[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 3, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3695-S3696]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1518. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and for military construction, 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 A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1005. ANNUAL REPORT ON MANNER IN WHICH THE BUDGET OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORTS THE STRATEGY OF 
                   THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE ARCTIC REGION.

       (a) Annual Report Required.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     provide for the inclusion in the budget for each fiscal year 
     after fiscal year 2016 that is submitted to Congress pursuant 
     to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report on 
     the manner in which amounts requested in the budget for the 
     fiscal year concerned for the Department

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     of Defense support implementation of the strategy of the 
     Department and the Armed Forces for the Arctic region, 
     including the extent to which such amounts will address gaps 
     in military infrastructure and capabilities in the Arctic 
     region.
       (b) Form.--Each report under subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
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