To require a report on the feasibility of establishing a United States military regional combatant command for Africa.

1. Adds SEC. 1066. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND FOR AFRICA at the end of subtitle G of title X

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   In S. 2766 · Public Print

   (b) Annual Reports.--Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter until the Federal Aviation Administration promulgates such policy, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services, Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the actions of the Department of Defense to support the development by the Federal Aviation Administration of a policy on the testing and operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in the National Airspace System.

   Inserted: SEC. 1066. REPORT ON FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING REGIONAL COMBATANT COMMAND FOR AFRICA.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives a report on the establishment of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa.

   Inserted: (b) Content.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include--

   Inserted: (1) a study on the feasibility and desirability of establishing of a United States Armed Forces regional combatant command for Africa;

   Inserted: (2) an assessment of the benefits and problems associated with establishing such a command; and

   Inserted: (3) an estimate of the costs, time, and resources needed to establish such a command.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle G of title X, insert the following:

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