
The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved a set of naval en bloc amendments for the FY ’20 defense authorization bill on Wednesday, directing further reports and briefings from the Navy. An amendment brought by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) requires the Navy to brief the committee on the service’s plan to compete with adversaries in the Arctic Ocean in the upcoming Force Structure Assessment (FSA). The amendment noted the committee “believes that to ensure a continued projection of naval power…