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116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3202 
To require a report on the value of investments in dual use infrastructure 
projects by the member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
(NATO) in order to improve military mobility and interoperability across 
Europe. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2019 
Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for himself and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the 
following bill; 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 (NATO) in order 
to improve military mobility and interoperability across 
Europe. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Support 
of NATO Through Dual Use Infrastructure Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORT ON VALUE OF INVESTMENTS IN DUAL USE 
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS BY NATO MEM-
BER STATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 1, 2020, the 
Secretary of Defense, jointly with the Secretary of State, 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 
a report on the value of investments in dual use infrastruc-
ture projects by the member states of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) in order to improve military 
mobility and interoperability across Europe. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection 
(a) shall include the following: 
(1) 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 2018 NATO 
Summit in Brussels. 
(2) An assessment of proposed dual use infra-
structure projects for NATO. 
(3) An assessment of proposed dual use infra-
structure projects with respect to which the United 
States can provide support, including a rec-
ommended prioritization of such projects. 
(c) FORM.—The report required by subsection (a) 
shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include 
a classified annex. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DUAL USE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.— 
The term ‘‘dual use infrastructure projects’’ means 
those projects identified by the European Commis-
sion Action Plan on Military Mobility as necessary 
to improve the trans-European transport network 
(TEN–T) to meet the military requirements for mili-
tary mobility within and beyond the European 
Union. 
(2) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means— 
(A) the congressional defense committees 
(as such term is defined in section 101(a)(16) 
of title 10, United States Code); and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs of the House of Representatives. 
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