S.Amdt. 2121

SA 2121. Mr. MANCHIN 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 E of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1262. PLAN TO RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN
BANGLADESH.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the
United

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States Agency for International Development, shall develop a
plan to respond to--
(1) destabilization in Bangladesh caused by natural
disasters; and
(2) other effects associated with disruptions to the global
climate system.
(b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A worst-case scenario relief plan with respect to
population displacement in Bangladesh, developed in
accordance with established international humanitarian
principles, which shall serve as a notional plan to prepare
more broadly for large-scale, permanent population
displacement in South Asia.
(2) An assessment of methods to ensure United States
defense and civilian preparedness for global, regional, or
local disruptions in logistics that may effect the operations
of the Armed Forces or the operations of the military forces
of United States allies.
(3) A determination of the impact of, steps that may be
taken to prevent, and a contingency plan to address,
destabilization of nuclear weapon states in Asia, including
changes in the likelihood of interstate conflict and the loss
of control of nuclear weapons to nonstate actors.
(4) Recommendations, developed in consultation with the
Government of Bangladesh, on the manner in which the United
States may best support--
(A) building the resilience capacity of Bangladesh with
respect to current and forecasted shocks and stresses; and
(B) improving the ability of Bangladesh to adapt to changes
in the regional environment so as to mitigate the effects of
a worst-case scenario.
(c) Submittal to Congress.--
(1) Scope of plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing
the scope of the plan required by subsection (a).
(2) Completed plan.--Not later than one year after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate committees of Congress the completed plan
required by subsection (a).
(3) Form.--The reports under this paragraph shall be
submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified
annex.
(4) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this
subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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