S.Amdt. 469

SA 469. 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 XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. 1668. REPORTS BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS ON OPERATION OF
CONVENTIONAL FORCES UNDER EMPLOYMENT OR THREAT
OF EMPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force,
the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the
Commandant of the Marine Corps shall each submit to the
congressional defense committees a report detailing the
measures taken by the appropriate Secretary or the Commandant
to ensure the ability of conventional forces to operate
effectively under employment or threat of employment of
nuclear weapons by the United States, an ally of the United
States, or an adversary of the United States.
(b) Form of Report.--Each report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in classified form but shall be
accompanied by an unclassified summary appropriate for
release to the public.

SEC. 1669. REPORTS BY UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND AND
UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND ON OPERATION
OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL FORCES UNDER EMPLOYMENT
OR THREAT OF EMPLOYMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.

(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 and the Commander of the United States Indo-
Pacific Command, in consultation with the Commander of the
United States Strategic Command, shall each submit to the
congressional defense committees a report detailing the
measures taken by the Commander to ensure the ability of
conventional forces under the authority of the Commander to
execute contingency plans under employment or threat of
employment of nuclear weapons by the United States, an ally
of the United States, or an adversary of the United States.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in classified form but shall be
accompanied by an unclassified summary appropriate for
release to the public.
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