S.Amdt. 857

SA 857. Mr. DONNELLY 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. __. NORTH KOREA STRATEGY.

(a) Report on Strategy Required.--Not later than 90 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report that sets forth a strategy of the United States with
respect to North Korea.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) A description and assessment of the primary threats to
United States national security interests from North Korea.
(2) A description of support from foreign nations for North
Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
(3) A description of the security relationships between
China and North Korea and Russia and North Korea, including
trends in those relationships and their impact on the
Government of North Korea.
(4) A description of the security relationships between
other countries and North Korea, and an identification of
countries that may be undermining United States objectives
identified in paragraph (5).
(5) The desired end state in North Korea and current United
States objectives relative to security threats emanating from
North Korea.

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(6) A detailed roadmap to reach the end state and
objectives identified in paragraph (5).
(7) An identification of the resources and authorities
necessary to carry out the roadmap described in paragraph
(6).
(8) A description of operational plans and associated
military requirements for the protection of United States
national security interests relative to threats from North
Korea.
(9) An identification of any personnel, capability, and
resource gaps that would impact the execution of the roadmap
described in paragraph (6) or any associated operational
plan, and a mitigation plan to address such gaps.
(10) An assessment of current and desired partner nation
contributions to countering threats from North Korea and a
plan to enhance military cooperation with nations that have
shared security interests.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Quarterly Updates Required.--The Secretary of Defense
shall provide Congress with a quarterly written progress
report on the implementation of the strategy required
pursuant to subsection (a) in unclassified form.
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