Sec. 1233. REPORT ON ENERGY SECURITY OF THE NATO ALLIANCE

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## SEC. 1233 REPORT ON ENERGY SECURITY OF THE NATO ALLIANCE ###

(a)Findings Congress makes the following findings: ####

(1)Adopted in Lisbon in November 2010, the new North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)Strategic Concept declares that “[a]ll countries are increasingly reliant on the vital communication, transport and transit routes on which international trade, energy security and prosperity depend. They require greater international efforts to ensure their resilience against attack or disruption. Some NATO countries will become more dependent on foreign energy suppliers and in some cases, on foreign energy supply and distribution networks for their energy needs. As a larger share of world consumption is transported across the globe, energy supplies are increasingly exposed to disruption.”. ####

(2)The new NATO Strategic Concept further declares that, “to deter and defend against any threat to the safety and security of our populations”, the NATO alliance will, “develop the capacity to contribute to energy security, including protection of critical energy infrastructure and transit areas and lines, cooperation with partners, and consultations among Allies on the basis of strategic assessments and contingency planning.”. ###

(b)Report ####

(1)Report Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy, submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a detailed report on efforts by the Department of Defense, including within NATO, to address the energy security of the NATO alliance. ####

(2)Elements The report required by paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)An assessment of the dependence of NATO members on a single oil or natural gas supplier or distribution network. #####

(B)A description of the threats to the energy security of the NATO alliance, including from each of following: ######

(i)Shortages of supply of oil or natural gas or spikes in prices of oil or natural gas. ######

(ii)Disruptions within the energy distribution infrastructure or transit lines supplying NATO member countries. #####

(C)A description of options for responding to or mitigating the energy security risks to NATO member countries and to United States Armed Forces based in Europe posed by the threats described under subparagraph (B). #####

(D)Recommendations, if any, for actions to be undertaken to improve the energy security of the NATO alliance. ###

(c)Form The report required under subsection

(b)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. ###

(d)Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined In this section the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— ####

(1)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and ####

(2)the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.