S.Amdt. 1018

SA 1018. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 E of title III, add the following:

SEC. 345. STUDY ON FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO
CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AND EXTEND THE
OPERATIONAL REACH OF THE ARMED FORCES INTO THE
ARCTIC REGION.

(a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with
the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall conduct a study to
evaluate and plan facilities and infrastructure that would be
required north of the Arctic Circle to conduct military
operations and extend the operational reach of the Armed
Forces into the Arctic region of the United States.
(b) Elements.--In conducting the study required under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
(1) assess possible locations that could serve as forward
bases for personnel recovery, agile combat employment, and
distributed operations; and
(2) evaluate the capacity and potential of locations for
infrastructure, storage and distribution points, refueling
stations, staging bases for tactical operations, medical
support centers, and providers of common-user logistics
support.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the
Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce,
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on
the study required under subsection (a).
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