S.Amdt. 3080

1. Adds SEC. 1064. REPORT ON CAPABILITIES TO RESPOND TO THREATS POSED TO DEPLOYED UNITED STATES FORCES AND INSTALLATIONS BY CRUISE MISSILES, AIRCRAFT, TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, ROCKETS, AND OTHER SURFACE MOVING TARGETS at the end of subtitle F of title X

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   In S. 3254 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Section 234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law 105-85; 111 Stat. 1664; 50 U.S.C. 2367) is repealed.

   Inserted: SEC. 1064. REPORT ON CAPABILITIES TO RESPOND TO THREATS POSED TO DEPLOYED UNITED STATES FORCES AND INSTALLATIONS BY CRUISE MISSILES, AIRCRAFT, TACTICAL BALLISTIC MISSILES, ROCKETS, AND OTHER SURFACE MOVING TARGETS.

   Inserted: (a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the capabilities of the Armed Forces to respond to threats posed to deployed United States forces and installations by cruise missiles, aircraft (including unmanned aerial vehicles), tactical ballistic missiles, large caliber rockets, and other surface moving targets.

   Inserted: (b) Elements.--The report shall include the following:

   Inserted: (1) A summary of the current unmet requirements of the combatant commands to respond to the threats described in subsection (a).

   Inserted: (2) A plan that, if implemented, would address current unmet requirements summarized under paragraph (1), including by--

   Inserted: (A) expeditiously addressing any gaps between the requirements summarized under paragraph (1) and current capabilities to meet such requirements; and

   Inserted: (B) ensuring that the capabilities of the Armed Forces keep abreast of such threats in the future, including through--

   Inserted: (i) the development and deployment of persistent surveillance and tracking systems that rapidly share fire control data to extend the effective engagement ranges of various platforms;

   Inserted: (ii) the integration of such systems into current and future strategic plans for the defense of forward deployed United States forces; and

   Inserted: (iii) the use of cost assessments by the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation to obtain comparative assessments of the costs of existing capabilities with the costs of systems in development and time to field.

   Inserted: (c) Form.--The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

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