[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 96 (Monday, June 11, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3708]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2734. Mr. PORTMAN 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 F of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. REPORT ON PERMANENT STATIONING OF UNITED STATES 
                   FORCES IN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND OR OTHER 
                   LOCATION IN CENTRAL OR EASTERN EUROPE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2019, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a 
     report on the feasibility and advisability of permanently 
     stationing United States forces in the Republic of Poland or 
     other location in Central or Eastern Europe.
       (b) Element.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include an assessment of the feasibility and advisability of 
     permanently stationing a United States Army corps-level 
     command element in the Republic of Poland or other location 
     in Central or Eastern Europe that includes the following:
       (1) An assessment whether a permanently stationed United 
     States Army corps command element would enhance deterrence 
     against Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.
       (2) A description of the added operational planning and 
     warfighting capability that permanently stationing a corps 
     headquarters element in the Republic of Poland or other 
     location in Central or Eastern Europe would provide to United 
     States European Command, the United States Army Europe, and 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
       (3) An assessment of the actions the Russian Federation may 
     take in response to a United States decision to permanently 
     station a corps headquarters in the Republic of Poland or 
     other location in Central or Eastern Europe.
       (4) An assessment of the international political 
     considerations, including within the North Atlantic Treaty 
     Organization, of permanently stationing a corps headquarters 
     in the Republic of Poland or other location in Central or 
     Eastern Europe.
       (5) A description and assessment of the manner in which 
     permanently establishing a corps headquarters in the Republic 
     of Poland or other location in Central or Eastern Europe 
     would affect the ability of the Joint Force to carry out 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization treaty obligations and 
     enhance coordination of operations and plans with North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization allies.
       (6) A description and assessment of the manner in which 
     permanently establishing a corps headquarters in the Republic 
     of Poland or other location in Central or Eastern Europe 
     would affect the ability of the Joint Force to execute 
     Department of Defense contingency plans in Europe.
       (7) An assessment of whether such a corps headquarters in 
     Poland or other location in Central or Eastern Europe would 
     support implementation of the National Defense Strategy.
       (8) An identification and assessment of--
       (A) potential locations in the Republic of Poland or 
     Central or Eastern Europe for stationing such a corps 
     headquarters element;
       (B) infrastructure investments that would be required by 
     the United States and the Republic of Poland, or the 
     government of the applicable country in Central or Eastern 
     Europe, to support permanently stationing a corps 
     headquarters in the Republic of Poland or other location in 
     Central or Eastern Europe;
       (C) any new agreements, or modifications to agreements, 
     between the United States, the Republic of Poland or the 
     government of the applicable country in Central or Easter 
     Europe, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization that would 
     be required;
       (D) the logistics requirements that would be required to 
     support stationing a corps headquarters in the Republic of 
     Poland or other location in Central or Eastern Europe; and
       (E) an assessment of the willingness and ability of the 
     Government of the Republic of Poland, or the government of 
     the applicable country in Central or Eastern Europe, to 
     provide host nation support.
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