[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3701-S3702]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 692. Mr. TILLIS 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 G of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1290. NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION JOINT FORCES 
                   COMMAND.

       (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 16 of title 10, 
     United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:

     ``Sec. 314 North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces 
       Command

       ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     authorize the establishment of,

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     and the participation by members of the armed forces in, the 
     North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces Command (in 
     this section referred to as the `Joint Forces Command'), to 
     be established in the United States.
       ``(b) Use of Department of Defense Facilities and 
     Equipment.--The Secretary may use facilities and equipment of 
     the Department of Defense to support the Joint Forces 
     Command.
       ``(c) Availability of Funds.--Amounts appropriated to the 
     Department of Defense for fiscal year 2020 shall be available 
     to carry out the purposes of this section.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections at the 
     beginning of subchapter II of chapter 16 of title 10, United 
     States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new item:

``314. North Atlantic Treaty Organization Joint Forces Command.''.
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