[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 127 (Monday, July 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4297]
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SA 2467. Ms. HARRIS 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 F of title XII, insert the
following:
SEC. 1274. REPORT ON THREATS TO THE UNITED STATES ARMED
FORCES FROM THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in
consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and
the Secretary of State, shall submit to the appropriate
committees of Congress a report on threats to the United
States Armed Forces from the Russian Federation and
associated agents, entities, and proxies.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An assessment of threats to the United States Armed
Forces from the Russian Federation and associated agents,
entities, and proxies in all theaters in which the United
States Armed Forces are engaged.
(2) A description of all actions taken to ensure force
protection of the United States Armed Forces and United
States diplomats.
(3) A description of nonmilitary actions taken to emphasize
to the Russia Federation that the United States will not
tolerate threats to the United States Armed Forces, allies of
the United States, or United States diplomats or operations.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified
annex.
(d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this
section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence
of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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