S.Amdt. 692

SA 692. Mr. TILLIS 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 G of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1290. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION JOINT FORCES
COMMAND.

(a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 16 of title 10,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following new section:

``Sec. 314 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces
Command

``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Defense shall
authorize the establishment of,

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and the participation by members of the armed forces in, the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces Command (in
this section referred to as the `Joint Forces Command'), to
be established in the United States.
``(b) Use of Department of Defense Facilities and
Equipment.--The Secretary may use facilities and equipment of
the Department of Defense to support the Joint Forces
Command.
``(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated to the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 shall be available
to carry out the purposes of this section.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the
beginning of subchapter II of chapter 16 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following
new item:

``314. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces Command.''.
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