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Title I — Matters Relating to Increased Presence and Joint Force Lethality

H.R. 6613 · 116th Congress · Apr 23, 2020 · Lineage

I Matters Relating to Increased Presence and Joint Force Lethality

Sec. 101 Missile defense capability and defense radar

(a)
Integrated air and missile defense enhancements— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $77,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 for a permanent and persistent land-based integrated air and missile defense system and associated weapon delivery system on Guam.
(b)
Missile defense radar in Hawaii— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $162,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 for a homeland defense radar in Hawaii.
(c)
Missile Defense Agency— There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $312,813,000 for fiscal year 2021 for the Missile Defense Agency for operations and maintenance and research, development, test, and evaluation, for the Indo-Pacific region.

Sec. 102 Intelligence enhancements

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretaries of the military departments $378,557,000 for fiscal year for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capability to enhance indications and warnings, sensor packages, the development of future intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms, and interoperable processing, exploitation, and dissemination architectures, for the United States Indo-Pacific Command.

Sec. 103 Sense of Congress regarding rotational bomber presence

It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of the Air Force and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, should take immediate steps to retain and maintain a rotational bomber presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sec. 104 Increased undersea warfare capability

It is the sense of Congress that United States Indo-Pacific Command should maintain its advantage in undersea warfare and the Department of Defense should continue to make investments in additional attack submarines, munitions, and other anti-submarine warfare systems in the United States Indo-Pacific Command area of operations.

Sec. 105 Special Operations Command Joint Task Force Indo-Pacific

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense $6,300,000 for fiscal year 2021 for Special Operations Command Indo-Pacific to conduct information operations to support United States Indo-Pacific Command.

Sec. 106 Operation influence platform

(a)
In general— The Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command may carry out an operational influence platform that leverages social media and advanced online marketing techniques to counter misinformation and propaganda by malicious actors by delivering messages through traditional, digital, and emerging media in the Indo-Pacific region.
(b)
Briefing— Not later than February 1, 2021, the Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command or the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing on the implementation of this section.
(c)
Coordination— The Commander of United States Indo-Pacific Command or the Secretary of Defense and Joint Staff shall consult with the Secretary of State as appropriate to ensure that the operational influence platform is coordinated with other United States information statecraft initiatives and mechanisms, including the public diplomacy efforts of the Department of State, the counter propaganda and disinformation work of the Global Engagement Center, and relevant interagency coordination groups.

Sec. 107 Marine rotational forces

There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of the Navy $105,977,000 for fiscal year 2021 for the Marine Corps to support a Marine Unit Deployment Program and rotational presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

Sec. 108 Sense of Congress on long-range precision fires

It is the sense of Congress that each military department should continue developing long-range precision fires systems and develop a plan to posture the systems throughout the Indo-Pacific region, including with respect to both land-attack and anti-ship missiles to enhance joint force maneuver.