To improve section 212, relating to governance of fifth-generation wireless networking in the Department of Defense.

SA 2370. Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. Thune, Mr. Gardner, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Lee) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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:

In section 212, strike subsection (c) and insert the
following:
(c) Cross-functional Team for Fifth-generation Wireless
Networking.--
(1) Establishment required.--The Secretary of Defense
shall, in accordance with section 911(c) of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law
114-328; 10 U.S.C. 111 note), establish a cross-functional
team for fifth-generation wireless networking in order--
(A) to advance the adoption of commercially available next
generation wireless communication technologies, capabilities,
security, and applications by the Department of Defense and
the defense industrial base; and
(B) to support public-private partnership between the
Department and industry regarding fifth-generation wireless
networking.
(2) Purpose.--The purpose of the cross-functional team
established pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be the--
(A) oversight of the implementation of the strategy
developed as required by section 254 of the National Defense
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92)
for harnessing fifth-generation wireless networking
technologies, coordinated across all relevant elements of the
Department;
(B) coordination of research and development,
implementation and acquisition activities, warfighting
concept development, spectrum policy, industrial policy and
commercial outreach and partnership relating to fifth-
generation wireless networking in the Department, and
interagency and international engagement;
(C) integration of the Department's fifth-generation
wireless networking programs and policies with major
Department initiatives, programs, and policies surrounding
secure microelectronics and command and control; and
(D) oversight, coordination, execution, and leadership of
initiatives to advance fifth-generation wireless network
technologies and associated applications developed for the
Department.
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