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Text of Senate Amendment 5845

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On 2026-06-17, Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) delivered a floor speech titled "Text Of Senate Amendment 5845" in the Senate.

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Text of Senate Amendment 5845

Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2906] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5845. Mr. KIM 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the following: SEC. 3__. STUDY ON READINESS OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FOR AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ATTACK. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent study of the readiness of three covered military installations for an unmanned aircraft system attack on military personnel and infrastructure at such installations and the resilience of such installations to such attack. (b) Requirements for Study.--In carrying out the study required under subsection (a) at a covered military installation, the federally funded research and development center with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement to carry out the study at such installation shall-- (1) detail the current capabilities of such installation to deter an unmanned aircraft system attack and any gap in such capabilities; and (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings with respect to such study. (c) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) at each covered military installation shall include the following: (1) An assessment of future threats to military installations from unmanned aircraft systems and other drone- like warfare. (2) An identification of counter-unmanned aircraft system capacities that already exist at the installation. (3) An identification of the counter-unmanned aircraft system capacities that are needed at the installation. (d) Swarm Attack Exercises.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require that swarm attack exercises be conducted to assess the readiness and security of covered military installations selected for purposes of the study under subsection (a) and to evaluate the ability of such installations to perform critical missions during an ongoing unmanned aircraft system attack. (2) Exclusion.--A swarm attack exercise conducted under paragraph (1) may exclude, if technically feasible, housing areas, commissaries, exchanges, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities. (3) Policy and schedule for exercises.--The Secretary of Defense shall-- (A) provide a uniform policy for the military departments and the Defense Agencies with respect to conducting swarm attack exercises under paragraph (1); and (B) through fiscal year 2036, establish a schedule of swarm attack exercises for the military departments and the Defense Agencies, with each military department and Defense Agency scheduled to conduct such an exercise on each covered military installation selected for purposes of the study under subsection (a) sufficient to allow that military department or Defense Agency to meet the goals of this section. (e) Production of Data.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency to conduct monitoring, measuring, and testing to produce the data necessary to comply with this section. (2) Provision of data.--Any data produced under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the Commander of the United States Northern Command upon request. (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the commencement of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study. (g) Covered Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered military installation'' means a military installation located in the continental United States. ______

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Text of Senate Amendment 5845 Congressional Record, Volume 172 Issue 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026) [Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 102 (Wednesday, June 17, 2026)] [Senate] [Page S2906] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 5845. Mr. KIM 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 appropriate place in title III, insert the following: SEC. 3__. STUDY ON READINESS OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES FOR AN UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM ATTACK. (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall enter into an agreement with a federally funded research and development center to conduct an independent study of the readiness of three covered military installations for an unmanned aircraft system attack on military personnel and infrastructure at such installations and the resilience of such installations to such attack. (b) Requirements for Study.--In carrying out the study required under subsection (a) at a covered military installation, the federally funded research and development center with which the Secretary has entered into an agreement to carry out the study at such installation shall-- (1) detail the current capabilities of such installation to deter an unmanned aircraft system attack and any gap in such capabilities; and (2) submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the findings with respect to such study. (c) Elements.--The study required by subsection (a) at each covered military installation shall include the following: (1) An assessment of future threats to military installations from unmanned aircraft systems and other drone- like warfare. (2) An identification of counter-unmanned aircraft system capacities that already exist at the installation. (3) An identification of the counter-unmanned aircraft system capacities that are needed at the installation. (d) Swarm Attack Exercises.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require that swarm attack exercises be conducted to assess the readiness and security of covered military installations selected for purposes of the study under subsection (a) and to evaluate the ability of such installations to perform critical missions during an ongoing unmanned aircraft system attack. (2) Exclusion.--A swarm attack exercise conducted under paragraph (1) may exclude, if technically feasible, housing areas, commissaries, exchanges, and morale, welfare, and recreation facilities. (3) Policy and schedule for exercises.--The Secretary of Defense shall-- (A) provide a uniform policy for the military departments and the Defense Agencies with respect to conducting swarm attack exercises under paragraph (1); and (B) through fiscal year 2036, establish a schedule of swarm attack exercises for the military departments and the Defense Agencies, with each military department and Defense Agency scheduled to conduct such an exercise on each covered military installation selected for purposes of the study under subsection (a) sufficient to allow that military department or Defense Agency to meet the goals of this section. (e) Production of Data.-- (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall require the Secretary of each military department and the head of each Defense Agency to conduct monitoring, measuring, and testing to produce the data necessary to comply with this section. (2) Provision of data.--Any data produced under paragraph (1) shall be made available to the Commander of the United States Northern Command upon request. (f) Report.--Not later than one year after the commencement of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report on the results of the study. (g) Covered Military Installation Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered military installation'' means a military installation located in the continental United States. ______