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1 change to S. 1197 · shown in the bill's text

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  1. Adds SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE USE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE at the end of subtitle G of title X

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    In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

    (b) Limitation on Certain Actions.--The Secretary of the Air Force may not undertake any changes to the organization or control of the Eagle Vision system until 90 days after the date of the submittal to the congressional defense committees of the report required by subsection (a).

    Inserted: SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE USE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE.

    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 congressional defense committees a report on the use by the Department of undersea fiber-optic cables to transmit information. The report shall set forth the following:

    Inserted: (1) A description of the quantity, type, and sensitivity of information transmitted by the Department on undersea fiber-optic cables.

    Inserted: (2) A description of the degree to which foreign companies manufacture or service undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information.

    Inserted: (3) A list of companies, and their countries of origin, that manufacture and service undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information.

    Inserted: (4) An assessment of the vulnerabilities created when undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information are manufactured or serviced by foreign companies.

    Inserted: (5) An estimate of the extent to which the reliance of the Department on undersea fiber-optic cables to transmit information will increase over the next decade.

    Inserted: (6) An assessment of the health of the United States industrial base for the manufacture and servicing of undersea fiber-optic cables.

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

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

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SA 2113. Ms. AYOTTE (for herself and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 1197, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2014 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 G of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1066. REPORT ON UNDERSEA FIBER-OPTIC CABLE USE FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES WORLDWIDE.

(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 congressional defense committees a report on the use by the Department of undersea fiber-optic cables to transmit information. The report shall set forth the following:

(1) A description of the quantity, type, and sensitivity of information transmitted by the Department on undersea fiber-optic cables.

(2) A description of the degree to which foreign companies manufacture or service undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information.

(3) A list of companies, and their countries of origin, that manufacture and service undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information.

(4) An assessment of the vulnerabilities created when undersea fiber-optic cables used by the Department to transmit information are manufactured or serviced by foreign companies.

(5) An estimate of the extent to which the reliance of the Department on undersea fiber-optic cables to transmit information will increase over the next decade.

(6) An assessment of the health of the United States industrial base for the manufacture and servicing of undersea fiber-optic cables.

(b) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.

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November 18, 2013