S.Amdt. 1646

SA 1646. Mr. WARNER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1390, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 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:

On page 429, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1073. REPORT ON MODELING AND SIMULATION ACTIVITIES OF UNITED STATES JOINT FORCES COMMAND.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commander of the United States Joint Forces Command shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that describes current and planned efforts for cooperative modeling and simulation development activities with the private sector and other government organizations.

(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a) shall include the following:

(1) An identification of the current and planned outreach to industry, consortia, academia, State and Federal agencies, and international partners, including efforts to leverage the capabilities of these organizations to support Joint Forces Command missions.

(2) A description of current and planned utilization by the United States Joint Forces Command of public-private partnerships and other technology transfer activities to support development of modeling and simulation capabilities and to sustain a defense modeling and simulation industrial base.

(3) A description of United States Joint Forces Command efforts to coordinate with State and regional modeling and simulation capabilities existing in the public and private sector.

(4) A description of the joint, coalition, and inter-agency modeling and simulation activities in which the United States Joint Forces Command is participating.

(5) Additional resources or authorities required by the United States Joint Forces Command to promote the development of needed modeling and simulation capabilities through cooperative activities with the private sector or other government organizations.

(6) Other matters as deemed appropriate by the Commander of the United States Joint Forces Command.