[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 2634 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 576
110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2634

  To require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United 
        States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2008

 Mr. Feingold (for himself, Mr. Reid, and Mr. Menendez) introduced the 
             following bill; which was read the first time

                           February 14, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United 
        States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPORT ON UNITED STATES GLOBAL STRATEGY TO COMBAT AND DEFEAT 
              AL QAEDA AND ITS AFFILIATES.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of 
State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, in coordination with the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Director of National 
Intelligence, shall jointly submit to Congress a report setting forth 
the global strategy of the United States to combat and defeat al Qaeda 
and its affiliates.
    (b) Elements of Strategy.--The strategy set forth in the report 
required under subsection (a) shall include the following elements:
            (1) An analysis of the global threat posed by al Qaeda and 
        its affiliates, including an assessment of the relative threat 
        posed in particular regions or countries.
            (2) Recommendations regarding the distribution and 
        deployment of United States military, intelligence, diplomatic, 
        and other assets to meet the relative regional and country-
        specific threats described in paragraph (1).
            (3) Recommendations to ensure that the global deployment of 
        United States military personnel and equipment best meets the 
        threat identified in described in paragraph (1) and does not--
                    (A) undermine the military readiness or homeland 
                security of the United States;
                    (B) require the deployment of reserve units more 
                than once every four years, or of regular units more 
                than once every two years; or
                    (C) require further extensions of deployments of 
                members of the United States Armed Forces.
                                                       Calendar No. 576

110th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2634

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                                 A BILL

  To require a report setting forth the global strategy of the United 
        States to combat and defeat al Qaeda and its affiliates.

_______________________________________________________________________

                           February 14, 2008

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar