulate and
maintain a strategy to prepare and protect United States
infrastructure against electromagnetic pulse events,
especially attacks by hostile foreign governments, foreign
terrorist organizations, or transnational criminal
organizations; and
(3) relevant Federal agencies should conduct outreach to
educate owners and operators of critical infrastructure,
emergency planners, and emergency responders at all levels of
government about the threat of electromagnetic pulse attack.
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