[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3512-S3513]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 2064. Mr. GARDNER 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:
Strike section 1251 and insert the following:
SEC. 1251. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.
(a) In General.--Title II of the Asia Reassurance and
Initiative Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-409; 132 Stat. 5391)
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``SEC. 217. PACIFIC DETERRENCE INITIATIVE.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out
an initiative to ensure the effective implementation of the
National Defense Strategy with respect to the Indo-Pacific
region, to be known as the `Pacific Deterrence Initiative'
(in this section referred to as the `Initiative').
``(b) Purpose.--The purpose of the Initiative is to carry
out only the following activities:
``(1) Activities to increase the lethality of the joint
force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but not limited
to--
``(A) by improving active and passive defenses against
theater cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missiles for bases,
operating locations, and other critical infrastructure at
locations west of the International Date Line; and
``(B) procurement and fielding of--
``(i) long-range precision strike systems to be stationed
or pre-positioned west of the International Date Line;
``(ii) critical munitions to be pre-positioned at locations
west of the International Date Line; and
``(iii) command, control, communications, computers and
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems
intended for stationing or operational use in the Indo-
Pacific region.
``(2) Activities to enhance the design and posture of the
joint force in the Indo-Pacific region, including, but not
limited to, by--
``(A) transitioning from large, centralized, and unhardened
infrastructure to smaller, dispersed, resilient, and adaptive
basing at locations west of the International Date Line;
``(B) increasing the number and capabilities of
expeditionary airfields and ports in the Indo-Pacific region
available for operational use at locations west of the
International Date Line;
``(C) enhancing pre-positioned forward stocks of fuel,
munitions, equipment, and materiel at locations west of the
International Date Line;
``(D) increasing the availability of strategic mobility
assets in the Indo-Pacific region;
``(E) improving distributed logistics and maintenance
capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region to ensure logistics
sustainment while under persistent multidomain attack; and
``(F) increasing the presence of the Armed Forces at
locations west of the International Date Line.
``(3) Activities to strengthen alliances and partnerships,
including, but not limited to, by--
``(A) building capacity of allies and partners; and
``(B) improving--
``(i) interoperability and information sharing with allies
and partners; and
``(ii) information operations capabilities in the Indo-
Pacific region, with a focus on reinforcing United States
commitment to allies and partners and countering malign
influence.
``(4) Activities to carry out a program of exercises,
experimentation, and innovation for the joint force in the
Indo-Pacific region.
``(c) Plan Required.--Not later than February 15, 2021, the
Secretary, in consultation with the Commander of the United
States Indo-Pacific Command, shall submit to the
congressional defense committees a plan to expend not less
than the amounts authorized to be appropriated under
subsection (e)(2).
``(d) Budget Display Information.--The Secretary shall
include in the materials of the Department of Defense in
support of the
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budget of the President (submitted to Congress pursuant to
section 1105 of title 31, United States Code) for fiscal year
2022 and each fiscal year thereafter a detailed budget
display for the Initiative that includes the following
information:
``(1) A future-years plan with respect to activities and
resources for the Initiative for the applicable fiscal year
and not fewer than the four following fiscal years.
``(2) With respect to procurement accounts--
``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line
number, line item, and line item title; and
``(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts
specific to the Initiative.
``(3) With respect to research, development, test, and
evaluation accounts--
``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, line
number, program element, and program element title; and
``(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts
specific to the Initiative.
``(4) With respect to operation and maintenance accounts--
``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity
title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
``(B) a description of the specific manner in which such
amounts will be used.
``(5) With respect to military personnel accounts--
``(A) amounts displayed by account, budget activity, budget
subactivity, and budget subactivity title; and
``(B) a description of the requirements for such amounts
specific to the Initiative.
``(6) With respect to each project under military
construction accounts (including with respect to unspecified
minor military construction and amounts for planning and
design), the country, location, project title, and project
amount by fiscal year.
``(7) With respect to the activities described in
subsection (b)--
``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity
title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
``(B) a description of the specific manner in which such
amounts will be used.
``(8) With respect to each military service--
``(A) amounts displayed by account title, budget activity
title, line number, and subactivity group title; and
``(B) a description of the specific manner in which such
amounts will be used.
``(9) With respect to the amounts described in each of
paragraphs (2)(A), (3)(A), (4)(A), (5)(A), (6), (7)(A), and
(8)(A), a comparison between--
``(A) the amount in the budget of the President for the
following fiscal year; and
``(B) the amount projected in the previous budget of the
President for the following fiscal year.
``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out
the activities of the Initiative described in subsection (b)
the following:
``(1) For fiscal year 2021, $1,406,417,000, as specified in
the funding table in section 4502.
``(2) For fiscal year 2022, $5,500,000,000.
``(f) Repeal.--Section 1251 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018 (Public Law 115-91;
131 Stat. 1676), as most recently amended by section 1253 of
the John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2019 (Public Law 115-232; 132 Stat. 2054), is
repealed.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
contents in section 1(b) of the Asia Reassurance Initiative
Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-409; 132 Stat. 5387) is amended
by inserting after the item relating to section 216 the
following:
``Sec. 217. Pacific Deterrence Initiative.''.
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