S.Amdt. 292

SA 292. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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. __. UNITED STATES SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ARCTIC.

Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and;
and
(2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
``(g) Special Representative for the Arctic.--
``(1) Designation.--The Secretary of State shall designate
a Special Representative for the Arctic--
``(A) to coordinate the United States Government response
to international disputes and needs in the Arctic;
``(B) to represent the United States Government, as
appropriate, in multilateral fora in discussions concerning
access, cooperation, conservation, cultural relations, and
transit in the Arctic; and
``(C) to formulate United States policy to assist in the
resolution of international conflicts in the Arctic.
``(2) Other responsibilities.--The Special Representative
for the Arctic may carry out other assigned responsibilities,
in addition to the duties described in paragraph (1).''.

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