[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 90 (Monday, June 8, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3878]
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SA 1837. Mr. CORNYN 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, 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 XVI, add the following:
SEC. 1664. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE
ATTACKS.
It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the President should ensure that all relevant Federal
agencies have a full understanding of the electromagnetic
pulse threat and are prepared for such a contingency; and
(2) the United States Government should formulate and
maintain a strategy to prepare and protect United States
infrastructure against electromagnetic pulse events.
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