S.Amdt. 3995

SA 3995. Ms. ERNST 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1224. ASSESSMENT OF AND REPORT ON [COUNTER-UAS SYSTEM]
CAPABILITIES OF MILITARY FORCES OF UNITED
STATES PARTNERS IN IRAQ.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the
Secretary of Defense shall --
(1) complete an assessment of--
(A) the current state of [counter-UAS system (as defined in
section 44801 of title 49, United States Code) capabilities]
of military forces of United States partners in Iraq,
including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; and
(B) the implications of such capabilities for the security
of the United States and United States partners against
attacks by unmanned aircraft systems (as defined in section
44801 of title 49, United States Code) in Iraq; and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the findings of the assessment completed under paragraph
(1).
(b) Elements.--The report submitted under subsection (a)(2)
shall include--
(1) the current level of [counter-UAS system] training and
amount of equipment available to the military forces of
United States partners in Iraq, including in the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region;
(2) a description of the type of additional training and
equipment needed to maximize the level of [counter-UAS
system] capabilities of such military forces;
(3) an analysis of the availability of additional training
and equipment required to maximize such capabilities; and
(4) any other matter the Secretary of Defense considers
appropriate.
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