[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2369. Mr. CASSIDY 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 X, add the following:

     SEC. 1052. LIMITATION ON REALIGNMENT OF MARINE FORCES NORTH 
                   COMMAND.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense may not realign 
     Marine Forces North Command from New Orleans, Louisiana, to 
     Norfolk, Virginia, until the Secretary submits to the 
     Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of 
     Representatives a report addressing the impact of the 
     proposed realignment on the following:
       (1) The readiness of the Armed Forces.
       (2) The National Defense Strategy and supporting service 
     strategies.
       (3) The organizational structure for the Marine Corps and 
     the administrative control, operational control, and tactical 
     control relationships.
       (4) Long-term costs for the Marine Corps, including an 
     assessment of any requirements for new infrastructure or 
     relocation of equipment and assets.
       (5) Total force integration and general officer progression 
     for the Marine Corps, including with respect to the reserve 
     components.
       (b) Applicability.--The prohibition under subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to--
       (1) any action that is not completed as of the date of the 
     enactment of this Act; and
       (2) any action commencing after such date.
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