Sec. 1022. REPORT ON ACQUISITION, DELIVERY, AND USE OF MOBILITY ASSETS THAT ENABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPEDITIONARY ADVANCED BASE OPERATIONS

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## SEC. 1022 REPORT ON ACQUISITION, DELIVERY, AND USE OF MOBILITY ASSETS THAT ENABLE IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPEDITIONARY ADVANCED BASE OPERATIONS ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report that includes a detailed description of each of the following: ####

(1)The doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities required to operate and maintain a force of 24 to 35 Light Amphibious Warships, including— #####

(A)the estimated timeline for procuring and delivering such warships; #####

(B)the estimated cost to procure, man, train, operate, maintain, and modernize such warships for each of the 10 years following the year in which the report is submitted, together with the notional Department of Defense appropriations account associated with each such cost; and #####

(C)the feasibility of accelerating the current Light Amphibius Warship procurement plan and delivery schedule. ####

(2)The specific number, type, and mix of manned and unmanned platforms required to support distributed maritime operations and expeditionary advanced base operations. ####

(3)The feasibility of Marine Littoral Regiments using other joint and interagency mobility platforms prior to, in addition to, or in lieu of the operational availability of Light Amphibious Warships, including— #####

(A)Army LCU-2000, Runnymede-class and General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessels; #####

(B)Navy LCU-1610 or LCU-1700, Landing Craft Air Cushioned, and Ship-to-Shore Connector vessels; #####

(C)commercial vessel options that— ######

(i)are available as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and ######

(ii)meet Marine Littoral Regiment requirements for movement, maneuver, sustainment, training, interoperability, and cargo capacity and delivery; #####

(D)maritime prepositioning force vessels; and #####

(E)Coast Guard vessels. ####

(4)The specific number, type, and mix of long range unmanned surface vessel platforms required to support distributed maritime operations, expeditionary advanced base operations, along with their operational interaction with the warfighting capabilities of the fleet, including— #####

(A)the estimated timeline for procuring and delivering such platforms; and #####

(B)the estimated cost to procure, man, train, operate, maintain, and modernize such platforms for each of the 10 years following the year in which the report is submitted, together with the notional Department of Defense appropriations account associated with each such cost. ####

(5)The feasibility of integrating Marine Littoral Regiments with— #####

(A)special operations activities; #####

(B)joint and interagency planning; #####

(C)information warfare operations; and #####

(D)command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and security cooperation activities. ####

(6)The projected cost and timeline for deploying Marine Littoral Regiments, including— #####

(A)the extent to which such regiments will deploy with the capabilities listed in paragraphs

(1)through

(5)during each of the 10 years following the year in which the report is submitted; and #####

(B)options to accelerate such deployments or increase the capabilities of such regiments if additional resources are available, together with a description of such resources. ###

(b)Form of Report The report required by subsection

(a)shall be submitted in a publicly accessible, unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex. ## Subtitle D Counterterrorism