[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3524]
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  SA 2085. Mr. KENNEDY 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 C of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 333. PROCUREMENT OF MODERN, COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE, AND 
                   OFF-THE-SHELF HEALTH AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM 
                   FOR THE UH-72A LAKOTA HELICOPTER.

       The Secretary of the Army shall procure a modern, 
     commercially available, and off-the-shelf health and 
     communications system for the UH-72A Lakota helicopter to 
     upgrade the existing communications and health monitoring 
     system of such helicopter with a next generation satellite 
     communications system that--
       (1) is digital, lightweight, and beyond line-of-sight;
       (2) has a push-to-talk radio; and
       (3) has voice to internet, real-time fleet health 
     monitoring, and recording capabilities.
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