S.Amdt. 3249

SA 3249. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. Sullivan) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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. 1067. NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL FORCES CAPABILITY IN THE
ARCTIC.

The Chief of the National Guard Bureau, in consultation
with the Commander of the United States Special Operations
Command and the Commander of Special Operations Command
North, shall establish a Special Forces capability in the
Arctic. The capability should be housed in a unit stationed
in a State that best supports year-round Arctic operations.
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