[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3489]
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SA 401. Mr. HAWLEY 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 XVI, insert the
following:
SEC. 16__. REPORT ON OPERATION OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL FORCES
UNDER EMPLOYMENT OR THREAT OF EMPLOYMENT OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States
European Command, in consultation with the Commander of the
United States Strategic Command, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a report detailing the
measures taken by the Commander to ensure the ability of
conventional forces under the authority of the Commander to
execute campaign plans under employment or threat of
employment of nuclear weapons by the United States, an ally
of the United States, or an adversary of the United States.
(b) Form of Report.--The report required by subsection (a)
shall be submitted in classified form but shall be
accompanied by an unclassified summary appropriate for
release to the public.
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