[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3412]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1929. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 D of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 355. REPORT ON NON-PERMISSIVE, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM 
                   DENIED AIRFIELD CAPABILITIES.

       (a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2021, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report assessing the ability of each 
     combatant command to conduct all-weather, day-night airfield 
     operations in a non-permissive, global positioning system 
     denied environment.
       (b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) 
     shall include, at a minimum, the following:
       (1) An assessment of current air traffic control and 
     landing systems at existing airfields and contingency 
     airfields.
       (2) An assessment of the ability of each combatant command 
     to conduct all-weather, day-night airfield flight operations 
     in a non-permissive, global positioning system denied 
     environment at existing and contingency airfields, including 
     aircraft tracking and precision landing.
       (3) An assessment of the ability of each combatant command 
     to rapidly set up and conduct operations at alternate 
     airfields, including the ability to receive and deploy forces 
     in a non-permissive, global positioning system denied 
     environment.
       (4) A list of backup systems in place or pre-positioned to 
     be able to reconstitute operations after an attack.
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