S.Amdt. 2024

SA 2024. Mr. CORNYN (for himself and 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, 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 D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1257. REPORT ON EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY AND THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION'S ABILITY TO USE ENERGY SUPPLIES AS
TOOLS OF COERCION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Director of National
Intelligence, in consultation with the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate
congressional committees a report assessing the energy
security of NATO members, other European nations who share a
border with the Russian Federation, and Moldova, as well as
the ability of the Government of the Russian Federation to
use energy supplies to undermine the security of these
nations.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include assessments of the following issues:
(1) The extent of reliance by these nations on the Russian
Federation for supplies of oil and natural gas.
(2) The ability of the Government of the Russian Federation
to use these energy supplies as tools of coercion or
intimidation to undermine the security of these nations.
(3) Whether such reliance by these nations creates
vulnerabilities that negatively affect their security.
(4) The magnitude of those vulnerabilities.
(5) The impacts of those vulnerabilities on the national
security and economic interests of the United States.
(6) Any other aspect that the Director determines to be
relevant to these issues.
(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Select Committee
on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of
the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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