,,ii #aaith ,,congress #b;d ,session ,s4 #dfcc ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #ba1 #bjbf,mr4 ,mc,cormick 7for himself and ,mr4 ,fetterman7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,armed ,services ,a ,,bill ,to require a strategy for the deployment1 employment1 integration1 exportability1 and scaling of unmanned and autonomous systems in the ,indo-,pacific region and the ,western ,hemisphere1 to strengthen homeland defense1 to support counter-narcotics and counter-trafficking operations1 and to increase ally and partner burden sharing1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,unmanned and ,autonomous ,systems ,strategy ,act of #bjbf4 #b4 ,strategy for deployment of unmanned and autonomous systems in ,indo-,pacific region and ,western ,hemisphere 7a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of ,defense1 in coordination with the officials specified in subsection 7b71 shall develop a strategy for the deployment1 employment1 integration1 sustainment1 exportability1 and scaling of unmanned and autonomous systems in the ,indo-,pacific region and the ,western ,hemisphere4 7b7 ,specified officials ,the officials specified in this subsection are the following3 7#a7 ,the ,commander of the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific ,command4 7#b7 ,the ,commander of the ,united ,states ,southern ,command4 7#c7 ,the ,commander of the ,united ,states ,northern ,command4 7#d7 ,the ,commandant of the ,coast ,guard4 7#e7 ,the head of the ,defense ,autonomous ,warfare ,group4 7#f7 ,the ,secretary of ,state4 7#g7 ,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security4 7#h7 ,the ,secretaries of the military departments4 7#i7 ,any other ,united ,states ,government official the ,secretary of ,defense considers appropriate4 7c7 ,elements ,the strategy required by subsection 7a7 shall include the following3 7#a7 ,an assessment of current capability gaps and operational requirements with respect to the deployment of unmanned and autonomous systems within the areas of responsibility of the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific ,command1 the ,united ,states ,southern ,command1 and the ,united ,states ,northern ,command1 including with respect to-- 7,a7 persistent maritime1 air1 littoral1 and undersea domain awareness2 7,b7 undersea surveillance and anti-submarine warfare2 7,c7 long-range strike and attritable systems2 7,d7 integration of artificial intelligence and decoy operations2 7,e7 counter-unmanned systems operations2 7,f7 logistics and communications relay2 7,g7 electronic warfare and signals intelligence collection2 7,h7 mine detect and defeat2 and 7,i7 ,united ,states homeland security missions to counter narcotics1 trafficking1 and transnational criminal organizations in the ,western ,hemisphere1 including such missions in support of maritime interdiction and detection-and-monitoring operations4 7#b7 ,an assessment of the scope of unmanned and autonomous systems that may be deployed across1 air1 surface1 and subsurface domains in the ,indo-,pacific region and the ,western ,hemisphere1 including-- 7,a7 an identification of-- 7i7 unmanned aircraft systems2 7ii7 small1 medium1 large1 and extra-large unmanned surface vessels2 7iii7 undersea vehicles1 including remotely operated and autonomous such vehicles2 and 7iv7 unmanned and autonomous systems platform attributes2 7,b7 the numbers of unmanned and autonomous systems1 unmanned undersea vehicles available for such deployment1 including remotely operated and autonomous vehicles2 and 7,c7 for each system identified under subparagraph 7,a7-- 7i7 an evaluation of capability for artificial intelligence integration and autonomy-enabled software2 7ii7 operational range1 time-on-station1 payload capacity1 autonomy levels1 and survivability2 and 7iii7 associated launch and recovery systems1 control stations1 communications links1 sensors1 payloads1 and modular mission packages1 and other operationally relevant performance parameters4 7#c7 ,an identification of prospective basing1 staging1 and forward deployment locations for ,,uas and ,,uuv systems within the areas of responsibility of the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific ,command1 the ,united ,states ,southern ,command1 and the ,united ,states ,northern ,command1 including an assessment of-- 7,a7 existing ,united ,states military installations and their capacity to support unmanned systems operations and long-term storage of such systems2 7,b7 partner country facilities and agreements necessary to enable forward deployment2 and 7,c7 at-sea and submarine-launched deployment concepts4 7#d7 ,an evaluation of the maturity and demonstrated operational suitability of endurance-enabling propulsion technologies1 including hybrid-electric propulsion1 with attention to efficiency1 reliability1 acoustic performance1 and sustainment considerations4 7#e7 ,a plan for cross-domain integration of ,,uas and ,,uuv systems into the broader joint force1 including enhancement of conventional weapon systems1 manned platforms1 artificial intelligence systems1 and command-and-control networks4 7#f7 ,a summary of ongoing experimentation1 prototyping1 and operational demonstrations1 including lessons learned from use by the ,united ,states ,indo-,pacific ,command and the ,united ,states ,special ,operations ,command4 7#g7 ,a plan for co-design1 co-development1 co-production1 and interoperability of unmanned systems with allies and partners1 with particular emphasis on-- 7,a7 ,australia1 ,israel1 ,japan1 the ,republic of ,korea1 ,taiwan1 and ,ukraine2 and 7,b7 partners under the ,advanced ,capabilities pillar of the ,,aukus partnership4 7#h7 ,an assessment of adversary unmanned systems capabilities and counter-unmanned systems threats1 and recommendations for measures to ensure survivability and mission effectiveness of ,united ,states and allied unmanned systems4 7#i7 ,a resource and procurement plan identifying near-term1 mid-term1 and long-term investments in ,,uas and ,,uuv programs required to execute such strategy1 including an identification of programs of record1 rapid acquisition pathways1 scalability and manufacturability1 supply chain vulnerabilities1 and commercial off-the-shelf options4 7#aj7 ,a plan for addressing supply chain dependencies and vulnerabilities for ,,uas and ,,uuv systems1 consistent with the requirements of the ,american ,security ,drone ,act of #bjbc 7,public ,law #aah-ca2 #acg ,stat4 #fia2 #da ,u4,s4,c4 note prec4 #cija71 as applicable1 to ensure that ,united ,states military unmanned systems are not dependent on components manufactured by entities subject to the influence or control of a covered foreign entity4 7#aa7 ,metrics and milestones for measuring the implementation and effectiveness of the strategy4 7d7 ,submission to ,congress ,not later than #ahj days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees 7as defined in section #aja of title #aj1 ,united ,states ,code7 the strategy developed under subsection 7a74 7e7 ,briefing ,not later than #a year after the date on which the strategy required by subsection 7a7 is submitted1 and annually thereafter through #bjcj1 the ,secretary of ,defense shall provide the congressional defense committees with a briefing on-- 7#a7 the status of implementation of the strategy2 7#b7 any changes in adversary unmanned systems capabilities or operational behavior that affect the strategy2 7#c7 progress on allied and partner co-development and interoperability initiatives2 7#d7 procurements1 deployments1 and exercises conducted in furtherance of the strategy2 and 7#e7 any recommended updates or modifications to the strategy4 7f7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,covered foreign entity ,the term covered foreign entity has the meaning given that term in section #ahbb of the ,national ,defense ,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year #bjbd 7,public ,law #aah-ca2 #aj ,u4,s4,c4 #dffa note74 7#b7 ,unmanned aircraft system2 ,,uas ,the terms unmanned aircraft system and ,,uas mean an unmanned aircraft and associated elements1 including communication links and the components that control the unmanned aircraft1 in accordance with section #ddhja of title #di1 ,united ,states ,code4 7#c7 ,unmanned undersea vehicle2 ,,uuv ,the terms unmanned undersea vehicle and ,,uuv mean an unmanned1 self-propelled vehicle that operates below the surface of the water1 including remotely operated vehicles and autonomous undersea vehicles4