S.Amdt. 726

SA 726. Mr. CASSIDY 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT ON MILITARY TEST AND TRAINING EVENTS
CONDUCTED IN THE AREA EAST OF THE MILITARY
MISSION LINE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2018, the
Secretary of Defense, after consultation with the Secretary
of Interior, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the
House of Representatives a report on military test and
training events conducted in

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the area east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf of
Mexico.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall address the following matters:
(1) The frequency and impact of test events, exercises, and
military operations conducted annually in the ranges and
operating areas east of the Military Mission Line in the Gulf
of Mexico from 2006 to the time of the report.
(2) The frequency and impact of test events, exercises, and
military operations conducted annually from 2006 to the time
of the report in the ranges and operating in planning areas
where active Outer Continental oil and gas leases currently
exist.
(3) Comparable testing and training areas within the United
States and its territories that can replicate the
capabilities of the ranges and operating areas east of the
Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico.
(4) Comparable testing and training areas outside the
United States which are available for United States military
testing and training activities that can replicate the
capabilities of the ranges and operating areas east of the
Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico.
(5) The extent to which the services will be able to meet
training and test requirements necessary to be prepared to
support Operational Plans should the moratorium on oil and
gas leasing, pre-leasing, or any related activity east of the
Military Mission Line in the Gulf of Mexico not be extended.
(6) The extent to which the services will be able to meet
their training and test requirements, with specific
stipulations similar to those in the Gulf of Mexico Central
Planning Area, while incorporating potential Department of
the Interior priorities east of the Military Mission Line in
the Gulf of Mexico.
(c) Measurement of Frequency and Impact.--For purposes of
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (b)--
(1) frequency shall be measured in duration as calendar
days when test events, exercises, and military operations
occur; and
(2) impact shall be measured in areas (as defined by
longitude and latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds)
where restrictions or stipulations are imposed for test
events, exercises, and military operations.
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