,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cbjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #aa1 #bjai,mr4 
,brown of ,maryland 7for himself and    
,ms4 ,spanberger7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require a report on the     
value of investments in dual use        
infrastructure projects by the member   
states of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty  
,organization 7,,nato7 in order to      
improve military mobility and           
interoperability across ,europe4  #a4   
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,strengthening ,support of ,,nato   
,through ,dual ,use ,infrastructure     
,act4  #b4 ,report on value of          
investments in dual use infrastructure  
projects by ,,nato member states  7a7   
,in general ,not later than ,june #a1   
#bjbj1 the ,secretary of ,defense1      
jointly with the ,secretary of ,state1  
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report on the

 value of investments in dual use       
infrastructure projects by the member   
states of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty  
,organization 7,,nato7 in order to      
improve military mobility and           
interoperability across ,europe4  7b7   
,elements ,the report required by       
subsection 7a7 shall include the        
following3 7#a7 ,the value to collective
 deterrence provided by investments in  
dual use infrastructure projects by the 
member states of ,,nato in order to meet
 the military mobility goals set out at 
the #bjah ,,nato ,summit in ,brussels4  
7#b7 ,an assessment of proposed dual use
 infrastructure projects for ,,nato4    
7#c7 ,an assessment of proposed dual use
 infrastructure projects with respect to
 which the ,united ,states can provide  
support1 including a recommended        
prioritization of such projects4  7c7   
,form ,the report required by subsection
 7a7 shall be submitted in unclassified 
form1 but may include a classified      
annex4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this       

section3 7#a7 ,dual use infrastructure  
projects ,the term dual use             
infrastructure projects means those     
projects identified by the ,european    
,commission ,action ,plan on ,military  
,mobility as necessary to improve the   
trans-,european transport network       
7,,ten-,t7 to meet the military         
requirements for military mobility      
within and beyond the ,european ,union4 
7#b7 ,appropriate congressional         
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the congressional defense committees 7as
 such term is defined in section        
#aja7;a77#af7 of title #aj1 ,united     
,states ,code72 and  7,b7 the ,committee
 on ,foreign ,relations of the ,senate  
and the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
of the ,house of ,representatives4