[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 21, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4929]
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SA 5545. Mr. LANKFORD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe)
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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 F of title XII, add the following:
SEC. 1276. SECURITY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES AT COUNTER-UAS
TRAINING ACADEMY.
(a) Sense of Congress.--Congress--
(1) supports the Department of Defense's decision to
establish the Counter-UAS Training Academy at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma (in this section referred to as the ``C-UAS
Academy'');
(2) believes the C-UAS Academy will play an important role
in synchronizing training on counter-drone tactics across the
military services;
(3) recognizes the important role of the C-UAS Academy in
the military education and training of foreign partners on
counter-unmanned aircraft systems operations; and
(4) encourages the Department of Defense to utilize the C-
UAS Academy to expand such efforts.
(b) Briefing on Security Cooperation Efforts.--Not later
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary of Defense shall brief the Committee on Armed
Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of
the House of Representatives on how the Department of Defense
intends to bolster security cooperation activities with
allies and partners at the C-UAS Academy, including an
identification of any shortfalls in resourcing or gaps in
authorities that could inhibit these security cooperation
efforts.
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