[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 12, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  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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