[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3411]
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SA 325. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1061. REPORT ON NATIONAL GUARD AND UNITED STATES
NORTHERN COMMAND CAPACITY TO MEET HOMELAND
DEFENSE AND SECURITY INCIDENTS.
Not later than September 30, 2020, the Chief of the
National Guard Bureau shall, in consultation with the
Commander of United States Northern Command, submit to the
congressional defense committees a report setting forth the
following:
(1) A clarification of the roles and missions, structure,
capabilities, and training of the National Guard and the
United States Northern Command, and an identification of
emerging gaps and shortfalls in light of current homeland
security threats to our country.
(2) A list of the resources that each State and Territory
National Guard has at its disposal that are available to
respond to a homeland defense or security incident, with
particular focus on a multi-State electromagnetic pulse
event.
(3) The readiness and resourcing status of forces listed
pursuant to paragraph (2).
(4) The current strengths and areas of improvement in
working with State and Federal interagency partners.
(5) The current assessments that address National Guard
readiness and resourcing of regular United States Northern
Command forces postured to respond to homeland defense and
security incidents.
(6) A roadmap to 2040 that addresses readiness across the
spectrum of long-range emerging threats facing the United
States.
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