S.Amdt. 1946

SA 1946. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1463 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill H.R. 1735, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2016 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:

Beginning on page 30, strike line 16 and all that follows
through page 33, line 13, and insert the following:
(a) In General.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated
by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2016
for research and development, design, construction,
procurement or advanced procurement of materials for the
Littoral Combat Ships designated as LCS 33 or subsequent, not
more than 75 percent may be obligated or expended until the
Secretary of the Navy submits to the Committees on Armed
Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives each
of the following:
(1) A Capabilities Based Assessment or equivalent report to
assess capability gaps and associated capability requirements
and risks for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship, which is
proposed to commence with LCS 33. This assessment or
equivalent report shall conform with the Joint Capabilities
Integration and Development System, including Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction 3170.01H.
(2) A certification that the Joint Requirements Oversight
Council has validated an updated Capabilities Development
Document for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship.
(3) A report describing the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship
modernization, which shall, at a minimum, include the
following elements:
(A) A description of capabilities that the LCS program
delivers, and a description of how these relate to the
characteristics of the future joint force identified in the
Capstone Concept for Joint Operations, concept of operations,
and integrated architecture documents.
(B) A summary of analyses and studies conducted on LCS
modernization.
(C) A concept of operations for LCS modernization ships at
the operational level and tactical level describing how they
integrate and synchronize with joint and combined forces to
achieve the Joint Force Commander's intent.
(D) A description of threat systems of potential
adversaries that are projected or assessed to reach initial
operational capability within 15 years against which the
lethality and survivability of the LCS should be determined.
(E) A plan and timeline for LCS modernization program
execution.
(F) A description of system capabilities required for LCS
modernization, including key performance parameters and key
system attributes.
(G) A plan for family of systems or systems of systems
synchronization.
(H) A plan for information technology and national security
systems supportability.
(I) A plan for intelligence supportability.
(J) A plan for electromagnetic environmental effects (E3)
and spectrum supportability.
(K) A description of assets required to achieve initial
operational capability (IOC) of an LCS modernization
increment.
(L) A schedule and initial operational capability and full
operational capability definitions.
(M) A description of doctrine, organization, training,
materiel, leadership, education, personnel, facilities, and
policy considerations.
(N) A description of other system attributes.
(4) A plan for future periodic combat systems upgrades,
which are necessary to ensure relevant capability throughout
the Littoral Combat Ship or Frigate class service lives,
using the process described in paragraph (3).
(b) Waiver.--The Secretary of the Navy may waive the
funding limitation under subsection (a) upon submission of a
determination to Congress that--
(1) application of the limitation would impede the timely
acquisition of LCS 33 or subsequent ships in a manner that
would undermine the national security of the United States;
and
(2) application of the limitation would result in a gap in
production or additional procurement costs;
(c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in subsection (b) shall
be construed as authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to not
submit the information required under paragraphs (1) through
(4) of subsection (a).
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