[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 469. 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 end of subtitle D of title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1668. REPORTS BY MILITARY DEPARTMENTS ON OPERATION OF 
                   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 Secretary of the Air Force, 
     the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the 
     Commandant of the Marine Corps shall each submit to the 
     congressional defense committees a report detailing the 
     measures taken by the appropriate Secretary or the Commandant 
     to ensure the ability of conventional forces to operate 
     effectively 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.--Each 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.

     SEC. 1669. REPORTS BY UNITED STATES EUROPEAN COMMAND AND 
                   UNITED STATES INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND 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 and the Commander of the United States Indo-
     Pacific Command, in consultation with the Commander of the 
     United States Strategic Command, shall each 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 contingency 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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