[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4524]
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  SA 513. Mr. McCAIN (for himself and Mr. Nelson) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2810, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2018 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON DEFENSE OF COMBAT LOGISTICS AND STRATEGIC 
                   MOBILITY FORCES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than January 1, 2018, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on the defense of combat logistics and strategic 
     mobility forces.
       (b) Covered Periods.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall cover two periods:
       (1) The period from 2018 through 2025.
       (2) The period from 2026 through 2035.
       (c) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include, for each of the periods covered by the report, the 
     following:
       (1) A description of potential warfighting planning 
     scenarios in which combat logistics and strategic mobility 
     forces will be threatened, including the most stressing such 
     scenario.
       (2) A description of the combat logistics and strategic 
     mobility forces capacity, including additional combat 
     logistics and strategic mobility forces, that may be required 
     due to losses from attacks under each scenario described 
     pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (3) A description of the projected capability and capacity 
     of subsurface (e.g., torpedoes), surface (e.g., anti-ship 
     missiles), and air (e.g., anti-ship missiles) threats to 
     combat logistics and strategic mobility forces for each 
     scenario described pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (4) A description of planned operating concepts for 
     defending combat logistics and strategic mobility forces from 
     subsurface, surface, and air threats for each scenario 
     described pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (5) An assessment of the ability and availability of United 
     States naval forces to defend combat logistics and strategic 
     mobility forces from the threats described pursuant to 
     paragraph (1), while also accomplishing other assigned 
     missions, for each scenario described pursuant to that 
     paragraph.
       (6) A description of specific capability gaps or risk areas 
     in the ability or availability of United States naval forces 
     to defend combat logistics and strategic mobility forces from 
     the threats described pursuant to paragraph (1).
       (7) A description and assessment of potential solutions to 
     address the capability gaps and risk areas identified 
     pursuant to paragraph (6), including new capabilities, 
     increased capacity, or new operating concepts that could be 
     employed by United States naval forces.
       (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (e) Combat Logistics and Strategic Mobility Forces 
     Defined.--In this section, the term ``combat logistics and 
     strategic mobility forces'' means the combat logistics force, 
     the Ready Reserve Force, and the Military Sealift Command 
     surge fleet.
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