S.Amdt. 4455

SA 4455. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022
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:

After section 1537, insert the following:

SEC. 1538. BRIEFING ON CONSULTATIONS WITH UNITED STATES
ALLIES REGARDING NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.

(a) In General.--Not later than January 31, 2022, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of
State, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees
on all consultations with United States allies regarding the
2021 Nuclear Posture Review.
(b) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a)
shall include the following:
(1) A listing of all countries consulted with respect to
the 2021 Nuclear Posture Review, including the dates and
circumstances of each such consultation and the countries
present.
(2) An overview of the topics and concepts discussed with
each such country during such consultations, including any
discussion of potential changes to the nuclear declaratory
policy of the United States.
(3) A summary of any feedback provided during such
consultations.
(c) Form.--The briefing required by subsection (a) shall be
conducted in both in an unclassified and classified format.

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(d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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