[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5303-S5304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5818. 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 F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1064. REPORT ON ESTABLISHING PRESENCE OF NAVY OR COAST 
                   GUARD IN THE UNITED STATES ARCTIC.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Commandant of the Coast Guard 
     and the Chief of Naval Operations shall jointly submit a 
     report to the appropriate committees of Congress that--
       (1) describes the requirements necessary to establish, and 
     the feasibility of establishing, a year-round presence of the 
     Navy and the Coast Guard in the Arctic region at--
       (A) the Port of Nome;
       (B) the natural deepwater port of Unalaska;
       (C) the former Coast Guard Station at Port Clarence;
       (D) Point Spencer (as defined in section 532 of the 
     Pribilof Island Transition Completion Act of 2015 (subtitle B 
     of title V of Public Law 114-120));
       (E) the port on Saint George Island in the Bering Sea;
       (F) the Port of Adak;
       (G) Cape Blossom;
       (H) Southeast Alaska;
       (I) ports in the Northeastern United States including 
     Eastport, Searsport, and Portland; and
       (J) any other deepwater port that the Commandant determines 
     would facilitate such a presence in the places described in 
     subparagraphs (A) through (I); and
       (2) provides an estimate of the costs of implementing the 
     requirements described in paragraph (1), after taking into 
     account the costs of constructing the onshore infrastructure 
     that will be required to support year-

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     round maritime operations in the vicinity of the Bering Sea 
     and the Arctic region.
       (b) Port Development Requirements.--The port development 
     requirements described in the report submitted under 
     subsection (a) shall include a range of options, including--
       (1) scalable and non-scalable;
       (2) austere facilities such as moorings with austere port 
     facilities,
       (3) pier space without services such as refuel and resupply 
     (to include water, sewage removal, and food); and
       (4) pier space that includes services such as the ability 
     to refuel and resupply (to include water, sewage removal, and 
     food).
       (c) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
     Affairs of the Senate;
       (3) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate;
       (4) the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the 
     Senate;
       (5) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
     of the Senate
       (6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (7) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (9) the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of 
     the House of Representatives.
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