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S 2318 118th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security

Rings of Fire Act of 2023

Introduced: July 13, 2023 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Jul 13, 2023
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Rings of Fire Act of 2023

This bill requires the Department of Defense to submit a strategy to Congress for deploying ground-based theater-range missiles in the Indo-Pacific region. Among other elements, the strategy must include an assessment of the gaps in conventional theater-range precision strike capabilities in the area of responsibility of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

The strategy may be submitted in classified form but must include an unclassified summary.

What's happening now July 13, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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  • HR 4485 Identical bill Rings of Fire Act of 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2318: Rings of Fire Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2318/
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"S. 2318: Rings of Fire Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2318/.
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S. 2318, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2318/.
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