Sec. 1058. Assessment of Department of Defense electromagnetic spectrum warfare enterprise

838 words·~4 min read·/bill/115/hr/5515/rh/section-1058·

A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.

The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall develop a plan, and the estimated cost and schedule of implementing the plan, to conduct joint campaign modeling and wargaming for joint electromagnetic spectrum operations. Such plan shall include each of the following: The capabilities and capacity, and the associated governance and command and control architecture design, required to effectively employ military forces designated to conduct multi-domain electromagnetic spectrum operations of the Department of Defense. The fiscal and manpower resources required to carry out paragraph

(1)and to inform the budget requests of the Department of Defense. The sufficiency of experimentation, testing, and training infrastructure, ranges, instrumentation, and threat simulators required to support the development of electromagnetic spectrum capabilities. The sufficiency and overall effectiveness of electromagnetic spectrum operations to inform joint adaptive planning activities. All level 3 and level 4 contingency plans (as such plans are described in Joint Publication 5-0 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, entitled Joint Planning and dated June 16, 2017). Not later than February 18, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the plan developed under subsection (a). The report required by paragraph

(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Not later than February 5, 2019, and annually thereafter for each of the next five subsequent years, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the joint electromagnetic spectrum operations of the Department of Defense. Such briefing shall include each of the following: An update on the governance, organizational structure, and activities of the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee of the Department of Defense, as established by memorandum of the Deputy Secretary of Defense on March 17, 2015. An assessment of the progress in achieving the goals and objectives described in— the current strategy for the electromagnetic spectrum warfare enterprise issued by the Executive Committee; and Department of Defense Directive 3222.04, dated May 10, 2017. An assessment of the current readiness, sufficiency, unity of effort, and modernization of the joint military services with respect to joint electromagnetic spectrum capabilities and the ability of the joint military services to train and employ effectively in an electromagnetic spectrum warfare operational environment for all level 3 and level 4 contingency plans (as such plans are described in Joint Publication 5-0 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, entitled Joint Planning and dated June 16, 2017). The same information as is required to be submitted under section 1053(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 ( Public Law 111–84 ; 123 Stat. 2459). Each briefing required by paragraph

(1)shall be unclassified, but may include a classified presentation. Not later than February 25, 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall provide to the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing on the joint electromagnetic spectrum operations of the Department of Defense. Such briefing shall include each of the following: An update on the progress of the Department in implementing the pilot program authorized by section 234 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 ( Public Law 114–328 ; 10 U.S.C. 113 note). The progress of the Department in establishing and operationalizing joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cells at battle-management and command and control locations of the combatant commanders and designated joint task force commanders. The progress of the Department in establishing a network to connect an electromagnetic battle management system to multiple sensor and intelligence data feeds to implement electronic warfare battle management for networked electronic warfare and dynamic reprogramming with automated near real-time capabilities. The number of personnel assigned to joint electromagnetic spectrum operations mission activities, to include officers, enlisted members, and civilian personnel, set forth separately by career field designator and rank for each military service, combatant command, and defense agency. A comparison of commissioned officer promotion rates among the personnel described in paragraph (d), by grade, compared to the average promotion rates for commissioned officers, by grade, in each military service, over the five most recent promotion cycles that have been completed since the end of fiscal year 2018. An assessment of Department of Defense governance, organizational alignment, human capital, and other applicable resources responsible for the development, management, and implementation of joint electromagnetic spectrum policy, doctrine, concepts, requirements, capabilities, and operational activities. The briefing required by paragraph

(1)shall be unclassified, but may include a classified presentation. In this section: The term electromagnetic battle management means the dynamic monitoring, assessing, planning, and directing of joint electromagnetic spectrum operations in support of a military commander’s scheme of maneuver. The term joint electromagnetic spectrum operations means those activities consisting of electronic warfare and joint electromagnetic spectrum management operations used to exploit, attack, protect, and manage the electromagnetic operational environment to achieve a military commander’s objectives.

Connectionstraces to 2

Traces to 2 documents

public-private-law