[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4188-S4189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 827. Mr. HAWLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to

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amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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 XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1272. REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO DETERRENCE EFFORTS WITH 
                   RESPECT TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND 
                   THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific 
     Command and the Commander of the United States European 
     Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
     a report detailing efforts of the Department of Defense to 
     improve the ability of the United States Armed Forces to 
     conduct combined joint operations--
       (1) to deny the ability of the People's Republic of China 
     to execute a fait accompli against Taiwan; and
       (2) to deny the ability of the Russian Federation to 
     execute a fait accompli against one or more Baltic allies.
       (b) Matter to Be Included.--The report under subsection (a) 
     shall identify prioritized requirements for further improving 
     the ability of the United States Armed Forces to conduct 
     combined joint operations to achieve the objectives described 
     in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection.
       (c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall--
       (1) be submitted in classified form; and
       (2) include an unclassified summary appropriate for release 
     to the public.
       (d) Fait Accompli Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``fait accompli'' means a scenario in which the People's 
     Republic of China or the Russian Federation uses force to 
     rapidly seize territory and subsequently threatens further 
     escalation, potentially including the use of nuclear weapons, 
     to deter an effective response by the United States Armed 
     Forces through combined joint operations.
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