Sec. 1617. Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of Global Positioning System
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During fiscal year 2018, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Homeland Security (referred to in this section as the Secretaries ) shall jointly develop a plan for carrying out a backup GPS capability demonstration. The plan shall— be based on the results of the study conducted under section 1618 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 130 Stat. 2595); and include the activities that the Secretaries determine necessary to carry out such demonstration.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the plan developed under subsection (a). The briefing shall include— identification of the sectors that would be expected to participate in the backup GPS capability demonstration described in the plan; an estimate of the costs of implementing the demonstration in each sector identified in paragraph (1); and an explanation of the extent to which the demonstration may be carried out with the funds appropriated for such purpose.
Subject to the availability of appropriations and beginning not earlier than the day after the date on which the briefing is provided under subsection (b), the Secretaries shall jointly initiate the backup GPS capability demonstration to the extent described under subsection (b)(3). The authority to carry out the backup GPS capability demonstration under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date that is 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the backup GPS capability demonstration carried out under subsection
(c)that includes— a description of the opportunities and challenges learned from such demonstration; and a description of the next actions the Secretaries determine appropriate to backup and complement the positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of the Global Positioning System for national security and critical infrastructure, including, at a minimum, the timeline and funding required to issue a request for proposals for such capabilities. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section for fiscal year 2018 not more than $10,000,000 for the Department of Defense, as specified in the funding tables in division D. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate. The term backup GPS capability demonstration means a proof-of-concept demonstration of capabilities to backup and complement the positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of the Global Positioning System for national security and critical infrastructure.
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Demonstration of backup and complementary positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities of Global Positioning System
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