[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5303]
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  SA 5817. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for herself and Mr. King) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. 
Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) and intended to be proposed to the 
bill H.R. 7900, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1077. AMENDMENTS TO THE ARCTIC RESEARCH AND POLICY ACT 
                   OF 1984.

       (a) Findings and Purposes.--Section 102(a) of the Arctic 
     Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4101(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and homeland'' after 
     ``national'';
       (2) by redesignating paragraphs (5) through (17) as 
     paragraphs (6) through (18), respectively;
       (3) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
       ``(4) Changing Arctic conditions directly affect global 
     weather and climate patterns and must be better understood--
       ``(A) to promote better agricultural management throughout 
     the United States; and
       ``(B) to address the myriad of impacts, challenges, and 
     opportunities brought about by such change.
       ``(5) Since a rapidly changing climate will reshape the 
     economic, social, cultural, political, environmental, and 
     security landscape of the Arctic region, sustained, robust, 
     coordinated, reliable, appropriately funded, and dependable 
     Arctic research is required to inform and influence sound 
     domestic and international Arctic policy.''; and
       (4) in paragraph (6), as redesignated, by inserting ``and 
     climate'' after ``weather''.
       (b) Arctic Research Commission.--Section 103 of the Arctic 
     Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4102) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B)--
       (i) by striking ``who are'' and inserting ``who is a''; and
       (ii) by striking ``who live in areas'' and inserting ``who 
     live in an area'';
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``chairperson'' and 
     inserting ``Chair''; and
       (2) in subsection (d)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by inserting ``or her'' after ``his''; and
       (ii) by inserting ``, or in the case of the Chair, not to 
     exceed 120 days of service each year'' after ``year''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``Chairman'' and 
     inserting ``Chair''.
       (c) Administration of the Commission.--Section 106(4) of 
     the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 
     4105(4)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``, and other Federal Government entities, 
     as appropriate,'' after ``with the General Services 
     Administration''; and
       (2) by inserting ``, or the heads of other Federal 
     Government entities, as appropriate,'' before the semicolon.
       (d) Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee.--Section 
     107(b)(2) of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 
     U.S.C. 4106(b)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraph (L) as subparagraph (O); 
     and
       (2) in subparagraph (K), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (K) the following:
       ``(L) the Department of Agriculture;
       ``(M) the Marine Mammal Commission;
       ``(N) the Denali Commission; and''.
       (e) 5-year Arctic Research Plan.--Section 109(a) of the 
     Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 (15 U.S.C. 4108(a)) is 
     amended by striking ``The Plan'' and inserting 
     ``Notwithstanding section 3003 of the Federal Reports 
     Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-66), the 
     Plan''.
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