Sec. 1665. GUAM INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM
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## SEC. 1665 GUAM INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM ###
(a)Architecture and Acquisition The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, and in coordination with the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, shall identify the architecture and acquisition approach for implementing a 360-degree integrated air and missile defense capability to defend the people, infrastructure, and territory of Guam from the scope and scale of advanced cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic missile threats that are expected to be fielded during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. ###
(b)Requirements The architecture identified under subsection
(a)shall have the ability to— ####
(1)integrate, while maintaining high kill chain performance against advanced threats, all applicable— #####
(A)multi-domain sensors that contribute substantively to track quality and track custody; #####
(B)interceptors; and #####
(C)command and control systems; ####
(2)address robust discrimination and electromagnetic compatibility with other sensors; ####
(3)engage directly, or coordinate engagements with other integrated air and missile defense systems, to defeat the spectrum of cruise, ballistic, and hypersonic threats expected to be fielded during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; ####
(4)leverage existing programs of record to expedite the development and deployment of the architecture during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, with an objective of achieving initial operating capability in 2025, including with respect to— #####
(A)the Aegis ballistic missile defense system; #####
(B)standard missile-3 and -6 variants; #####
(C)the terminal high altitude area defense system; #####
(D)the Patriot air and missile defense system; #####
(E)the integrated battle control system; and #####
(F)the lower tier air and missile defense sensor and other lower tier capabilities, as applicable; ####
(5)integrate future systems and interceptors, including directed energy-based kill systems, that will also have the capability to detect, track, and defeat hypersonic missiles in the glide and terminal phases, including integration of passive measures to protect assets in Guam; and ####
(6)incentivize competition within the acquisition of the architecture and rapid procurement and deployment wherever possible. ###
(c)Report Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the architecture and acquisition approach identified under subsection (a), including— ####
(1)an assessment of the development and implementation risks associated with each of the elements identified under subsection (b); and ####
(2)a plan for expending funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for such architecture. ###
(d)Limitation Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of Defense for the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, not more than 80 percent may be obligated or expended until the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees the report under subsection (c).