[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 303. Mr. REED 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 in title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 12__. UPDATED STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE THREAT OF MALIGN 
                   INFLUENCE BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND OTHER 
                   COUNTRIES.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
     of State, in coordination with the appropriate United States 
     Government officials, shall jointly update, with the 
     additional elements described in subsection (b), the 
     comprehensive strategy to counter the threat of malign 
     influence developed pursuant to section 1239A of the National 
     Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 
     115-91; 131 Stat. 1667).
       (b) Additional Elements.--The updated strategy required 
     under subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) With respect to each element specified in paragraphs 
     (1) through (7) of subsection (b) of such section 1239A, 
     actions to counter the threat of malign influence operations 
     by the People's Republic of China and any other country 
     engaged in significant malign influence operations.
       (2) A description of the interagency organizational 
     structures and procedures for coordinating the implementation 
     of the comprehensive strategy for countering malign influence 
     by the Russian Federation, the People's Republic of China, 
     and any other country engaged in significant malign influence 
     operations.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the 
     Secretary of State shall jointly submit to the appropriate 
     committees of Congress a report detailing the updated 
     strategy required under subsection (a).
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' has 
     the meaning given the term in subsection (e) of such section 
     1239A.
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