[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2457. Mr. WHITEHOUSE submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and 
Mr. McCain) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1052. REPORT ON CAPABILITIES OF THE COAST GUARD TO 
                   CONDUCT MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON 
                   THE HIGH SEAS AND IN SUPPORT OF INTERNATIONAL 
                   PARTNERS.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the 
     Coast Guard shall submit to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the 
     capabilities of the Coast Guard to conduct maritime law 
     enforcement activities on the high seas and in support of 
     international partners.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A description and assessment of the current 
     capabilities, capacity, and legal authority of the Coast 
     Guard to conduct maritime law enforcement activities 
     described in subsection (a), including, in particular, 
     efforts to combat activities as follows:
       (A) Human trafficking.
       (B) Forced labor.
       (C) Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing.
       (D) Other illicit activity at sea.
       (2) A description and assessment of the technical 
     coordination between the Coast Guard, on the one hand, and 
     the Navy, partner nations, and non-governmental 
     organizations, on the other hand, to improve tracking and 
     detection of vessels engaged in activities described in 
     paragraph (1).
       (3) A description of the requirements of the Coast Guard 
     for support in maritime law enforcement activities described 
     in subsection (a) from the Navy (whether direct support or 
     support through the processes of the geographic combatant 
     commands and the Global Force Management process) and partner 
     nations, including materiel, personnel, logistic, and 
     administrative requirements, including any such requirements 
     that are currently unmet.
       (4) A description and assessment of any constraints on the 
     ability of the Coast Guard to conduct maritime law 
     enforcement activities described in subsection (a), including 
     lack of legal authority or limitations on legal authority.
       (5) Recommendations for legislative action to mitigate 
     constraints described pursuant to paragraph (4).
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
     Representatives.
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