Sec. 1671. CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE
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## SEC. 1671 CONVENTIONAL PROMPT STRIKE ###
(a)Integration Section 1697(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (Public Law 116-92; 133 Stat. 1791) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “The Secretary shall initiate efforts to integrate such technologies to DDG-1000 class destroyers during fiscal year 2021.”. ###
(b)Report on Strategic Hypersonic Weapons ####
(1)Requirement Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on strategic hypersonic weapons. ####
(2)Matters included The report under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: #####
(A)A discussion of the authority and policy processes to use hypersonic weapons and if, and how, such authorities would be delegated to the commanders of the combatant commands or to the Chiefs of the Armed Forces. #####
(B)How escalation risks will be addressed with regards to the use of strategic hypersonic weapons, including— ######
(i)whether any risk escalation exercises have been conducted or are planned for the potential use of hypersonic weapons; and ######
(ii)an analysis of the escalation risks posed by foreign hypersonic systems that are potentially nuclear and conventional dual-use capable weapons. #####
(C)The potential target sets for hypersonic weapons envisioned as of the date of the report and the required mission planning to support targeting by the United States Strategic Command and other combatant commands. #####
(D)Identification of the process for the Department of Defense to establish targeting and release authority for conventional prompt strike hypersonic weapons. #####
(E)A description of how the requirements for land- and sea-based hypersonic weapons will be addressed with the Joint Requirements Oversight Council, and how such requirements will be formally provided to the military departments procuring such weapons through an acquisition program described under section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note). #####
(F)The required force structures, including necessary training, simulators, and range use needed by the Armed Forces, to support employment of such weapons against the classes of targets that will be held at risk. #####
(G)With respect to the force structure of the Navy— ######
(i)whether such weapons should be deployed on both submarines and surface combatants; and ######
(ii)the number of such vessels that need to be so equipped. #####
(H)A basing strategy for land-based launch platforms and a description of the actions needed to be taken for future deployment of such platforms. ####
(3)Form The report under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex. ###
(c)Annual Reports on Acquisition ####
(1)Army and navy programs Except as provided by paragraph (3), not later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of the Army and the Secretary of the Navy shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the long-range hypersonic weapon program of the Army and the conventional prompt strike program of the Navy, including— #####
(A)the total costs to the respective military departments for such programs; #####
(B)the strategy for such programs with respect to manning, training, and equipping, including cost estimates; and #####
(C)a testing strategy and schedule for such programs. ####
(2)Independent cost estimate Not later than 90 days after the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2022 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation shall submit to the congressional defense committees an independent cost estimate for the long-range hypersonic weapon program of the Army and the conventional prompt strike program of the Navy. ####
(3)Termination The requirement to submit a report under paragraph
(1)shall terminate on the date on which the Secretary of Defense determines that the long-range hypersonic weapon program of the Army and the conventional prompt strike program of the Navy are unable to be acquired under the authority of section 804 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 (10 U.S.C. 2302 note).
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