[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 116 (Wednesday, June 24, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3263]
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  SA 1767. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 A of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1003. REPORT ON FISCAL YEAR 2022 BUDGET REQUEST 
                   REQUIREMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH AIR FORCE 
                   OPERATIONS IN THE ARCTIC.

       The Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the 
     congressional defense committees, not later than 30 days 
     after submission of the budget justification documents 
     submitted to Congress in support of the budget of the 
     President for fiscal year 2022 (as submitted pursuant to 
     section 1105 of title 31, United States Code), a report that 
     includes the following:
       (1) A description of the manner in which amounts requested 
     for the Air Force in the budget for fiscal year 2022 support 
     Air Force operations in the Arctic.
       (2) A list of the procurement initiatives and research, 
     development, test, and evaluation initiatives funded by that 
     budget that are primarily intended to enhance the ability of 
     the Air Force to deploy to or operate in the Arctic region, 
     or to defend the northern approach to the United States 
     homeland.
       (3) An assessment of the adequacy of the infrastructure of 
     Air Force installations in Alaska and in the States along the 
     northern border of the continental United States to support 
     deployments to and operations in the Arctic region, including 
     an assessment of runways, fuel lines, and aircraft 
     maintenance capacity for purposes of such support.
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