S.Amdt. 4855

SA 4855. Ms. DUCKWORTH (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 3867 proposed by Mr.
Reed 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 C of title XII, add the following:

SEC. 1224. ASSESSMENT OF THE COUNTER-UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS
(UAS) CAPABILITY OF PARTNER FORCES IN IRAQ.

(a) In General.--Not later than March 1, 2022, the
Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary
of State, shall submit to the congressional defense
committees, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate,
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives an assessment of--
(1) the current state of counter-UAS capability of partner
forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region; and
(2) its implications for the security of United States and
partner forces in the region against UAS attack.

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(b) Elements.--The assessment required by subsection (a)
shall include descriptions of--
(1) the current level of counter-UAS training and equipment
available to partner forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region;
(2) the type of additional training and equipment needed to
maximize the level of counter-UAS capability of partner
forces in Iraq, including in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region;
(3) the availability of additional training and equipment
required to maximize partner forces' counter-UAS capability;
(4) an assessment of the current and anticipated threat
from UAS systems to Iraqi and coalition security forces to
determine the appropriate level of requirements for counter-
UAS systems and training; and
(5) any other matters the Secretary of Defense determines
appropriate.
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