[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S5135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 881. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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:

       At the end of subtitle B of title 16, add the following:

     SEC. 1612. REPORT ON ACQUISITION STRATEGY TO RECAPITALIZE THE 
                   EXISTING SYSTEM FOR UNDERSEA FIXED 
                   SURVEILLANCE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
     the acquisition strategy to recapitalize the existing system 
     for undersea fixed surveillance.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     address the following matters:
       (1) A description of undersea fixed surveillance system 
     recapitalization requirements, including key performance 
     parameters and key system attributes as applicable.
       (2) Cost estimates for procuring a future system or systems
       (3) Projected dates for key milestones within the 
     acquisition strategy
       (4) A description of how the acquisition strategy will 
     improve performance in the areas of detection and 
     localization compared to the legacy system to enable 
     effective performance against current, emerging, and future 
     threats over the life of the systems.
       (5) A description of how the acquisition strategy will 
     encourage competition and reward innovation for addressing 
     system performance requirements.
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