Bill > S2277

This bill requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a comprehensive report on risks to the Global Positioning System (GPS) and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services within one year of the bill's enactment. The report must analyze potential risks during conflicts involving the United States or its allies, including how competitor countries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea might degrade or deny GPS access. It mandates an assessment of the Department of Defense's current efforts to develop redundant GPS capabilities, including space-based and terrestrial-based technologies like quantum sensing, and evaluates the Space Force's Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program's capacity to enhance satellite resilience. The bill also requires a framework for developing a full-scale terrestrial-based GPS redundancy system that could be operational within 15 years. The report will be submitted in an unclassified format with a possible classified annex to appropriate congressional committees, which include key defense, intelligence, and homeland security committees from both the Senate and House of Representatives. The bill defines "United States allies" as NATO members, major non-NATO allies, and Taiwan.

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