S.Amdt. 4573

SA 4573. Ms. HEITKAMP submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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:

On page 809, after line 24, add the following:
(5) a description of installations from which the Armed
Forces may conduct communications and domain awareness
activities in support of Arctic security missions; and
(6) a description of efforts to promote military-to-
military cooperation with partner countries that have mutual
security interests in the Arctic region, including
opportunities for sharing installations and maintenance
facilities to enhance domain awareness in the Arctic region.

On page 810, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
(f) Other Installations.--Nothing in this section may be
construed to limit the authority of the Department of Defense
to use existing infrastructure in support of Arctic domain
awareness or to pursue military-to-military cooperation with
partner countries that have mutual security interests in the
Arctic region, including opportunities for sharing
installations and maintenance facilities to enhance domain
awareness in the Arctic region.
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