Sec. 1666. Report on Hawaii missile defense
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Congress makes the following findings: The budget justification materials submitted by the Secretary of Defense support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2023 effectively cancelled all activities for the Homeland Defense Radar—Hawaii due to ongoing reevaluation of the missile defense posture and sensor architecture in the area of responsibility of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. The budget justification materials submitted by the Secretary of Defense support of the budget of the President for fiscal year 2024 include $40,000,000 for the Hawaii Air Route Surveillance Radar Version 4 (ARSR-4), which is intended to address Department of Defense capability gaps driven by new threats and provide dual use for Hawaii for Air Traffic Control and weather monitoring .
Briefings provided by the Department of Defense indicated a very limited viewing area for this proposed radar, which does not support adequate warning or discrimination of threats, and the request for ARSR-4 does not include any effort associated with integrating the radar to the overall missile defense sensor architecture to support increased defensive capabilities for Hawaii. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the findings of the review conducted by the Secretary of the integrated air and missile defense sensor architecture of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, and specific programs of record which support additional sensor coverage for the state of Hawaii.
Such report shall include an identification of— the investments that should be made to increase the detection of nonballistic threats and improve the discrimination of ballistic missile threats, particularly with regards to Hawaii; and investments to integrate any sensors into the missile defense system to assist with protection of the State.