[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 77 (Monday, May 16, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S2829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3914. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Kirk) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3896 proposed by Ms. Collins 
(for herself, Mr. Kirk, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Tester) to the bill H.R. 
2577, making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2016, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title I of division B, insert 
     the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Not later than one year after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report evaluating the extent to which the Department of 
     Defense has developed a comprehensive force structure plan, 
     including military construction requirements, to meet 
     emerging security threats in Europe.
       (b) The report required under subsection (a) shall include 
     an assessment of the extent to which the Department of 
     Defense has--
       (1) identified the near-term and long-term United States 
     military force requirements in Europe in support of the 
     European Reassurance Initiative;
       (2) evaluated the posture, force structure, and military 
     construction options for meeting projected force 
     requirements;
       (3) evaluated the long-term costs associated with the 
     posture, force structure, and military construction 
     requirements; and
       (4) developed a Future Years Defense Program for force 
     structure costs associated with the European Reassurance 
     Initiative.
       (c) The report shall also include any other matters related 
     to security threats in Europe that the Comptroller General 
     determines are appropriate, and recommendations as warranted 
     for improvements to the Department's planning and analysis 
     methodology.
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