S.Amdt. 3910Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)2nd degree
S.Amdt. 3910
Sponsored by
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
Submitted October 26, 2021
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October 26, 2021
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SA 3910. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 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 E of title VIII, add the following: SEC. 857. BRIEFING ON EXPANDED SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS CAPABILITY. The Secretary of Defense shall, not later than January 30, 2022, provide a briefing to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives on the evaluation of commercially available small unmanned aircraft systems (hereinafter referred to as ``sUAS'') with capabilities that align with the Department's priorities, including-- (1) the timing of the release of the updated list titled ``Blue sUAS 2.0'' of the Defense Innovation Unit that contains available fixed wing and multirotor commercial small unmanned aircraft systems compliant with section 848 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92); and (2) the advisability and feasibility of adding end-to-end sUAS solutions to such list, including the sUAS, supporting field management software, technical support, and training, all provided as an integrated collection and analysis capability. ______