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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10742 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10742
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on lessons the United
States Armed Forces may learn from defense innovations in the Russia-
Ukraine War, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 5, 2026
Mr. Krishnamoorthi (for himself and Mr. Vindman) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Defense to report on lessons the United
States Armed Forces may learn from defense innovations in the Russia-
Ukraine War, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Learning Effective Strategies and
Systems Optimization for National Security from Ukraine Act'' or the
``LESSONS from Ukraine Act''.
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DEFENSE INNOVATION LESSONS FROM RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR.
(a) Report.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on lessons the United
States Armed Forces may learn from defense innovations in the Russia-
Ukraine War.
(b) Elements.--The report under subsection (a) shall include the
following:
(1) A description of innovations in unmanned aircraft
systems, unmanned underwater vehicles, unmanned ground
vehicles, and unmanned surface vehicles arising from the war
specified in such subsection, including--
(A) defensive and offensive tactics involving such
aircraft and vehicles;
(B) the collection of intelligence in operational
settings using such aircraft and vehicles;
(C) logistics coordination for the operation and
maintenance of such aircraft and vehicles; and
(D) training for members of the Armed Forces
relating to such aircraft and vehicles.
(2) A description of innovations in electronic warfare,
capabilities to counter unmanned aircraft systems, and air
defense arising from such war, including implications for
jamming, spoofing, and layering air defense to counter unmanned
aircraft swarms.
(3) A description of the role of cyber warfare, including
cyber attacks on military and civilian infrastructure and
systems, during such war, and how such cyber warfare affected
military readiness and societal resilience.
(4) A description of innovations to bolster the resilience
of command, control, and communications in contested
environments (including environments in which technologies such
as GPS and satellite communications are unavailable) arising
from such war, and how the United States may bolster the
command, control, and communications resilience of the United
States in similarly contested environments.
(5) A description of methods by which Ukraine has expanded
the defense industrial base of Ukraine in connection with such
war, with a particular focus on the production of unmanned
aircraft and other unmanned vehicles and artillery shells, and
how Ukraine has decentralized manufacturing associated with
such defense industrial base to reduce production delays and
decrease risks associated with the enemy targeting a single
producer.
(6) A description of the implications of the proliferation
of unmanned aircraft and other unmanned vehicles in connection
with such war on the survivability of armor and armored
vehicles, and how armor and armored vehicles need to adapt as a
result of such proliferation.
(7) A description of how deception, decoys, traditional
camouflage, and signature management are used in connection
with such war for the purpose of masking asset and force
movement.
(8) A description of lessons arising from such war with
respect to medical evacuations, including delayed evacuations
and the potential for robotic or unmanned aircraft extractions
in environments saturated with unmanned aircraft.
(9) A plan to incorporate the innovations and lessons
referred to in paragraphs (1) through (8) into the doctrine and
training activities of the United States Armed Forces,
including a list of objectives, a timetable to meet such
objectives, and justifications for the selected objectives and
timetable.
(c) Form.--The report under subsection (a) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the congressional defense committees (as such
term is defined in section 101 of title 10, United
States Code); and
(B) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
of the House of Representatives and the Select
Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.
(2) The term ``unmanned aircraft system'' has the meaning
given such term in section 130i of title 10, United States
Code.
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