[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3959-S3960]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1938. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for 
defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe

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military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 884. REPORT ON ARMY ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR THE 
                   TACTICAL NETWORK MODERNIZATION AND 
                   TRANSPORTABLE TACTICAL COMMAND COMMUNICATIONS 
                   TERRESTRIAL TRANSMISSION SYSTEM.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall 
     submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and 
     the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report on the Army's acquisition strategy 
     for the Tactical Network Modernization and Transportable 
     Tactical Command Communications Terrestrial Transmission 
     System.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include the following elements:
       (1) An explanation of the rationale for delaying the TriLOS 
     radio modernization until the fiscal year 2018-2020 period.
       (2) An estimate of the total costs associated with delaying 
     the modernization with regard to costs associated with 
     additional prototyping and Initial Operational Test and 
     Evaluation (IOT&E).
       (3) An assessment of the GRC-245C immediate utilization 
     potential to meet the program objectives required by 
     Expeditionary Signal Battalions (ESBs) and Army units to meet 
     the TriLOS radio modernization as defined in the requirements 
     for a Terrestrial Transmission System outlined in the 
     operational requirements of the G-3/5/7 Directed Requirement 
     and Transmission Capabilities Production Document (CPD).
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