[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 25, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3533]
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  SA 1018. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her 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 end of subtitle E of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 345. STUDY ON FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO 
                   CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS AND EXTEND THE 
                   OPERATIONAL REACH OF THE ARMED FORCES INTO THE 
                   ARCTIC REGION.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with 
     the Commandant of the Coast Guard, shall conduct a study to 
     evaluate and plan facilities and infrastructure that would be 
     required north of the Arctic Circle to conduct military 
     operations and extend the operational reach of the Armed 
     Forces into the Arctic region of the United States.
       (b) Elements.--In conducting the study required under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary shall--
       (1) assess possible locations that could serve as forward 
     bases for personnel recovery, agile combat employment, and 
     distributed operations; and
       (2) evaluate the capacity and potential of locations for 
     infrastructure, storage and distribution points, refueling 
     stations, staging bases for tactical operations, medical 
     support centers, and providers of common-user logistics 
     support.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee 
     on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on 
     the study required under subsection (a).
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