Sec. 4514. Backup global positioning system
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This section may be cited as the . National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018 Chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: Subject to the availability of appropriations and not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018 , the Secretary shall establish a land-based, resilient, and reliable alternative timing system— to reduce critical dependencies on, and provide a complement to and backup for, the timing component of the Global Positioning System; and to ensure the availability of uncorrupted and non-degraded timing signals for military and civilian users in the event that GPS timing signals are corrupted, degraded, unreliable, or otherwise unavailable.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018 , the Secretary shall establish requirements for the procurement of a land-based complement to and backup for the timing component of GPS. The Secretary shall consider the following requirements for the system, to the degree practicable: Be wireless. Be terrestrial. Provide wide-area coverage. Be synchronized with coordinated universal time. Be resilient and extremely difficult to disrupt or degrade.
Be able to penetrate underground and inside buildings. Be capable of deployment to remote locations. Incorporate the expertise of the private sector with respect to development, building, and installation. Be interoperable with and complement other similar positioning, navigation, and timing systems, including enhanced long-range navigation systems and Nationwide Differential GPS systems. Be available for use by Federal and non-Federal government agencies for public purposes at no cost.
Be capable of adaptation and expansion to provide position and navigation capabilities. Incorporate the recommendations and next actions from any GPS back-up capability demonstration program initiated and completed by the Secretary, in coordination with other Federal agencies. Incorporate such other requirements determined necessary by the Secretary. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2018 , the Secretary shall provide to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a plan to implement the establishment of the system authorized by subsection (a).
Such plan shall describe the work necessary to provide a follow-on complementary and backup positioning and navigation capability. The Secretary of the department in which the Coast Guard is operating shall transfer, without reimbursement, to the Secretary to carry out this section the following: Notwithstanding section 914 of title 14, or any other provision of law, such infrastructure comprising the Long-Range Navigation (LORAN) system, including any real and personal property under the administrative control of the Coast Guard and used for the LORAN system, as the Secretary determines necessary for the purposes described in subsection (a).
Any funds specifically appropriated or made available for the purposes described in subsection (a), and such funds shall remain available until expended, without fiscal year limitation. Nothing in this subsection may be construed to limit the application of or otherwise affect section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9620(h) ). The Secretary shall assume all environmental compliance and restoration responsibilities and liabilities associated with real property transferred under paragraph (1)(A).
Federal agencies may not make commitments under this section (including cooperative agreements (as that term is defined under section 6305 of title 31), leases, service contracts, or any other type of commitment) unless funds are specifically provided for such purposes in advance in subsequent appropriations Acts, and only to the extent that the full extent of anticipated costs stemming from such commitments is recorded as an obligation up front and in full at the time it is made.
The Secretary shall use competitive procedures similar to those authorized under section 2667 of title 10 in selecting an entity to enter into an agreement to fulfill the purpose or this section. Prior to entering into any agreement under this subsection, the Secretary must determine that the use of such agreement is in the best financial interest of the Federal Government. In this section: The term entity means a non-Federal entity with the demonstrated technical expertise and requisite administrative and financial resources to meet any such terms and conditions as may be established by the Secretary.
The term GPS means the Global Positioning System. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Transportation. . The table of contents for chapter 3 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 312. Alternative timing system. .
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