S.Amdt. 2457

SA 2457. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and
Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 E of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1052. REPORT ON CAPABILITIES OF THE COAST GUARD TO
CONDUCT MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON
THE HIGH SEAS AND IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL
PARTNERS.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the
Coast Guard shall submit to the appropriate committees of
Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the
capabilities of the Coast Guard to conduct maritime law
enforcement activities on the high seas and in support of
international partners.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description and assessment of the current
capabilities, capacity, and legal authority of the Coast
Guard to conduct maritime law enforcement activities
described in subsection (a), including, in particular,
efforts to combat activities as follows:
(A) Human trafficking.
(B) Forced labor.
(C) Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
(D) Other illicit activity at sea.
(2) A description and assessment of the technical
coordination between the Coast Guard, on the one hand, and
the Navy, partner nations, and non-governmental
organizations, on the other hand, to improve tracking and
detection of vessels engaged in activities described in
paragraph (1).
(3) A description of the requirements of the Coast Guard
for support in maritime law enforcement activities described
in subsection (a) from the Navy (whether direct support or
support through the processes of the geographic combatant
commands and the Global Force Management process) and partner
nations, including materiel, personnel, logistic, and
administrative requirements, including any such requirements
that are currently unmet.
(4) A description and assessment of any constraints on the
ability of the Coast Guard to conduct maritime law
enforcement activities described in subsection (a), including
lack of legal authority or limitations on legal authority.
(5) Recommendations for legislative action to mitigate
constraints described pursuant to paragraph (4).
(c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives.
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