[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 91 (Tuesday, June 9, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S3963]
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  SA 1946. Ms. BALDWIN 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 military 
personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       Beginning on page 30, strike line 16 and all that follows 
     through page 33, line 13, and insert the following:
       (a) In General.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016 
     for research and development, design, construction, 
     procurement or advanced procurement of materials for the 
     Littoral Combat Ships designated as LCS 33 or subsequent, not 
     more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the 
     Secretary of the Navy submits to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives each 
     of the following:
       (1) A Capabilities Based Assessment or equivalent report to 
     assess capability gaps and associated capability requirements 
     and risks for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship, which is 
     proposed to commence with LCS 33. This assessment or 
     equivalent report shall conform with the Joint Capabilities 
     Integration and Development System, including Chairman of the 
     Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.01H.
       (2) A certification that the Joint Requirements Oversight 
     Council has validated an updated Capabilities Development 
     Document for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship.
       (3) A report describing the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship 
     modernization, which shall, at a minimum, include the 
     following elements:
       (A) A description of capabilities that the LCS program 
     delivers, and a description of how these relate to the 
     characteristics of the future joint force identified in the 
     Capstone Concept for Joint Operations, concept of operations, 
     and integrated architecture documents.
       (B) A summary of analyses and studies conducted on LCS 
     modernization.
       (C) A concept of operations for LCS modernization ships at 
     the operational level and tactical level describing how they 
     integrate and synchronize with joint and combined forces to 
     achieve the Joint Force Commander's intent.
       (D) A description of threat systems of potential 
     adversaries that are projected or assessed to reach initial 
     operational capability within 15 years against which the 
     lethality and survivability of the LCS should be determined.
       (E) A plan and timeline for LCS modernization program 
     execution.
       (F) A description of system capabilities required for LCS 
     modernization, including key performance parameters and key 
     system attributes.
       (G) A plan for family of systems or systems of systems 
     synchronization.
       (H) A plan for information technology and national security 
     systems supportability.
       (I) A plan for intelligence supportability.
       (J) A plan for electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) 
     and spectrum supportability.
       (K) A description of assets required to achieve initial 
     operational capability (IOC) of an LCS modernization 
     increment.
       (L) A schedule and initial operational capability and full 
     operational capability definitions.
       (M) A description of doctrine, organization, training, 
     materiel, leadership, education, personnel, facilities, and 
     policy considerations.
       (N) A description of other system attributes.
       (4) A plan for future periodic combat systems upgrades, 
     which are necessary to ensure relevant capability throughout 
     the Littoral Combat Ship or Frigate class service lives, 
     using the process described in paragraph (3).
       (b) Waiver.--The Secretary of the Navy may waive the 
     funding limitation under subsection (a) upon submission of a 
     determination to Congress that--
       (1) application of the limitation would impede the timely 
     acquisition of LCS 33 or subsequent ships in a manner that 
     would undermine the national security of the United States; 
     and
       (2) application of the limitation would result in a gap in 
     production or additional procurement costs;
       (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (b) shall 
     be construed as authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to not 
     submit the information required under paragraphs (1) through 
     (4) of subsection (a).
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