S.Amdt. 2834

SA 2834. Mr. GARDNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr.
McCain) 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 section 891, add the following:
(f) Report Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
submit to Congress a report on any continued use of covered
telecommunications equipment or services within the
Department of Defense that are used as a substantial or
essential component of any system, or as a critical
technology as part of any system. The report shall also
include the number of instances in which, pursuant to this
section, the Secretary terminates any use of or contract for
covered telecommunications equipment or services within the
Department of Defense that are used as a substantial or
essential component of any system, or as a critical
technology as part of any system.
(2) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified
form, but may include a classified annex.
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