Sec. 1671. Conventional prompt global strike
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Section 1697(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 ( Public Law 116–92 ; 133 Stat. 1791) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: The Secretary shall initiate such transfer of technologies to DDG–1000 class destroyers by not later than January 1, 2021. . Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on strategic hypersonic weapons. The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: A discussion of the authority to use strategic hypersonic weapons and if, and how, such authorities would be delegated to the commanders of the combatant commands or to the Chiefs of the Armed Forces. An assessment of escalation and miscalculation risks (including the risk that adversaries may detect initial launch but not reliably detect the entire boost-glide trajectory), how such risks will be addressed and minimized with regards to the use of strategic hypersonic weapons, and whether any risk escalation exercises have been conducted or are planned for the potential use of hypersonic weapons. A description of any updates needed to war plans with the introduction of strategic hypersonic weapons. Identification of the element of the Department of Defense that has responsibility for establishing targeting requirements for strategic hypersonic weapons. A description of how the requirements for land- and sea-based strategic hypersonic weapons will be addressed with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and how such requirements will be formally provided to the military departments procuring such weapons through an acquisition program described under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( 10 U.S.C. 2302 note). A basing strategy for land-based launch platforms and a description of the actions needed to be taken for future deployment of such platforms. The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. Except as provided by paragraph (3), not later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the conventional prompt global strike programs of the Army and the Navy, including— the total costs to the respective military departments for such programs; the strategy for such programs with respect to manning, training, and equipping, including cost estimates; and a testing strategy and schedule for such programs. Not later than 60 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall submit to the congressional defense committees a certification regarding the sufficiency, including any anomalies, with respect to— the total program costs of the conventional prompt global strike programs of the Army and the Navy; and the testing strategy for such programs. The requirement to submit a report under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary of Defense determines that the conventional prompt global strike programs of the Army and the Navy are unable to be acquired under the authority of section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( 10 U.S.C. 2302 note).
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