S.Amdt. 4566

SA 4566. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her 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 XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1622. MARITIME INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND
RECONNAISSANCE CAPABILITIES FOR THE NAVY.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:

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(1) The Navy is on the verge of deploying the Triton
unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to the fleet.
(2) The Triton system performs maritime intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.
(3) The Air Force has already deployed a number of Global
Hawk remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), from which the Triton
system is derived.
(4) The Navy should acquire maritime intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities in an
economical manner.
(5) If the Navy determines that the maritime intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities currently
planned for the Triton system at initial operating capability
are not sufficient to meet its emerging needs for such
capabilities, the Navy should consider using off-the-shelf
technologies to fill such needs.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit
to the congressional defense committees a report setting
forth the following:
(1) An assessment of emerging threats for which maritime
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities
are a requirement.
(2) A description of the plans of the Navy plans to obtain
such capabilities to address that requirement.
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