[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2586]
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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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