[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7387]
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  SA 3910. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to 
the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 857. BRIEFING ON EXPANDED SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT 
                   SYSTEMS CAPABILITY.

       The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than January 30, 
     2022, provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services 
     of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the 
     evaluation of commercially available small unmanned aircraft 
     systems (hereinafter referred to as ``sUAS'') with 
     capabilities that align with the Department's priorities, 
     including--
       (1) the timing of the release of the updated list titled 
     ``Blue sUAS 2.0'' of the Defense Innovation Unit that 
     contains available fixed wing and multirotor commercial small 
     unmanned aircraft systems compliant with section 848 of the 
     National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 
     (Public Law 116-92); and
       (2) the advisability and feasibility of adding end-to-end 
     sUAS solutions to such list, including the sUAS, supporting 
     field management software, technical support, and training, 
     all provided as an integrated collection and analysis 
     capability.
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