S.Amdt. 6315

SA 6315. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2027 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 A of title III, add the following:

SEC. 302. POINT DEFENSE BATTLE LAB (PDBL) PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Of the amounts made available by this Act
for the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance,
Air Force Operating Forces, Air Operations Training,
$10,000,000 shall be made available for the Point Defense
Battle Lab (PDBL) program.
(b) Air Combat Command Funding.--Of the amounts made
available by subsection (a) for the Point Defense Battle Lab
(PDBL) program, $5,000,000 shall be made available to the
National Guard Bureau for operation and maintenance
procurement and operational activities in conjunction with
Air Combat Command (ACC).
(c) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available by this section
should be utilized to support the National Guard Bureau in
pursuing necessary upgrades to test and training facilities
to best complement the counter-UAS mission set of the active-
duty component conducting PDBL on behalf of ACC.
(d) Budget.--In order to help Congress consider future
funding priorities of ACC and NGB in the counter-UAS mission
context, not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall
submit to Congress a detailed budget and execution milestones
for the PDBL program.
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