S.Amdt. 2584

SA 2584. Mr. MORAN 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 MODERNIZATION OF LIGHT INFANTRY COMBAT
FORCES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than January 31, 2019, the
Secretary of the Army shall, in consultation with the
Commandant of the Marine Corps, submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on the

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strategy of the Department of Defense for modernizing and
upgrading weapon systems, armor, and equipment for light
infantry combat forces.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall
include description of the following in connection with the
strategy described in that subsection:
(1) Investments to upgrade weapon systems designed to
support light infantry combat units, including to reduce the
weight of weapons, munitions, and ammunition carried by such
forces.
(2) Initiatives to upgrade or improve equipment and armor
technology for soldier systems, including to improve mobile
power generation technologies.
(3) Initiatives to upgrade ground vehicle platforms
designed to transport light infantry combat forces.
(c) Strategic Planning.--The report under subsection (a)
shall include strategic planning to do the following:
(1) Improve the lethality of light infantry combat units at
the small unit level, focused on the current and potential
threat environments as determined the Secretary.
(2) Invest in research, development, and prototyping of
technologies designed to reduce the amount of time close
combat infantry forces spend on non-combat related tasks
while in a combat zone, including investments in technologies
that aid units in reducing the time and personnel required to
construct defensive positions.
(d) Unclassified Form.--The report under subsection (a)
shall be submitted in unclassified form.
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