S.Amdt. 4209

SA 4209. Mr. PADILLA 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. REPORT ON COMMERCIAL TASKLESS DAILY GLOBAL IMAGERY.

(a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after enactment, the
Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional
defense committees a report on commercial taskless daily
global imagery.
(b) Contents.--At a minimum, the report required by
subsection (a) shall include the following:
(1) A description of how the immediate procurement of
daily, actionable satellite imagery for intelligence,
surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance (ISR),
complements existing or nonexistent manned and unmanned
intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and
reconnaissance assets for United States Special Operations
Command personnel conducting missions around the world.
(2) An assessment of the value of having access to global
daily taskless satellite imagery, particularly in combatant
commands with austere and remote locations such as United
States Africa Command and United States Pacific Command, in
areas such as the following:
(A) Global digital elevation or surface model (DEM)
generation.
(B) Identification and analysis of mobility corridor
analysis and daily revisits.
(C) Global identification of underground facility
signatures.
(D) Identifying population and industrial growth.
(E) Imagery partner sharing restrictions.
(F) Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) data loading.
(3) Identification of what intelligence, surveillance,
target acquisition, and reconnaissance gaps or shortfalls,
including any special operations-specific requirements, that
could be addressed through the use of commercial taskless
daily global imagery.
(4) Such recommendation as the Secretary may have for
legislative or administrative action to enable greater access
to taskless daily global satellite imagery.
(5) Such other matters as the Secretary considers
appropriate.
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