[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 418. Mr. BRAUN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 appropriate place in title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 12__. QUADRENNIAL NATIONAL SECURITY REVIEW AND NATIONAL 
                   SECURITY PLANNING GUIDANCE.

       (a) Purposes.--The purposes of this section are--
       (1) to require each Presidential administration--
       (A) to conduct a strategic review of national security 
     policies and capability requirements; and
       (B) to improve interagency strategic planning; and
       (2) to engage each national security agency of the Federal 
     Government in the development of national security planning 
     guidance and a national security strategy.
       (b) Quadrennial National Security Review.--
       (1) In general.--Each President shall designate a national 
     security advisor to lead an interagency process for the 
     purpose of developing and submitting to Congress a 
     comprehensive report on the national security strategy of the 
     United States (in this section referred to as the 
     ``Quadrennial National Security Review'').
       (2) Elements.--Each Quadrennial National Security Review 
     shall--
       (A) include a comprehensive--
       (i) assessment of the future security environment of the 
     United States; and
       (ii) description and discussion of national security 
     objectives;
       (B) set forth a national security strategy for achieving 
     such objectives, including an identification of the 
     capabilities required, including military, economic, 
     diplomatic, and informational capabilities; and
       (C) delineate Federal agency roles for the implementation 
     of such strategy.
       (3) Timing.--The conduct of each Quadrennial National 
     Security Review shall precede, and provide the conceptual 
     basis for, the Quadrennial Defense Review and National 
     Military Strategy.
       (4) Submission to congress.--Not later than 180 days after 
     the date on which a term of a President commences, the 
     President shall submit to Congress a Quadrennial National 
     Security Review.
       (c) National Security Planning Guidance.--
       (1) In general.--Not less frequently than every 4 years, 
     the President shall issue classified or unclassified national 
     security planning guidance in support of the objectives 
     described in the most recent national security strategy 
     report submitted to Congress under section 108 of the 
     National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3043)--
       (A) for the purpose of setting priorities and clarifying 
     national security roles and responsibilities of military and 
     nonmilitary institutions of the United States so as to reduce 
     capability gaps and eliminate redundancies; and
       (B) which guidance shall serve as a strategic plan for 
     United States and coordinated international efforts to 
     enhance the capacity of governmental and nongovernmental 
     entities to work toward the goal of a free, open, prosperous, 
     and secure world.
       (2) Elements.--The national security planning guidance 
     required by paragraph (1) shall include the following:
       (A) A prioritized list of specified geographic areas, and 
     an explicit discussion of the criteria or rationale used to 
     select and prioritize such specified geographic areas.
       (B) For each specified geographic area, a description, 
     analysis, and discussion of the following:
       (i) The feasibility of conducting multilateral programs to 
     train and equip the military forces of the 1 or more 
     countries within the specified geographic area.
       (ii) The authority and funding required to support such 
     programs.
       (iii) The manner in which such programs would--

       (I) be implemented;
       (II) support the national security priorities and interests 
     of the United States; and
       (III) complement other efforts of the United States 
     Government in the specific geographic area and in one or more 
     other specified geographic areas.

       (C) A list of short-term, mid-term, and long-term goals for 
     each specified geographic area, prioritized by importance.
       (D) A description of the role and mission of each Federal 
     department or agency involved in implementing such guidance, 
     including the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Justice, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of 
     State, and the Agency for International Development.
       (E) A description of any capability gap of the United 
     States with respect to the goals described in the list 
     required by subparagraph (C), and an assessment of the extent 
     to which any such gap may be addressed through coordination 
     with one or more nongovernmental, international, or private 
     sector organizations, entities, or companies.
       (3) Review and update.--
       (A) In general.--The President shall review and update the 
     guidance required by paragraph (1), as necessary.
       (B) Elements.--Each review and update conducted under 
     subparagraph (A) shall address the following:
       (i) The overall progress made toward achieving the goals 
     described in the list required by paragraph (2)(C), including 
     an overall assessment of the progress in protecting the 
     rules-based international order against authoritarian 
     governments.
       (ii) The performance of each Federal department or agency 
     involved in implementing such guidance.
       (iii) The performance of the one or more applicable unified 
     country teams and combatant commands.
       (iv) Any addition to, modification to the order of, or 
     deletion from the list required by paragraph (2)(A).
       (4) Report.--
       (A) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report that contains a 
     detailed summary of the national security planning guidance 
     required by paragraph (1), including any update to such 
     guidance.
       (B) Form.--The report required by subparagraph (A) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Appropriate committees of congress defined.--The term 
     ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
       (i) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate; and
       (ii) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
     House of Representatives.
       (B) Specified geographic area.--The term ``specified 
     geographic area'' means any country, subnational territory, 
     or region that poses, or may potentially pose, a geopolitical 
     risk to the rules-based international order based on an 
     assessment by the President that the country, subnational 
     territory, or region may be used by an international actor--
       (i) to plan and launch attacks;
       (ii) to engage in propaganda;
       (iii) as a base from which to conduct military exercises 
     with the intent to coerce the United States or an ally of the 
     United States; or
       (iv) as a key transit route for personnel, weapons, 
     funding, or other support.
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