Sec. 342. REPORT ON JOINT STRATEGY FOR READINESS AND TRAINING IN A C4ISR-DENIED ENVIRONMENT

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## SEC. 342 REPORT ON JOINT STRATEGY FOR READINESS AND TRAINING IN A C4ISR-DENIED ENVIRONMENT ###

(a)Report Required Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, shall submit to Congress a report on the readiness of the joint force to conduct operations in environments where there is no access to Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (in this section referred to as “C4ISR”) systems, including satellite communications, classified Internet protocol-based networks, and the Global Positioning System (in this section referred to as “GPS”). ###

(b)Contents of Report The report required by subsection

(a)shall include a description of the steps taken and planned to be taken— ####

(1)to identify likely threats to the C4ISR systems of the United States, including both weapons and those states with such capabilities as well as the most likely areas in which C4ISR systems could be at risk; ####

(2)to identify vulnerabilities to the C4ISR systems of the United States that could result in a C4ISR-denied environment; ####

(3)to determine how the Armed Forces should respond in order to reconstitute C4ISR systems, prevent further denial of C4ISR systems, and develop counter-attack capabilities; ####

(4)to determine which types of joint operations could be feasible in an environment in which access to C4ISR systems is restricted or denied; ####

(5)to conduct training and exercises for sustaining combat and logistics operations in C4ISR-denied environments; and ####

(6)to propose changes to current tactics, techniques, and procedures to prepare to operate in an environment in which C4ISR systems are degraded or denied for 48-hour, 7-day, 30-day, or 60-day periods. ###

(c)Joint Exercise Plan Required Based on the findings of the report required by subsection (a), the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff shall develop a roadmap and joint exercise plan for the joint force to operate in an environment where access to C4ISR systems, including satellite communications, classified Internet protocol-based networks, and the GPS network, is denied. The plan and joint exercise program shall include— ####

(1)the development of alternatives to satellite communications, classified Internet protocol-based networks, and GPS for logistics, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and combat operations; and ####

(2)methods to mitigate dependency on satellite communications, classified Internet protocol-based networks, and GPS; ####

(3)methods to protect vulnerable satellite communications, classified Internet protocol-based networks, and GPS; and ####

(4)a joint exercise and training plan to include fleet battle experiments, to enable the force to operate in a satellite communications, Internet protocol-based network, and GPS-denied environment. ###

(d)Form of Report The report required to be submitted by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.