S.Amdt. 1929

SA 1929. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 D of title III, add the following:

SEC. 355. REPORT ON NON-PERMISSIVE, GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM
DENIED AIRFIELD CAPABILITIES.

(a) In General.--Not later than February 1, 2021, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report assessing the ability of each
combatant command to conduct all-weather, day-night airfield
operations in a non-permissive, global positioning system
denied environment.
(b) Elements.--The report required under subsection (a)
shall include, at a minimum, the following:
(1) An assessment of current air traffic control and
landing systems at existing airfields and contingency
airfields.
(2) An assessment of the ability of each combatant command
to conduct all-weather, day-night airfield flight operations
in a non-permissive, global positioning system denied
environment at existing and contingency airfields, including
aircraft tracking and precision landing.
(3) An assessment of the ability of each combatant command
to rapidly set up and conduct operations at alternate
airfields, including the ability to receive and deploy forces
in a non-permissive, global positioning system denied
environment.
(4) A list of backup systems in place or pre-positioned to
be able to reconstitute operations after an attack.
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