S.Amdt. 379

SA 379. Mr. WICKER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 ON DUAL-MODALITY AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES.

(a) Report Required.--Not later than 120 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Navy, in
coordination with the Commander of United States Central
Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees
a report on the performance of dual-modality autonomous
vehicles being integrated, tested, and operated under the
direction of Task Force 59 and Task Force 52 of the United
States Naval Forces, Central Command.
(b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall
include the following elements:
(1) An assessment of the military utility of dual-modality
autonomous vehicles in providing new and additional military
capabilities.
(2) A summary of testing conducted with respect to such
vehicles as of the date on which the report is submitted.
(3) An outline of remaining development activities required
to mature the desired military capabilities provided by such
vehicles.
(4) A proposed profile of funding required to complete
development of, acquire, field, and sustain such vehicles.
(5) An outline of the likely acquisition strategy for such
vehicles.
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