[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3613-S3614]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2584. Mr. MORAN 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 MODERNIZATION OF LIGHT INFANTRY COMBAT 
                   FORCES.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than January 31, 2019, the 
     Secretary of the Army shall, in consultation with the 
     Commandant of the Marine Corps, submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on the

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     strategy of the Department of Defense for modernizing and 
     upgrading weapon systems, armor, and equipment for light 
     infantry combat forces.
       (b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
     include description of the following in connection with the 
     strategy described in that subsection:
       (1) Investments to upgrade weapon systems designed to 
     support light infantry combat units, including to reduce the 
     weight of weapons, munitions, and ammunition carried by such 
     forces.
       (2) Initiatives to upgrade or improve equipment and armor 
     technology for soldier systems, including to improve mobile 
     power generation technologies.
       (3) Initiatives to upgrade ground vehicle platforms 
     designed to transport light infantry combat forces.
       (c) Strategic Planning.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall include strategic planning to do the following:
       (1) Improve the lethality of light infantry combat units at 
     the small unit level, focused on the current and potential 
     threat environments as determined the Secretary.
       (2) Invest in research, development, and prototyping of 
     technologies designed to reduce the amount of time close 
     combat infantry forces spend on non-combat related tasks 
     while in a combat zone, including investments in technologies 
     that aid units in reducing the time and personnel required to 
     construct defensive positions.
       (d) Unclassified Form.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall be submitted in unclassified form.
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