Sec. 1650. REPORT ON DEFENSE OF GUAM FROM INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE THREATS

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## SEC. 1650 REPORT ON DEFENSE OF GUAM FROM INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE THREATS ###

(a)Report Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing a study on the defense of Guam from integrated air and missile threats, including such threats from ballistic, hypersonic, and cruise missiles. ###

(b)Elements The report under subsection

(a)shall include the following: ####

(1)The identification of existing deployed land- and sea-based air and missile defense programs of record within the military departments and Defense Agencies, including with respect to interceptors, radars, and ground-, ship-, air,- and space-based sensors that could be used either alone or in coordination with other systems to counter the threats specified in subsection

(a)with an initial operational capability by 2025. ####

(2)A plan of how such programs would be used to counter such threats with an initial operational capability by 2025. ####

(3)A plan of which programs currently in development but not yet deployed could enhance or substitute for existing programs in countering such threats with an initial operational capability by 2025. ####

(4)An analysis of which military department, Defense Agency, or combatant command would have operational control of the mission to counter such threats. ####

(5)A cost analysis of the various options described in paragraphs

(1)and (3), including a breakdown of the cost of weapons systems considered under the various scenarios (including any costs to modify the systems), the cost benefits gained through economies of scale, and the cost of any military construction required. ####

(6)An analysis of the policy implications regarding deploying additional missile defense systems on Guam, and how such deployments could affect strategic stability, including likely responses from both rogue nations and near-peer competitors. ###

(c)Consultation The Secretary shall carry out this section in consultation with each of the following: ####

(1)The Director of the Missile Defense Agency. ####

(2)The Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command. ####

(3)The Commander of the United States Northern Command. ####

(4)The Commander of the United States Strategic Command. ####

(5)The Director of the Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense Organization. ####

(6)Any other official whom the Secretary of Defense determines for purposes of this section has significant technical, policy, or military expertise. ###

(d)Form The report submitted under subsection

(a)shall be in unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. ###

(e)Briefing Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees the report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to such committees a briefing on the report.