S.Amdt. 513

SA 513. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Nelson) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 F of title X, add the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON DEFENSE OF COMBAT LOGISTICS AND STRATEGIC
MOBILITY FORCES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than January 1, 2018, the
Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
report on the defense of combat logistics and strategic
mobility forces.
(b) Covered Periods.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall cover two periods:
(1) The period from 2018 through 2025.
(2) The period from 2026 through 2035.
(c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include, for each of the periods covered by the report, the
following:
(1) A description of potential warfighting planning
scenarios in which combat logistics and strategic mobility
forces will be threatened, including the most stressing such
scenario.
(2) A description of the combat logistics and strategic
mobility forces capacity, including additional combat
logistics and strategic mobility forces, that may be required
due to losses from attacks under each scenario described
pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) A description of the projected capability and capacity
of subsurface (e.g., torpedoes), surface (e.g., anti-ship
missiles), and air (e.g., anti-ship missiles) threats to
combat logistics and strategic mobility forces for each
scenario described pursuant to paragraph (1).
(4) A description of planned operating concepts for
defending combat logistics and strategic mobility forces from
subsurface, surface, and air threats for each scenario
described pursuant to paragraph (1).
(5) An assessment of the ability and availability of United
States naval forces to defend combat logistics and strategic
mobility forces from the threats described pursuant to
paragraph (1), while also accomplishing other assigned
missions, for each scenario described pursuant to that
paragraph.
(6) A description of specific capability gaps or risk areas
in the ability or availability of United States naval forces
to defend combat logistics and strategic mobility forces from
the threats described pursuant to paragraph (1).
(7) A description and assessment of potential solutions to
address the capability gaps and risk areas identified
pursuant to paragraph (6), including new capabilities,
increased capacity, or new operating concepts that could be
employed by United States naval forces.
(d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(e) Combat Logistics and Strategic Mobility Forces
Defined.--In this section, the term ``combat logistics and
strategic mobility forces'' means the combat logistics force,
the Ready Reserve Force, and the Military Sealift Command
surge fleet.
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