[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 190 (Thursday, October 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7495-S7496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3995. Ms. ERNST 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

        At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1224. ASSESSMENT OF AND REPORT ON [COUNTER-UAS SYSTEM] 
                   CAPABILITIES OF MILITARY FORCES OF UNITED 
                   STATES PARTNERS IN IRAQ.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall --
       (1) complete an assessment of--
       (A) the current state of [counter-UAS system (as defined in 
     section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) capabilities] 
     of military forces of United States partners in Iraq, 
     including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; and
       (B) the implications of such capabilities for the security 
     of the United States and United States partners against 
     attacks by unmanned aircraft systems (as defined in section 
     44801 of title 49, United States Code) in Iraq; and
       (2) submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on the findings of the assessment completed under paragraph 
     (1).
       (b) Elements.--The report submitted under subsection (a)(2) 
     shall include--
       (1) the current level of [counter-UAS system] training and 
     amount of equipment available to the military forces of 
     United States partners in Iraq, including in the Iraqi 
     Kurdistan Region;
       (2) a description of the type of additional training and 
     equipment needed to maximize the level of [counter-UAS 
     system] capabilities of such military forces;
       (3) an analysis of the availability of additional training 
     and equipment required to maximize such capabilities; and
       (4) any other matter the Secretary of Defense considers 
     appropriate.
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