[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9880 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9880
To direct the President to accelerate the modernization of the Global
Positioning System Enterprise, including the development and deployment
of the Global Positioning System III generation satellites, a more
secure and capable control system, and the broadcast of new signals,
such as L1C and L5 to enhance the resilience and security of the Global
Positioning System, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 22, 2026
Mr. Shreve (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Haridopolos,
Mr. Harrigan, and Mr. Fong) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration
of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
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A BILL
To direct the President to accelerate the modernization of the Global
Positioning System Enterprise, including the development and deployment
of the Global Positioning System III generation satellites, a more
secure and capable control system, and the broadcast of new signals,
such as L1C and L5 to enhance the resilience and security of the Global
Positioning System, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``GPS Modernization Acceleration
Act''.
SEC. 2. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM MODERNIZATION.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Global Positioning System (in this section referred
to as ``GPS'') is a critical national asset that underpins
military operations, civilian infrastructure, and economic
activities. While newer satellites are part of the
constellation, the GPS constellation still depends on many
aging satellites, 15 of which are operating well beyond their
design life with limited signal technologies in the older
satellites.
(2) Modernizing the GPS Enterprise is an essential national
priority to ensure the continued reliability and security of
the system in the face of growing threats and aging and delayed
GPS infrastructure.
(3) Adversaries are interfering with, jamming, or spoofing
GPS signals, posing risks to national defense and public
safety. Commercial satellite positioning, navigation, and
timing systems can augment and complement GPS operations
globally. Terrestrial systems can deliver reliable positioning,
navigation, and timing services across service areas that are
often extensive.
(4) Rapidly transitioning to more resilient systems like
GPS IIIF and declaring the L5 signal as ``healty'' can
significantly reduce these vulnerabilities and enhance
operational effectiveness. A transition plan accounting for
both the satellites that transmit positioning, navigation, and
timing signals and the ground control and monitoring systems
that command and control the constellation and update timing
and other data is necessary to avoid capability gaps and ensure
continuity of essential services as legacy elements are phased
out and new capabilities are fielded.
(5) Federal agency execution of delays in updating GPS
constellation and infrastructure allocation have slowed
progress toward modernization, and successfully executing Space
Policy Directive-7 is necessary to align efforts across the
government and accelerate the deployment of next-generation GPS
capabilities.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
modernizing the GPS is a national priority to safeguard military
readiness, protect critical infrastructure, and maintain economic
competitiveness and the as-yet unimplemented system required by section
312 of title 49, United States Code, remains no less crucial to the
protection of United States security and prosperity than when it was
mandated in 2018.
(c) Modernized GPS Enterprise.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall accelerate the
transition to a modernized GPS Enterprise to enhance the
resilience and security of the GPS.
(2) Components.--The acceleration required by paragraph (1)
shall include--
(A) a clear timeline for the development and
deployment of a full constellation of 24 GPS IIIF
satellites and associated ground control segment
upgrades;
(B) a clear timeline for the upgrade of the control
segment to meet the needs of the modernized
constellation and to mitigate threats, along with a
plan to maintain service while the upgrades progress;
(C) prioritization of the L5 signal for civilian
and military applications to augment legacy frequencies
and provide additional resilience;
(D) coordination with the Secretary of Defense,
Secretary of Transportation, and other heads of
relevant departments and agencies of the Federal
Government to expedite system upgrades;
(E) strategies developed in coordination with the
Secretary of Transportation, to further incentivize
critical infrastructure assets to mitigate risks
associated with GPS signal interference, jamming, and
spoofing, including considering the integration of
terrestrial and commercial satellite positioning,
navigation, and timing systems; and
(F) strategies to accelerate the deployment of
military GPS user equipment, Increments 1 and 2, and
the integration of new receivers into weapons systems.
(d) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for a period
not to exceed three years, the Secretary of Defense, in
coordination with the Secretary of Transportation for
commercial uses and with respect to any system required under
section 312 of title 49, United States Code, and the protection
of critical infrastructure, shall submit to the congressional
defense committees, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation of the Senate, the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of
Representatives a report that includes--
(A) a detailed assessment of progress made toward
transitioning to the modernized GPS and positioning,
navigation, and timing enterprise;
(B) an evaluation of interagency coordination
efforts, including challenges in implementing system
upgrades necessary for such modernization, except
spectrum referenced in section 312(d) of title 49,
United States Code, associated with LORAN
infrastructure necessary for use in any system required
in such section 312;
(C) a description of strategies to counter GPS
military and civil signal interference, jamming, and
spoofing, from state and non-state actors along with
their effectiveness;
(D) funding allocations, expenditures, and any
additional resource needs for the Department of Defense
and Department of Transportation to meet modernization
objectives; and
(E) recommendations for legislative or
administrative actions to further encourage critical
infrastructure upgrades, modern commercial satellite
positioning, navigation, and timing systems, and other
efforts to enhance GPS security, reliability, and
resilience.
(2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be
submitted in an unclassified form, but may contain a classified
annex.
(e) Applicability.--Nothing in this section with respect to the
coordination of spectrum allocation applies to any spectrum referenced
in section 312(d) of title 49, United States Code, associated with
LORAN infrastructure necessary for use in any system required in
section 312.
(f) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the
term ``congressional defense committees'' has the meaning given such
term in section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code.
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