[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 82 (Tuesday, May 24, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S3119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4137. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2017 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 B of title II, add the following:

     SEC. 221. ENHANCEMENT OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN THE ARCTIC 
                   USING RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK AIRCRAFT.

       (a) Report on Use To Enhance Situational Awareness.--Not 
     later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report on the use of RQ-4 Global Hawk 
     aircraft to increase situational awareness in the Arctic.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description of the ability of the Air Force to 
     fulfill the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
     requirements of the combatant commands in the Arctic
       (2) An assessment of the ability of RQ-4 Global Hawk 
     aircraft to provide capabilities necessary to meet the 
     requirements described in paragraph (1).
       (3) An assessment whether the capabilities of RQ-4 Global 
     Hawk aircraft identified pursuant to paragraph (2) could be 
     employed in the Arctic while the RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft is 
     being flown for training purposes.
       (4) A description of any efforts to enable the RQ-4 Global 
     Hawk aircraft to conduct missions in the Arctic within 
     existing satellite communications capacity.
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