[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 205 (Monday, November 29, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8792-S8793]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4855. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr. 
Reed 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 C of title XII, add the following:

     SEC. 1224. ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTER-UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS 
                   (UAS) CAPABILITY OF PARTNER FORCES IN IRAQ.

       (a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the 
     Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary 
     of State, shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, 
     and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
     Representatives an assessment of--
       (1) the current state of counter-UAS capability of partner 
     forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; and
       (2) its implications for the security of United States and 
     partner forces in the region against UAS attack.

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       (b) Elements.--The assessment required by subsection (a) 
     shall include descriptions of--
       (1) the current level of counter-UAS training and equipment 
     available to partner forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi 
     Kurdistan Region;
       (2) the type of additional training and equipment needed to 
     maximize the level of counter-UAS capability of partner 
     forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region;
       (3) the availability of additional training and equipment 
     required to maximize partner forces' counter-UAS capability;
       (4) an assessment of the current and anticipated threat 
     from UAS systems to Iraqi and coalition security forces to 
     determine the appropriate level of requirements for counter-
     UAS systems and training; and
       (5) any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines 
     appropriate.
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