,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjbe ,mr4
 ,mullin 7for himself and ,mr4 ,wittman7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,armed
 ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to direct the   
,secretary of the ,air ,force to carry  
out a capability demonstration project  
to obtain a resilient positioning1      
navigation1 and timing capability       
demonstration1 and for other purposes4  
#a4  ,short title  ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,resilient ,low ,earth     
,orbit ,positioning1 ,navigation1 and   
,timing ,act or the ,resilient ,,leo    
,,pnt ,act4  #b4  ,commercial ,low      
,earth ,orbit ,resilient ,positioning1  
,navigation1 and ,timing ,capability    
,demonstration and ,pathfinder ,program 
7a7  ,pathfinder ,program  ,subject to  
the availability of appropriations for  
such purpose1 the ,secretary of the ,air
 ,force shall carry out a capability    
demonstration project1 to be known as   

the ,commercial ,low ,earth ,orbit      
,resilient ,positioning1 ,navigation1   
and ,timing ,capability ,demonstration  
in accordance with this section4  7b7   
,contract with covered service provider 
7#a7  ,selection  ,as soon as           
practicable after the date of the       
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall--  7,a7 develop a list of covered 
service providers that can carry out a  
capability demonstration project with   
the technical capabilities described in 
subsection 7c72 and  7,b7 seek to award 
a contract to at least one such covered 
service provider4  7#b7  ,contract  ,the
 contract awarded to a covered service  
provider under this subsection shall    
provide that such covered service       
provider carry out a capability         
demonstration project with the technical
 capabilities described in subsection   
7c7 not later than #ah months after the 
date of the award of such contract4  7c7
  ,technical ,capabilities  ,the        
capability demonstration delivered under

 subsection 7b77#b7 shall demonstrate a 
satellite system that has--  7#a7 the   
ability to operate in the absence of    
,global ,positioning ,system services2  
7#b7 compatibility with user equipment  
that uses the civilian ,global          
,positioning ,system ,l#a or ,l#e       
services without performing hardware    
modifications of receiver equipment2    
7#c7 greater resistance to jamming and  
spoofing threats compared to existing   
,global ,positioning ,system services1  
to an extent determined by the          
,secretary2  7#d7 the ability to provide
 timing accuracy of less than #aj       
nanoseconds and position accuracy of    
less than #cj centimeters for stationary
 and mobile users2 and  7#e7 the ability
 to restore service if some or all      
satellites in the satellite system are  
disabled1 in a cadence as determined by 
the ,secretary that substantially       
decreases the time to service           
restoration compared to what is possible
 under existing ,global ,positioning    

,system service4  7d7  ,evaluation  ,the
 ,secretary shall evaluate the covered  
service providers for the purposes of   
developing the list of covered service  
providers under subsection 7b77#a7 based
 on the requirements in section 7c7 and 
the following factors3  7#a7 ,a         
demonstrated commercial business case4  
7#b7 ,technological readiness of space  
and ground network operations4  7#c7    
,technological readiness of user        
equipment4  7#d7 ,feasibility of rapidly
 manufacturing satellites for           
deployment4  7#e7 ,the requisite        
authorization by the ,federal           
,communications ,commission4  7e7       
,follow-,on production contract or      
transaction  ,not later than #ahj days  
after a determination by the ,secretary 
that the capability demonstration       
project has been successfully completed1
 the ,secretary shall1 to the extent    
practicable1 award a follow-on          
production contract or transaction 7as  
defined in section #djbb of title #aj1  

,united ,states ,code7 to at least one  
covered service provider that carried   
out such successful capability          
demonstration project for the purpose of
 achieving operational deployment as    
determined by the ,secretary4  7f7      
,briefing and report  ,not later than   
two years after the date of the         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary  
shall provide a briefing and submit a   
report to the ,committees on ,armed     
,services of the ,house of              
,representatives and the ,senate on the 
capability demonstration project        
described in this section that          
includes--  7#a7 the list of covered    
service providers developed under       
subsection 7b77#a72  7#b7 an assessment 
of such providers and how the capability
 demonstration offered by each          
demonstrates the technical capabilities 
listed in subsection 7c72  7#c7 the     
results of the pathfinder capability    
demonstration2 and  7#d7 a strategy and 
timeline for deploying the system       

demonstration by the capability         
demonstration project to operational    
scale4  7g7  ,definitions  ,in this     
section3 7#a7 ,the term capability      
demonstration project means a prototype 
project pursuant to section #djbb of    
title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code1 that  
demonstrates resilient positioning1     
navigation1 and timing capabilities by a
 low earth orbit system of satellites4  
7#b7 ,the term covered service provider 
means a commercial entity that--  7,a7  
has its principal office located in the 
,united ,states2 and  7,b7 provides low 
earth orbit positioning1 navigation1 and
 timing services4  7#c7 ,the term       
nanosecond means a nanosecond in        
,universal ,coordinated ,time1 as       
maintained by the ,united ,states ,naval
 ,observatory 7,,utc7,,usno774