[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 157 (Wednesday, September 28, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S5304]
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  SA 5820. 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 ELIMINATING THE RUSSIAN MONOPOLY ON 
                   ARCTIC SHIPPING.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Committee on the Maritime 
     Transportation System, in coordination with the Arctic 
     Shipping Federal Advisory Committee, shall submit a report to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress that--
       (1) describes the control and influence of the Russian 
     Federation on shipping in the Arctic region;
       (2) analyzes the effect of such control and influence on 
     ongoing efforts to increase the presence, capacity, and 
     volume of United States shipping in the Arctic region; and
       (3) includes a plan for eliminating the Russian monopoly on 
     shipping in the Arctic region to enable an increase United 
     States' presence in the Arctic shipping domain.
       (b) Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate;
       (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 Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (6) the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of 
     Representatives;
       (7) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives; and
       (8) the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of 
     Representatives.
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