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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · S. 4638 (Reported in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1509

Sec. 1509. Resilience of position, navigation, and timing technologies and services

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Beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that any position, navigation, and timing technology and service procured or otherwise acquired by the Department of Defense on or after the date of the enactment of this Act shall have the ability to acquire, track, and provide accurate position, navigation, or timing information if L1 Signals and L2 Signals are jammed, spoofed, blocked, or subject to harmful interference. Subsection
(a)shall not be construed to prohibit the use of any position, navigation, and timing technology and service that is procured or otherwise acquired before the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force may each waive the requirement set forth in subsection
(a)if a position, navigation, or timing technology or service that is procured or otherwise acquired by the Department of Defense on or after the date of the enactment of this Act is determined necessary for national security. In this section: The term L1 Signal means a signal generated by a global navigation satellite system in the 1559 to 1610 megahertz band of electromagnetic spectrum. The term L2 Signal means a signal generated by a global navigation satellite system in the 1227.60 megahertz band of electromagnetic spectrum. The term position, navigation, and timing technology and service means a global navigation satellite system technology and service that enables positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities.
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