[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3448]
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  SA 6315. Mr. MORAN 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 end of subtitle A of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 302. POINT DEFENSE BATTLE LAB (PDBL) PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available by this Act 
     for the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance, 
     Air Force Operating Forces, Air Operations Training, 
     $10,000,000 shall be made available for the Point Defense 
     Battle Lab (PDBL) program.
       (b) Air Combat Command Funding.--Of the amounts made 
     available by subsection (a) for the Point Defense Battle Lab 
     (PDBL) program, $5,000,000 shall be made available to the 
     National Guard Bureau for operation and maintenance 
     procurement and operational activities in conjunction with 
     Air Combat Command (ACC).
       (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available by this section 
     should be utilized to support the National Guard Bureau in 
     pursuing necessary upgrades to test and training facilities 
     to best complement the counter-UAS mission set of the active-
     duty component conducting PDBL on behalf of ACC.
       (d) Budget.--In order to help Congress consider future 
     funding priorities of ACC and NGB in the counter-UAS mission 
     context, not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
     submit to Congress a detailed budget and execution milestones 
     for the PDBL program.
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