[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 198 (Monday, November 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8148-S8149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4623. Mr. YOUNG 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:


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        At the end of subtitle E of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 857. PILOT PROGRAM TO CREATE THREAT-RESPONSIVE 
                   ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) electronic warfare is an increasingly important 
     function in modern conflict, with advances made possible by 
     new microelectronics and software capabilities;
       (2) the Department of Defense pursues Electronic Warfare 
     capabilities mostly through investments in major defense 
     acquisition programs aligned around platforms, including 
     aircraft and ships, and the resulting capabilities are often 
     defensive in nature, focused on protecting the host platform; 
     and
       (3) there is substantial opportunity and need to deliver 
     electronic warfare capabilities focused on specific threats, 
     and responsive to related changes and opportunities.
       (b) Pilot Program.--
       (1) In general.--The Under Secretary of Acquisition and 
     Sustainment may establish a pilot program to create threat-
     responsive electronic warfare capabilities.
       (2) Focus.--The pilot program established under paragraph 
     (1) shall focus on the following objectives:
       (A) Selection of specific threats, including those relevant 
     to the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's Assault 
     Breaker II program.
       (B) Offensive electronic warfare capabilities.
       (C) Capabilities that cross multiple platforms, domains, or 
     mission systems.
       (D) Capabilities that may alter the conduct of existing 
     platform missions or roles.
       (3) Organization.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment may organize the pilot program 
     under its Platforms and Weapons Portfolio Manager function or 
     other suitable function cognizance and oversight of 
     Electronic warfare equities across the Department of Defense.
       (4) Acquisition.--To the extent feasible, capabilities 
     directed, coordinated, developed, or procured under this 
     pilot shall be inserted into existing weapons systems in the 
     sustainment phase of their lifecycle, reflecting a software-
     defined and threat-responsive approach.
       (5) Recommendations.--The Under Secretary of Defense for 
     Acquisition and Sustainment shall make recommendations on the 
     utility of organizing the funding and activities currently 
     aligned with hardware-centric program elements into one or 
     more portfolios organized according to functional needs in 
     accordance with objectives the pilot program.
       (c) Annual Briefing.--Not later than one year after the 
     date on which a pilot program is established under subsection 
     (b), and annually thereafter until the date that is five 
     years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall 
     submit to the congressional defense committees a briefing on 
     the pilot program.
       (d) Termination.--The pilot program shall terminate on the 
     date that is 5 years after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act.
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