S.Amdt. 5820

SA 5820. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. King) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 X, add the following:

SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ELIMINATING THE RUSSIAN MONOPOLY ON ARCTIC SHIPPING.

(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Committee on the Maritime Transportation System, in coordination with the Arctic Shipping Federal Advisory Committee, shall submit a report to the appropriate committees of Congress that--

(1) describes the control and influence of the Russian Federation on shipping in the Arctic region;

(2) analyzes the effect of such control and influence on ongoing efforts to increase the presence, capacity, and volume of United States shipping in the Arctic region; and

(3) includes a plan for eliminating the Russian monopoly on shipping in the Arctic region to enable an increase United States' presence in the Arctic shipping domain.

(b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means--

(1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;

(2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate;

(3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;

(4) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate;

(5) the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives;

(6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;

(7) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

(8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives.