S.Amdt. 4524

SA 4524. Mr. OSSOFF 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, insert the following:

SEC. __. REPORT BY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ON UNMANNED UNDERSEA
VEHICLES.

Not later than June 30, 2022, the Secretary of the Navy
shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate
and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of
Representatives a report that includes the following:
(1) Detailed plans of the Navy for basing Navy unmanned
undersea vehicles and planned or potential unmanned undersea
vehicle squadrons, including the infrastructure, personnel,
and logistical requirements for the testing, evaluation,
docking, and maintenance of such vehicles.
(2) An examination of the merits of locating the vehicles
and squadrons described in paragraph (1) at sites undergoing
retrofitting, renovation, and upgrades in support of the
transition from Ohio-class submarines to Columbia-class
submarines.
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