[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 121 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2390. Mr. ROUNDS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 D of title XII, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 1242. FEASIBILITY STUDY ON INCREASED ROTATIONAL 
                   DEPLOYMENTS TO GREECE AND ENHANCEMENT OF UNITED 
                   STATES-GREECE DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT.

       (a) Feasibility Study.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall conduct a 
     study on the feasibility of increased rotational deployments 
     of members of the Armed Forces to Greece, including to Souda 
     Bay, Alexandroupoli, Larissa, Volos, and Stefanovikeio.
       (2) Element.--The study required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include an evaluation of any infrastructure investment 
     necessary to support such increased rotational deployments.
       (3) Report to congress.--Not later than 180 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the results of the study required by paragraph (1).
       (b) Diplomatic Engagement.--The Secretary of State is 
     encouraged to pursue persistent United States diplomatic 
     engagement with respect to the Greece-Cyprus-Israel and 
     Greece-Cyprus-Egypt trilateral agreements beyond the 
     occasional participation of United States diplomats in the 
     regular summits of the countries party to such agreements.
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