S.Amdt. 396

SA 396. Mr. HAWLEY 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 end of subtitle D of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO DETERRENCE EFFORTS WITH
RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States
European Command shall submit to Congress a report detailing
efforts to improve the ability of the Armed Forces and North
Atlantic Treaty Organization forces to deny the ability of
the Russian Federation to execute a fait accompli against one
or more Baltic allies.
(b) Matter to Be Included.--The report under subsection (a)
shall identify prioritized requirements for further improving
the ability of the Armed Forces and North Atlantic Treaty
Organization forces to deny the ability of the Russian
Federation to execute a fait accompli against one or more
Baltic allies.
(c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall--
(1) be submitted in classified form; and
(2) include an unclassified summary appropriate for release
to the public.
(d) Fait Accompli Defined.--In this section, the term
``fait accompli'' means a scenario in which the Russian
Federation uses

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force to rapidly seize territory of one or more Baltic allies
and subsequently threatens further escalation, potentially
including use of nuclear weapons, to deter an effective
response by the Armed Forces and North Atlantic Treaty
Organization forces.
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