[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5135-S5136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 882. Mr. YOUNG 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 XVI, add the following:

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     SEC. 1612. COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF MARITIME INTELLIGENCE, 
                   SURVEILLANCE, RECONNAISSANCE, AND TARGETING.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than May 1, 2018, the 
     Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on maritime intelligence, 
     surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting.
       (b) Comprehensive Review.--The report required in 
     subsection (a) shall include a comprehensive review of the 
     following elements for the 2025 and 2035 timeframes:
       (1) A description of the projected steady-state demands for 
     maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and 
     targeting capabilities and capacity in each timeframe, 
     including protracted gray-zone or low-intensity 
     confrontations between the United States or its allies and 
     potential adversaries such as Russia and China.
       (2) A description of potential warfighting planning 
     scenarios in which maritime intelligence, surveillance, 
     reconnaissance, and targeting will be required in each 
     prescribed timeframe, including the most stressing such 
     scenario.
       (3) A description of the undersea, surface, and air threats 
     for each scenario described in paragraph (1) that will 
     require maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, 
     and targeting to be conducted in order to achieve warfighting 
     objectives.
       (4) An assessment of the sufficiency of maritime 
     intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting 
     program capability and capacity to achieve the warfighting 
     objectives described in paragraph (3) in the most stressing 
     scenario described in paragraph (2), including the effects of 
     attrition.
       (5) Planned operational concepts, including a High Level 
     Operational Concept Graphic (OV-1) for each such concept, for 
     conducting maritime intelligence, surveillance, 
     reconnaissance, and targeting during steady state operations 
     and warfighting scenarios described in paragraphs (1) and 
     (2). Consideration of distributed combat operations in a 
     satellite denied environment shall be included.
       (6) Specific capability gaps or risk areas in the ability 
     or sufficiency of maritime intelligence, surveillance, 
     reconnaissance, and targeting.
       (7) Potential solutions to address the capability gaps and 
     risk areas identified in paragraph (6), including new 
     capabilities, increased capacity, or new operating concepts 
     that could be employed by the Navy.
       (8) A description of the funding amount by fiscal year, 
     initial operational capability, and full operational 
     capability for each maritime intelligence, surveillance, 
     reconnaissance, and targeting program identified in paragraph 
     (4), based on the President's fiscal year 2019 future years 
     defense program. Unfunded or partially funded programs shall 
     also be included.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a classified 
     annex as necessary.
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