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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 6210. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 C of title IX, add the following:
SEC. 930. ARCTIC JOINT PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE.
Subpart A of part VI of title 10, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:
“CHAPTER 553—OTHER ELEMENTS
“Sec. 5601. Arctic Joint Program Executive Office
“(a) In General.—Not later than 180 days after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Defense
shall establish in the Department of Defense an Arctic Joint
Program Executive Office (in this section referred to as the
`Office').
“(b) Executive Agent.—The Executive Agent for the Office
shall be the Secretary of the Air Force.
“(c) Duties.—The duties of the Office are—
“(1) to support the strategic competition objectives of
the United States in the Arctic, including deterrence of
near-peer adversaries; and
“(2) to develop a unified investment roadmap for the
Arctic under subsection (d).
“(d) Unified Investment Roadmap.—
“(1) In general.—The Office shall develop a unified
investment roadmap for ongoing and planned investments in
Arctic capabilities by each armed force during the 10-period
following development of the roadmap that—
“(A) specifies the sequence of such investments with major
milestones;
“(B) identifies which Arctic programs span more than one
armed force or are interdependent; and
“(C) identifies and addresses capability gaps that are not
planned but required in support of the strategic competition
objectives described in subsection (c)(1).
“(2) Transition plans.—
“(A) In general.—In developing the unified investment
roadmap required by paragraph (1), the Office shall develop a
plan for the transition of investments included in the
roadmap from the Office to each armed force.
“(B) Responsibility for costs.—The Office shall be
responsible for sustainment costs for investments in Arctic
capabilities included in the unified investment roadmap
required by paragraph (1) for a period of not more than three
years. By the end of that period, each armed force shall
assume responsibility for sustaining operations and
maintenance costs through the full life of the capabilities.
“(e) Contracting Authorities.—The Office shall utilize
Department-wide contracting authorities and purchasing power,
including through the use of multiyear procurement authority,
to procure infrastructure, sustainment, logistics, and
services for Arctic programs.
“(f) Location.—Not later than five years after the date
of the enactment of this section, the Office shall transition
to a permanent location selected based on the proximity of
the location to—
“(1) the designated lead for Arctic affairs of the United
States Northern Command; and
“(2) a central hub of units of the armed forces assigned
to focus on Arctic affairs to ensure that the Office
thoroughly understands the requirements and needs unique to
the Arctic region.
“(g) Annual Reports.—Not later than one year after the
date of the enactment of this section, and annually
thereafter, the head of the Office shall submit to Congress a
report that includes—
“(1) a description of the status of and expenditures by
the Office in the year preceding submission of the report;
“(2) a description of progress made during that year in
achieving the objectives described in subsection (c)(1) and
the objectives of the unified investment roadmap developed
under subsection (d);
“(3) a comparison of investment by the United States in
Arctic capabilities with known investments by the governments
of the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China
in Arctic capabilities; and
“(4) an assessment of the Arctic deterrence posture of the
Department of Defense.
“(h) Armed Force Defined.—In this section, the term
`armed force' means the Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the
Marine Corps, the Space Force, or the Coast Guard.”.