S.Amdt. 650

SA 650. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her 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 F of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 12 __. REPORT ON MILITARY ACTIVITIES OF THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION AND THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
IN THE ARCTIC REGION.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after enactment of
this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence,
shall submit to appropriate committees of Congress the
following:
(1) A report on the military activities of the Russian
Federation in the Arctic region.
(2) A report on the military activities or the People's
Republic of China in the Arctic region.
(b) Matters to Be Included.--The reports under subsection
(a) shall include, with respect to the Russian Federation or
the Peoples Republic of China, as applicable, the following:
(1) A description of military activities of such country in
the Arctic region, including--
(A) the emplacement of military infrastructure, equipment,
or forces; and
(B) any exercises or other military activities
(C) activities that are non-military in nature but are
judged to have military implications.
(2) An assessment of--
(A) the intentions of such activities:
(B) the extent to which such activities affect or threaten
the interests of the United States and allies in the Arctic
region: and
(C) any response to such activities by the United States or
allies.
(3) A description of future plans and requirements with
respect to such activities.
(c) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be
submitted in classified form, but may include an unclassified
executive summary.
(d) Appropriate committees of Congress defined.--ln this
section the term ``appropriate committees of Congress means--
(1) the congressional defense committees:
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate:
(3) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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