S.Amdt. 2685

SA 2685. Mrs. SHAHEEN 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the following:

SEC. ___. ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF
INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE
RESOURCES.

(a) Assessment.--The Comptroller General of the United
States shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense,
the Director of National Intelligence, the secretaries of the
military departments, the commanders of the relevant
combatant support agencies, and the commanders of the
combatant commands, carry out an assessment of the amount and
distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance resources across the intelligence community
and the Armed Forces.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this act, the Comptroller General shall
submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on
the assessment required by subsection (a).
(2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include the following:
(A) An assessment of the amount and distribution of
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources
across the intelligence community and the Armed Forces,
specifically--
(i) the balance of intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance resources being used to support the demands of
policymakers (via the intelligence community) relative to the
distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance being used to support the demands of the
commanders of the combatant commands (via the military
services);
(ii) whether the distribution of such resources is
optimally aligned with the National Security Strategy; and
(iii) where risks are being assumed based on balancing the
distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance resources.
(B) An assessment of the distribution of intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance resources among the various
combatant commands, including--
(i) whether the resources are optimally aligned with the
2018 National Defense Strategy; and
(ii) where risks are being assumed based on intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance resource levels.
(C) An assessment of the distribution of intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance resources within each
combatant command, including--
(i) the balance between intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance resources being used to support ongoing
operations versus intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance resources being used to support contingency
operations; and
(ii) whether the resources are optimally aligned with the
2018 National Defense Strategy; and
(iii) where risks are being assumed based on intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance resource levels.
(D) An assessment of the effect of increasing the overall
level of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
resources on achieving national security objectives of the
United States, as well as the effect of increasing the level
of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources
for the highest priority requirements for the Director of
National Intelligence and commanders of the combatant
commands.
(E) Recommendations for maximizing any additional
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources to
support national security objectives of the United States,
particularly for the highest priority requirements for the
Director and the commanders of the combatant commands, as
well as how most effectively to buy-down significant
strategic risks.
(3) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall
include an unclassified summary, but may otherwise be
classified, as appropriate.
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to waive the requirements or applicability of
section 348 of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year 2010 (50 U.S.C. 3308).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
(2) The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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