Sec. 1685. POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING

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## SEC. 1685 POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING ###

(a)Quarterly Briefings on Implementation of Military-code Compliant GPS Receivers ####

(1)In general Not later than February 1, 2024, and quarterly thereafter until the date specified in paragraph (2), the Co-Chairs of the Council on Oversight of the Department of Defense Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Enterprise, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the status of the implementation of M-Code compliant GPS receivers through the Military GPS User Equipment program, including the status of increments 1 and 2 of such program and details regarding expected dates of M-Code compliance for all sea-, air, and land-based terminals across the platforms of each of the Armed Forces. ####

(2)Termination date The date specified in this paragraph is the date on which the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees certification that the increments 1 and 2 of the Military GPS User Equipment program have reached full operational capacity. ###

(b)Treatment of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency, Modifications, and Improvements Program The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment shall treat the Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Resiliency, Modifications, and Improvements program of the Air Force (Program Element 0604201F) as an acquisition category 1D program, and the authority to manage such program may not be delegated.