Sec. 1704. Assessment of acquisition objectives for Patriot air and missile defense battalions
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Congress finds the following: The unlawful Russian invasion of and war in Ukraine has highlighted the importance of lower tier air and missile defense capabilities in the European Area of Command. The emergency supplemental appropriations request by the President for the situation in Ukraine for fiscal year 2022 included funding for a 16th Patriot air and missile defense system battalion, which increases the long standing inventory requirement by one battalion. It is the sense of Congress that given the evolving cruise- and ballistic-missile threat from rogue nations and near-peer adversaries, particularly in regional scenarios, the Secretary of the Army should reassess the current battalion and interceptor acquisition objectives for the Patriot air and missile defense system to determine if 16 battalions and 3,376 Patriot advanced capability-3 missile segment enhancement missiles are still valid.
Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Army shall assess and validate the battalion and interceptor acquisition objectives, as of the date of the enactment of this Act, for the Patriot air and missile defense system and Patriot advanced capability-3 missile segment enhancement missiles. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary completes the assessment under subsection (b), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the assessment, including whether the acquisition objectives described in such subsection are valid or should be modified.
Subject to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, the Secretary of the Army may procure up to four additional Patriot air and missile defense battalions to achieve a total of up to 20 such battalions.