[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3548-S3549]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2121. Mr. MANCHIN 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 E of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1262. PLAN TO RESPOND TO NATURAL DISASTERS IN 
                   BANGLADESH.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of State, in consultation 
     with the Secretary of Defense and the Administrator of the 
     United

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     States Agency for International Development, shall develop a 
     plan to respond to--
       (1) destabilization in Bangladesh caused by natural 
     disasters; and
       (2) other effects associated with disruptions to the global 
     climate system.
       (b) Elements.--The plan required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A worst-case scenario relief plan with respect to 
     population displacement in Bangladesh, developed in 
     accordance with established international humanitarian 
     principles, which shall serve as a notional plan to prepare 
     more broadly for large-scale, permanent population 
     displacement in South Asia.
       (2) An assessment of methods to ensure United States 
     defense and civilian preparedness for global, regional, or 
     local disruptions in logistics that may effect the operations 
     of the Armed Forces or the operations of the military forces 
     of United States allies.
       (3) A determination of the impact of, steps that may be 
     taken to prevent, and a contingency plan to address, 
     destabilization of nuclear weapon states in Asia, including 
     changes in the likelihood of interstate conflict and the loss 
     of control of nuclear weapons to nonstate actors.
       (4) Recommendations, developed in consultation with the 
     Government of Bangladesh, on the manner in which the United 
     States may best support--
       (A) building the resilience capacity of Bangladesh with 
     respect to current and forecasted shocks and stresses; and
       (B) improving the ability of Bangladesh to adapt to changes 
     in the regional environment so as to mitigate the effects of 
     a worst-case scenario.
       (c) Submittal to Congress.--
       (1) Scope of plan.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing 
     the scope of the plan required by subsection (a).
       (2) Completed plan.--Not later than one year after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress the completed plan 
     required by subsection (a).
       (3) Form.--The reports under this paragraph shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (4) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--In this 
     subsection, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (A) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (B) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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