3.0.0 2778 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z 2023-01-11T13:31:26Z Senate S 2016-04-12 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-04-12T15:45:29Z Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016 114 4964 HR 2016-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. Identical bill CRS 2016-04-12 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2016-04-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. N I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2016-04-12 True Armed Forces and National Security Department of Defense Executive agency funding and structure Military operations and strategy Military procurement, research, weapons development Armed Forces and National Security 00 2016-04-12 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-14T17:03:01Z Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016

This bill amends the Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 to state that, if supplies or support services are urgently needed to eliminate a deficiency in directed energy weapon systems, the Department of Defense (DOD) may use specified rapid acquisition procedures to acquire and deploy needed offensive or defensive directed energy weapon systems capabilities, supplies, and associated support services.

"Directed energy weapon system" means military action using highly focused sound, electromagnetic, or particle-beam energy to incapacitate, damage, or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, or personnel.

The bill redesignates DOD's High Energy Laser Joint Technology Office as the Joint Directed Energy Program Office.

The Office shall: (1) develop a strategic plan for development and transition of directed energy weapons capabilities, and (2) use new and revised DOD policies to accelerate the development and transition of directed energy capabilities toward fielding.

]]> Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016 Display Title Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the rapid acquisition of directed energy weapons systems by the Department of Defense, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Directed Energy Weapon Systems Acquisition Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2778is/xml/BILLS-114s2778is.xml 2016-04-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.