[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8044]
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  SA 4524. Mr. OSSOFF 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ON UNMANNED UNDERSEA 
                   VEHICLES.

       Not later than June 30, 2022, the Secretary of the Navy 
     shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate 
     and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
     Representatives a report that includes the following:
       (1) Detailed plans of the Navy for basing Navy unmanned 
     undersea vehicles and planned or potential unmanned undersea 
     vehicle squadrons, including the infrastructure, personnel, 
     and logistical requirements for the testing, evaluation, 
     docking, and maintenance of such vehicles.
       (2) An examination of the merits of locating the vehicles 
     and squadrons described in paragraph (1) at sites undergoing 
     retrofitting, renovation, and upgrades in support of the 
     transition from Ohio-class submarines to Columbia-class 
     submarines.
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