[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7662]
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  SA 4209. Mr. PADILLA 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ___. REPORT ON COMMERCIAL TASKLESS DAILY GLOBAL IMAGERY.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after enactment, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 
     defense committees a report on commercial taskless daily 
     global imagery.
       (b) Contents.--At a minimum, the report required by 
     subsection (a) shall include the following:
       (1) A description of how the immediate procurement of 
     daily, actionable satellite imagery for intelligence, 
     surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISR), 
     complements existing or nonexistent manned and unmanned 
     intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and 
     reconnaissance assets for United States Special Operations 
     Command personnel conducting missions around the world.
       (2) An assessment of the value of having access to global 
     daily taskless satellite imagery, particularly in combatant 
     commands with austere and remote locations such as United 
     States Africa Command and United States Pacific Command, in 
     areas such as the following:
       (A) Global digital elevation or surface model (DEM) 
     generation.
       (B) Identification and analysis of mobility corridor 
     analysis and daily revisits.
       (C) Global identification of underground facility 
     signatures.
       (D) Identifying population and industrial growth.
       (E) Imagery partner sharing restrictions.
       (F) Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) data loading.
       (3) Identification of what intelligence, surveillance, 
     target acquisition, and reconnaissance gaps or shortfalls, 
     including any special operations-specific requirements, that 
     could be addressed through the use of commercial taskless 
     daily global imagery.
       (4) Such recommendation as the Secretary may have for 
     legislative or administrative action to enable greater access 
     to taskless daily global satellite imagery.
       (5) Such other matters as the Secretary considers 
     appropriate.
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