[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 93 (Wednesday, June 6, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2350. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2282 submitted by Mr. Inhofe (for himself and Mr. McCain) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2019 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 E of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1052. REPORT ON THE X-47B UNMANNED COMBAT AERIAL 
                   VEHICLE.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the Naval Air 
     Systems Command shall submit to the Committees on Armed 
     Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a 
     report on potential opportunities for the use of the X-47B 
     Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.
       (b) Assessment.--The report required by subsection (a) 
     shall include an assessment of the feasibility and 
     advisability of using the X-47B Unmanned Combat Aerial 
     Vehicle in support of unmanned aerial refueling and long-
     range penetrating strike missions, which assessment shall 
     take into account and address the following in connection 
     with such missions:
       (1) Development of concepts of operations.
       (2) Development of tactics, techniques, and procedures.
       (3) Software development.
       (4) Hardware development.
       (5) Other technological risk reduction activities.
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