Sec. 1606. Prohibition on use of certain non-allied positioning, navigation, and timing systems
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During the period beginning not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2018, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Armed Forces and each element of the Department of Defense do not use a non-allied positioning, navigation, and timing system or service provided by such a system. The Secretary may waive the prohibition in subsection
(a)if— the Secretary determines that the waiver is— in the national security interest of the United States; and necessary to mitigate exigent operational concerns; the Secretary notifies, in writing, the appropriate congressional committees of such waiver; and a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date of such notification. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Director of National Intelligence shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees an assessment of the risks to national security and to the operations and plans of the Department of Defense from using a non-allied positioning, navigation, and timing system or service provided by such a system. Such assessment shall— address risks regarding— espionage, counterintelligence, and targeting; the use of the Global Positioning System by allies and partners of the United States and others; and harmful interference to the Global Positioning System; and include any other matters the Secretary, the Chairman, and the Director determine appropriate. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The term non-allied positioning, navigation, and timing system means any of the following systems: The Beidou system. The Glonass global navigation satellite system.