Text of Senate Amendment 6315

On 2026-06-24, Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 6315" in the Senate.

Text of Senate Amendment 6315

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S3448] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 6315. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title III, add the following: SEC. 302. POINT DEFENSE BATTLE LAB (PDBL) PROGRAM. (a) In General.--Of the amounts made available by this Act for the Department of Defense for Operation and Maintenance, Air Force Operating Forces, Air Operations Training, $10,000,000 shall be made available for the Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) program. (b) Air Combat Command Funding.--Of the amounts made available by subsection (a) for the Point Defense Battle Lab (PDBL) program, $5,000,000 shall be made available to the National Guard Bureau for operation and maintenance procurement and operational activities in conjunction with Air Combat Command (ACC). (c) Use of Funds.--Amounts made available by this section should be utilized to support the National Guard Bureau in pursuing necessary upgrades to test and training facilities to best complement the counter-UAS mission set of the active- duty component conducting PDBL on behalf of ACC. (d) Budget.--In order to help Congress consider future funding priorities of ACC and NGB in the counter-UAS mission context, not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force shall submit to Congress a detailed budget and execution milestones for the PDBL program. ______