[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3392-S3393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 292. Mr. MENENDEZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. UNITED STATES SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ARCTIC.

       Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 
     1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and; 
     and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following:
       ``(g) Special Representative for the Arctic.--
       ``(1) Designation.--The Secretary of State shall designate 
     a Special Representative for the Arctic--
       ``(A) to coordinate the United States Government response 
     to international disputes and needs in the Arctic;
       ``(B) to represent the United States Government, as 
     appropriate, in multilateral fora in discussions concerning 
     access, cooperation, conservation, cultural relations, and 
     transit in the Arctic; and
       ``(C) to formulate United States policy to assist in the 
     resolution of international conflicts in the Arctic.
       ``(2) Other responsibilities.--The Special Representative 
     for the Arctic may carry out other assigned responsibilities, 
     in addition to the duties described in paragraph (1).''.

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