S.Amdt. 4137

SA 4137. Mr. HOEVEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2943, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2017 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 B of title II, add the following:

SEC. 221. ENHANCEMENT OF SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN THE ARCTIC
USING RQ-4 GLOBAL HAWK AIRCRAFT.

(a) Report on Use To Enhance Situational Awareness.--Not
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to the
Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of
Representatives a report on the use of RQ-4 Global Hawk
aircraft to increase situational awareness in the Arctic.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) A description of the ability of the Air Force to
fulfill the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
requirements of the combatant commands in the Arctic
(2) An assessment of the ability of RQ-4 Global Hawk
aircraft to provide capabilities necessary to meet the
requirements described in paragraph (1).
(3) An assessment whether the capabilities of RQ-4 Global
Hawk aircraft identified pursuant to paragraph (2) could be
employed in the Arctic while the RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft is
being flown for training purposes.
(4) A description of any efforts to enable the RQ-4 Global
Hawk aircraft to conduct missions in the Arctic within
existing satellite communications capacity.
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