To authorize additional amounts for new programs identified and requested by the Department of Defense as unforeseen, urgent, and high priority requirements, and to provide an offset.
What it does: 4 changes: adds 4 sectionsWhat it changes
4 changes to S. 3254 · all shown in the bill's text
Change 1: Adds SEC. 132. SPIDERNET/SPECTRAL WARRIOR HARDWARE at the end of subtitle C of title I
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It is the sense of Senate that, if the budget request of the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F-18 aircraft includes a request for funds for more than 13 new F-18 aircraft, the budget request of the Department of the Navy for fiscal year 2014 for F-35 aircraft should include a request for funds for not fewer than 6 F-35B aircraft and 4 F-35C aircraft, presuming that development, testing, and production of the F-35 aircraft are proceeding according to current plans.
Inserted: SEC. 132. SPIDERNET/SPECTRAL WARRIOR HARDWARE.
Inserted: (a) Additional Amount for Other Procurement, Navy.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by $2,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for other procurement, Navy, Satellite Communications, line 085, Satellite Communications Systems, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
Inserted: (b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to procure SPIDERNet/Spectral Warrior Hardware and installation in order to provide a cloud network for Spectral Warrior terminals in support of requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
Change 2: Adds SEC. 154. AC-130 AIRCRAFT ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRARED SENSORS at the end of subtitle E of title I
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(2) Sunset.--The requirement in paragraph (1) shall cease on the date the Shallow Water Combat Submersible has completed operational testing and has been found to be operationally effective and operationally suitable.
Inserted: SEC. 154. AC-130 AIRCRAFT ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRARED SENSORS.
Inserted: (a) Additional Amount for Procurement, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by $6,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for procurement, Defense-wide, other procurement programs, line 079, Combat mission requirements, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
Inserted: (b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to procure color electro-optical and infrared imaging sensors for AC-130 aircraft used by the United States Special Operations Command in ongoing contingency operations.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:
Change 3: Adds SEC. 216. RELOCATION OF C-BAND RADAR FROM ANTIGUA TO H.E. HOLT STATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO ENHANCE SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAPABILITIES at the end of subtitle B of title II
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(d) Construction of Authority.--The transfer authority in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
Inserted: SEC. 216. RELOCATION OF C-BAND RADAR FROM ANTIGUA TO H.E. HOLT STATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO ENHANCE SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAPABILITIES.
Inserted: To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 201 and available for research, development, test, and evaluation for Space Situation Awareness Systems (PE 0604425F) for System Development and Demonstration as specified in the funding table in section 4201, $3,000,000 may be obligated and expended for a new program for the relocation and research and development activities to enhance Space Situational Awareness capabilities through--
Inserted: (1) the repurposing of the C-Band Radar at Antigua;
Inserted: (2) the relocation of that radar to the H.E. Holt Station in Western Australia;
Inserted: (3) upgrades of the hardware and software of that radar to meet Space Situational Awareness mission needs;
Inserted: (4) operational testing of that radar; and
Inserted: (5) transfer of jurisdiction of that radar to the Air Force Space Command for operations and sustainment by September 30, 2016.
Inserted: SEC. 217. DETAILED DIGITAL RADIO FREQUENCY MODULATION COUNTERMEASURES STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS.
Inserted: (a) Additional Amount for RDT&E, Army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 201 is hereby increased by $38,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, for system development and demonstration (PE 0605457A) Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), as specified in the funding table in section 4201.
Inserted: (b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to conduct detailed digital radio frequency modulation (DRFM) countermeasures studies and simulations to develop algorithms to address this threat change in support of the accelerated fielding of a new capability in Patriot, Sentinel, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) for the requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
Change 4: Adds SEC. 1005. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND 2013 FUNDS at the end of subtitle A of title X
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(D) Department of Defense document O-1 for operation and maintenance accounts for fiscal year 2013, for which purpose the term "program, project, or activity" means the budget activity account and sub account for the program, project, or activity as submitted in such document O-1.
Inserted: SEC. 1005. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND 2013 FUNDS.
Inserted: (a) Transfer Authorized.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Defense may transfer from fiscal year 2012 and 2013 procurement or research, development, test, and evaluation accounts an aggregate of $46,000,000 to be available for the additional authorizations in sections 132, 154, and 217.
Inserted: (b) Covered Funds.--In subsection (a), the term "fiscal year 2012 and 2013 procurement or research, development, test, and evaluation accounts" means--
Inserted: (1) amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 by sections 101 and 201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) and available as specified in the funding tables in sections 4101 and 4201 of that Act for Army tactical bridging, BLIN-133, $12.5 million; Army C-RAM, BLIN-90, 158 million; Army non-system training devices, BLIN-182, $9.8 million; Defense wide 12/14 VSSOCOM C-150 modifications, $4.0 million; Defense wide 12/14 combat mission requirements, $4.2 million.
Inserted: (c) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made from one account to another under the authority of this section shall be deemed to change the amount authorized for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
Inserted: (d) Construction of Authority.--The transfer authority in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
Original wording
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:
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As printed
At the end of subtitle C of title I, add the following:
SEC. 132. SPIDERNET/SPECTRAL WARRIOR HARDWARE.
(a) Additional Amount for Other Procurement, Navy.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by $2,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for other procurement, Navy, Satellite Communications, line 085, Satellite Communications Systems, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
(b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to procure SPIDERNet/Spectral Warrior Hardware and installation in order to provide a cloud network for Spectral Warrior terminals in support of requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands.
At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:
SEC. 154. AC-130 AIRCRAFT ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND INFRARED SENSORS.
(a) Additional Amount for Procurement, Defense-wide.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 101 is hereby increased by $6,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for procurement, Defense-wide, other procurement programs, line 079, Combat mission requirements, as specified in the funding table in section 4101.
(b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to procure color electro-optical and infrared imaging sensors for AC-130 aircraft used by the United States Special Operations Command in ongoing contingency operations.
At the end of subtitle B of title II, add the following:
SEC. 216. RELOCATION OF C-BAND RADAR FROM ANTIGUA TO H.E. HOLT STATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA TO ENHANCE SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS CAPABILITIES.
To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 201 and available for research, development, test, and evaluation for Space Situation Awareness Systems (PE 0604425F) for System Development and Demonstration as specified in the funding table in section 4201, $3,000,000 may be obligated and expended for a new program for the relocation and research and development activities to enhance Space Situational Awareness capabilities through--
(1) the repurposing of the C-Band Radar at Antigua;
(2) the relocation of that radar to the H.E. Holt Station in Western Australia;
(3) upgrades of the hardware and software of that radar to meet Space Situational Awareness mission needs;
(4) operational testing of that radar; and
(5) transfer of jurisdiction of that radar to the Air Force Space Command for operations and sustainment by September 30, 2016.
SEC. 217. DETAILED DIGITAL RADIO FREQUENCY MODULATION COUNTERMEASURES STUDIES AND SIMULATIONS.
(a) Additional Amount for RDT&E, Army.--The amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2013 by section 201 is hereby increased by $38,000,000, with the amount of the increase to be available for amounts authorized to be appropriated by that section and available for research, development, test, and evaluation, Army, for system development and demonstration (PE 0605457A) Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (AIAMD), as specified in the funding table in section 4201.
(b) Availability of Amount.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the amount authorized and made available by subsection (a) may be obligated and expended for a new program to conduct detailed digital radio frequency modulation (DRFM) countermeasures studies and simulations to develop algorithms to address this threat change in support of the accelerated fielding of a new capability in Patriot, Sentinel, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) for the requirements of the commanders of the combatant commands.
At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the following:
SEC. 1005. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2012 AND 2013 FUNDS.
(a) Transfer Authorized.--To the extent provided in appropriations Acts, the Secretary of Defense may transfer from fiscal year 2012 and 2013 procurement or research, development, test, and evaluation accounts an aggregate of $46,000,000 to be available for the additional authorizations in sections 132, 154, and 217.
(b) Covered Funds.--In subsection (a), the term “fiscal year 2012 and 2013 procurement or research, development, test, and evaluation accounts” means--
(1) amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2012 by sections 101 and 201 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81) and available as specified in the funding tables in sections 4101 and 4201 of that Act for Army tactical bridging, BLIN-133, $12.5 million; Army C-RAM, BLIN-90, 158 million; Army non-system training devices, BLIN-182, $9.8 million; Defense wide 12/14 VSSOCOM C-150 modifications, $4.0 million; Defense wide 12/14 combat mission requirements, $4.2 million.
(c) Effect on Authorization Amounts.--A transfer made from one account to another under the authority of this section shall be deemed to change the amount authorized for the account to which the amount is transferred by an amount equal to the amount transferred.
(d) Construction of Authority.--The transfer authority in this section is in addition to any other transfer authority provided in this Act.
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3091 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
December 3, 2012
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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 3091 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
December 3, 2012
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 3091 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain.
December 3, 2012
Amendment SA 3091 proposed by Senator Levin for Senator McCain. (consideration: CR S7324-7329) To authorize additional amounts for new programs identified and requested by the Department of Defense as unforeseen, urgent, and high priority requirements, and to provide an offset.
December 3, 2012
Amendment SA 3091 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S7326)
December 3, 2012
Senate amendment submitted
November 28, 2012