S.Amdt. 4245

SA 4245. Mr. CRAPO (for himself and Mr. Risch) 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 D of title I, add the following:

SEC. 150. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON AIR FORCE CAPABILITIES
ASSOCIATED WITH OPERATING IN A GPS-DEGRADED
ENVIRONMENT.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than March 31, 2022, the
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, in coordination with the Air
Combat Command, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees a report on--
(1) the procurement of Global Positioning System (GPS)
jamming technologies that are training enablers for Air Force
pilots to operate in a GPS-degraded environment; and
(2) the status of near-peer competitor efforts in the area
of active denial of GPS capabilities.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following:
(1) An explanation of how narrow-beam directional GPS
jamming technology is a training enabler to pilots operating
in GPS-degraded environments.
(2) The level of investment made by the Air Force in the
area of GPS jamming technology for training in GPS-degraded
environments.
(3) A five-year plan, executable under the Program
Objective Memorandum of the Air Force for fiscal year 2022,
that will significantly advance the capabilities of the Air
Force to train pilots in GPS-degraded environments.
(4) Recommendations for additional research and development
of GPS jamming technologies that will enable development of
Air Force capabilities and training in GPS-degraded
environments, including systems that--
(A) can incorporate GPS jamming technology components that
the Air Force has already invested in;
(B) leverage commercial-off-the-shelf technology to the
fullest extent possible;
(C) use multiple sensors with a command and control that
fuses tracks;
(D) possess automatic tracking capabilities that enable the
targeting of individual aircraft with a steerable GPS jamming
beam;
(E) possess airspace deconfliction capabilities organic to
the command and control to ensure the safety of civilian or
other military aircraft; and
(F) are highly mobile and capable of being rapidly deployed
to remote operational environment areas with minimal organic
support.
(5) A presentation of current systems, research,
development, test, and evaluation of systems, procurement of
systems, and other activities or technologies of near-peer
competitors, including the People's Republic of China and the
Russian Federation, that are being carried out to provide the
capability to actively deny GPS-related technologies.
(c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be
submitted in unclassified form.
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