[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7946-S7947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4455. Mr. RISCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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:

        After section 1537, insert the following:

     SEC. 1538. BRIEFING ON CONSULTATIONS WITH UNITED STATES 
                   ALLIES REGARDING NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW.

       (a) In General.--Not later than January 31, 2022, the 
     Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of 
     State, shall brief the appropriate congressional committees 
     on all consultations with United States allies regarding the 
     2021 Nuclear Posture Review.
       (b) Elements.--The briefing required by subsection (a) 
     shall include the following:
       (1) A listing of all countries consulted with respect to 
     the 2021 Nuclear Posture Review, including the dates and 
     circumstances of each such consultation and the countries 
     present.
       (2) An overview of the topics and concepts discussed with 
     each such country during such consultations, including any 
     discussion of potential changes to the nuclear declaratory 
     policy of the United States.
       (3) A summary of any feedback provided during such 
     consultations.
       (c) Form.--The briefing required by subsection (a) shall be 
     conducted in both in an unclassified and classified format.

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       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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