[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3367]
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  SA 2528. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. ASSESSMENT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED 
                   STATES OF AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF 
                   INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE 
                   RESOURCES.

       (a) Assessment.--The Comptroller General of the United 
     States shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
     the Director of National Intelligence, the secretaries of the 
     military departments, the commanders of the relevant 
     combatant support agencies, and the commanders of the 
     combatant commands, carry out an assessment of the amount and 
     distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance resources across the intelligence community 
     and the Armed Forces.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this act, the Comptroller General shall 
     submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on 
     the assessment required by subsection (a).
       (2) Contents.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include the following:
       (A) An assessment of the amount and distribution of 
     intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources 
     across the intelligence community and the Armed Forces, 
     specifically--
       (i) the balance of intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance resources being used to support the demands of 
     policymakers (via the intelligence community) relative to the 
     distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance being used to support the demands of the 
     commanders of the combatant commands (via the military 
     services);
       (ii) whether the distribution of such resources is 
     optimally aligned with the National Security Strategy; and
       (iii) where risks are being assumed based on balancing the 
     distribution of intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance resources.
       (B) An assessment of the distribution of intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance resources among the various 
     combatant commands, including--
       (i) whether the resources are optimally aligned with the 
     2018 National Defense Strategy; and
       (ii) where risks are being assumed based on intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance resource levels.
       (C) An assessment of the distribution of intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance resources within each 
     combatant command, including--
       (i) the balance between intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance resources being used to support ongoing 
     operations versus intelligence, surveillance, and 
     reconnaissance resources being used to support contingency 
     operations; and
       (ii) whether the resources are optimally aligned with the 
     2018 National Defense Strategy; and
       (iii) where risks are being assumed based on intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance resource levels.
       (D) An assessment of the effect of increasing the overall 
     level of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance 
     resources on achieving national security objectives of the 
     United States, as well as the effect of increasing the level 
     of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources 
     for the highest priority requirements for the Director of 
     National Intelligence and commanders of the combatant 
     commands.
       (E) Recommendations for maximizing any additional 
     intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance resources to 
     support national security objectives of the United States, 
     particularly for the highest priority requirements for the 
     Director and the commanders of the combatant commands, as 
     well as how most effectively to buy-down significant 
     strategic risks.
       (3) Form.--The report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
     include an unclassified summary, but may otherwise be 
     classified, as appropriate.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Select 
     Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning 
     given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of 
     1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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