S.Amdt. 1767

SA 1767. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 A of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1003. REPORT ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST
REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH AIR FORCE
OPERATIONS IN THE ARCTIC.

The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the
congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days
after submission of the budget justification documents
submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the
President for fiscal year 2022 (as submitted pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), a report that
includes the following:
(1) A description of the manner in which amounts requested
for the Air Force in the budget for fiscal year 2022 support
Air Force operations in the Arctic.
(2) A list of the procurement initiatives and research,
development, test, and evaluation initiatives funded by that
budget that are primarily intended to enhance the ability of
the Air Force to deploy to or operate in the Arctic region,
or to defend the northern approach to the United States
homeland.
(3) An assessment of the adequacy of the infrastructure of
Air Force installations in Alaska and in the States along the
northern border of the continental United States to support
deployments to and operations in the Arctic region, including
an assessment of runways, fuel lines, and aircraft
maintenance capacity for purposes of such support.
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