[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5845. Mr. KIM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 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 in title III, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 3__. STUDY ON READINESS OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE 
                   CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FOR AN UNMANNED 
                   AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ATTACK.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and 
     development center to conduct an independent study of the 
     readiness of three covered military installations for an 
     unmanned aircraft system attack on military personnel and 
     infrastructure at such installations and the resilience of 
     such installations to such attack.
       (b) Requirements for Study.--In carrying out the study 
     required under subsection (a) at a covered military 
     installation, the federally funded research and development 
     center with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement 
     to carry out the study at such installation shall--
       (1) detail the current capabilities of such installation to 
     deter an unmanned aircraft system attack and any gap in such 
     capabilities; and
       (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     findings with respect to such study.
       (c) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) at each 
     covered military installation shall include the following:
       (1) An assessment of future threats to military 
     installations from unmanned aircraft systems and other drone-
     like warfare.
       (2) An identification of counter-unmanned aircraft system 
     capacities that already exist at the installation.
       (3) An identification of the counter-unmanned aircraft 
     system capacities that are needed at the installation.
       (d) Swarm Attack Exercises.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require 
     that swarm attack exercises be conducted to assess the 
     readiness and security of covered military installations 
     selected for purposes of the study under subsection (a) and 
     to evaluate the ability of such installations to perform 
     critical missions during an ongoing unmanned aircraft system 
     attack.
       (2) Exclusion.--A swarm attack exercise conducted under 
     paragraph (1) may exclude, if technically feasible, housing 
     areas, commissaries, exchanges, and morale, welfare, and 
     recreation facilities.
       (3) Policy and schedule for exercises.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall--
       (A) provide a uniform policy for the military departments 
     and the Defense Agencies with respect to conducting swarm 
     attack exercises under paragraph (1); and
       (B) through fiscal year 2036, establish a schedule of swarm 
     attack exercises for the military departments and the Defense 
     Agencies, with each military department and Defense Agency 
     scheduled to conduct such an exercise on each covered 
     military installation selected for purposes of the study 
     under subsection (a) sufficient to allow that military 
     department or Defense Agency to meet the goals of this 
     section.
       (e) Production of Data.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the 
     Secretary of each military department and the head of each 
     Defense Agency to conduct monitoring, measuring, and testing 
     to produce the data necessary to comply with this section.
       (2) Provision of data.--Any data produced under paragraph 
     (1) shall be made available to the Commander of the United 
     States Northern Command upon request.
       (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the commencement 
     of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
     Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of 
     the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the 
     results of the study.
       (g) Covered Military Installation Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``covered military installation'' means a 
     military installation located in the continental United 
     States.
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