Sec. 1043. Designation of a Department of Defense Strategic Arctic Port
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In this section, the term Arctic has the meaning given that term in section 112 of the Arctic Research and Policy Act of 1984 ( 15 U.S.C. 4111 ). Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report assessing the future security requirements for one or more strategic ports in the Arctic.
Consistent with the Department of Defense Arctic Strategy set forth pursuant to section 1068 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 129 Stat. 992), the assessment in subsection
(b)shall include— the amount of sufficient and suitable space needed to create capacity for port and other necessary infrastructure for at least one of each of type of Navy or Coast Guard vessel, including an Arleigh Burke class destroyer of the Navy, or a national security cutter or a heavy polar ice breaker of the Coast Guard; the amount of sufficient and suitable space needed to create capacity for equipment and fuel storage, technological infrastructure, and civil infrastructure to support military and civilian operations, including— aerospace warning; maritime surface and subsurface warning; maritime control and defense; maritime domain awareness; homeland defense; defense support to civil authorities; humanitarian relief; search and rescue; disaster relief; oil spill response; medical stabilization and evacuation; and meteorological measurements and forecasting; an identification of proximity and road access to an airport designated as a commercial service airport by the Federal Aviation Administration that is capable of supporting military and civilian aircraft for operations designated in subsection (c)(2); and a description of the requirements, to include infrastructure and installations, communications, and logistics necessary to improve response effectiveness to support military and civilian operations designated in subsection (c)(2). Upon completion of the report in subsection (b), the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commanding General of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Administrator of the Maritime Administration, shall establish the designation criteria for a Department of Defense Strategic Arctic Port and shall submit recommendations for the designation of one or more Strategic Arctic Ports within eighteen months. The recommendations shall include an estimated cost for sufficient construction necessary to initiate and sustain expected operations. Nothing in this section may be construed to authorize any additional Department of Defense appropriations for the establishment of a port recommended pursuant to this section.
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Sec. 1043
Designation of a Department of Defense Strategic Arctic Port
Stat.129 Stat. 992
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