S.Amdt. 827

SA 827. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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. 1272. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO DETERRENCE EFFORTS WITH
RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific
Command and the Commander of the United States European
Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report detailing efforts of the Department of Defense to
improve the ability of the United States Armed Forces to
conduct combined joint operations--
(1) to deny the ability of the People's Republic of China
to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan; and
(2) 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 United States Armed Forces to conduct
combined joint operations to achieve the objectives described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection.
(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 People's
Republic of China or the Russian Federation uses force to
rapidly seize territory and subsequently threatens further
escalation, potentially including the use of nuclear weapons,
to deter an effective response by the United States Armed
Forces through combined joint operations.
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