[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4245. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch) 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 D of title I, add the following:

     SEC. 150. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES 
                   ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING IN A GPS-DEGRADED 
                   ENVIRONMENT.

       (a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2022, the 
     Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, 
     Technology, and Logistics, in coordination with the Air 
     Combat Command, shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on--
       (1) the procurement of Global Positioning System (GPS) 
     jamming technologies that are training enablers for Air Force 
     pilots to operate in a GPS-degraded environment; and
       (2) the status of near-peer competitor efforts in the area 
     of active denial of GPS capabilities.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) An explanation of how narrow-beam directional GPS 
     jamming technology is a training enabler to pilots operating 
     in GPS-degraded environments.
       (2) The level of investment made by the Air Force in the 
     area of GPS jamming technology for training in GPS-degraded 
     environments.
       (3) A five-year plan, executable under the Program 
     Objective Memorandum of the Air Force for fiscal year 2022, 
     that will significantly advance the capabilities of the Air 
     Force to train pilots in GPS-degraded environments.
       (4) Recommendations for additional research and development 
     of GPS jamming technologies that will enable development of 
     Air Force capabilities and training in GPS-degraded 
     environments, including systems that--
       (A) can incorporate GPS jamming technology components that 
     the Air Force has already invested in;
       (B) leverage commercial-off-the-shelf technology to the 
     fullest extent possible;
       (C) use multiple sensors with a command and control that 
     fuses tracks;
       (D) possess automatic tracking capabilities that enable the 
     targeting of individual aircraft with a steerable GPS jamming 
     beam;
       (E) possess airspace deconfliction capabilities organic to 
     the command and control to ensure the safety of civilian or 
     other military aircraft; and
       (F) are highly mobile and capable of being rapidly deployed 
     to remote operational environment areas with minimal organic 
     support.
       (5) A presentation of current systems, research, 
     development, test, and evaluation of systems, procurement of 
     systems, and other activities or technologies of near-peer 
     competitors, including the People's Republic of China and the 
     Russian Federation, that are being carried out to provide the 
     capability to actively deny GPS-related technologies.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form.
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