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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5522 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out certain activities to ensure 

the readiness of the Department of Defense with respect to joint electromagnetic spectrum operations. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 16, 2018 

Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. PANETTA, and 

Mr. CARBAJAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Armed Services 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Defense to carry out certain 

activities to ensure the readiness of the Department of 

Defense with respect to joint electromagnetic spectrum 

operations. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Joint Electromagnetic 

5 Spectrum Operations Readiness Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 


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1 (1) Dominance of the electromagnetic spectrum 

2 is central to the success of the National Defense 

3 Strategy. 

4 (2) The efforts of the Department of Defense 

5 to restore its capability to dominate the electro6 magnetic spectrum against peer competitors must be 

7 accelerated. 

8 (3) Despite renewed interest by the Department 

9 of Defense and the military services in electronic 

10 warfare modernization, the efforts of the Depart11 ment lack joint coherence and the unified govern12 ance framework necessary to optimize and speed re13 search, procurement, sustainment, force develop14 ment, and joint interoperability. 

15 SEC. 3. JOINT CAMPAIGN MODELING CAPABILITY. 

16 The Secretary of Defense shall develop and imple17 ment a capability to conduct joint campaign modeling for 

18 joint electromagnetic spectrum operations. The capability 

19 shall be used— 

20 (1) to assess the overall effectiveness of such 

21 operations; 

22 (2) to assess the capability requirements and 

23 force sufficiency requirements for such operations; 

24 (3) to assess the requirements and resources 

25 necessary for electromagnetic battle management to 


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1 effectively command and control military capabilities 

2 required for the conduct of such operations; 

3 (4) to assess the requirements and resources 

4 necessary to provide coordinated assessment and fu5 sion of electromagnetic spectrum data and informa6 tion to the joint force required in order to command 

7 and control such operations; 

8 (5) to inform future budget requests of the De9 partment of Defense relating to such operations; and 

10 (6) to inform joint adaptive planning activities 

11 for such operations. 

12 SEC. 4. ASSESSMENT OF CAPABILITIES AND CAPACITY. 

13 The Secretary of Defense shall conduct an assess14 ment of required joint electromagnetic spectrum oper15 ations capabilities and capacity based on a review of all 

16 level 3 and level 4 contingency plans (as such plans are 

17 described in Joint Publication 5–0 of the Joint Chiefs of 

18 Staff, titled ‘‘Joint Planning’’ and dated June 16, 2017). 

19 SEC. 5. INTERIM REPORT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 31, 2019, 

21 the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional 

22 defense committees a report on the readiness of the De23 partment of Defense with respect to joint electromagnetic 

24 spectrum operations. 


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1 (b) REPORT DESCRIBED.—The report required under 

2 subsection (a) shall include— 

3 (1) recommendations regarding the amount of 

4 funding required to develop and implement the joint 

5 campaign modeling capability under section 3; 

6 (2) a copy of the capabilities and capacity as7 sessment conducted under section 4; 

8 (3) an assessment of the efficacy of existing 

9 Department of Defense ranges for experimentation, 

10 testing, and training of electromagnetic warfare ca11 pabilities, including recommendations regarding the 

12 amount of funds required to improve threat simula13 tors, instrumentation and data collection, and overall 

14 training utility to the extent necessary to achieve 

15 readiness in joint electromagnetic spectrum oper16 ations; 

17 (4) the number of personnel assigned to joint 

18 electromagnetic spectrum operations mission activi19 ties, including officers, enlisted members, and civil20 ian personnel, set forth separately by career field 

21 designator and rank for each military service, com22 batant command, and defense agency; 

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1 motion rates for commissioned officers, by grade, in 

2 each military service, over the five most recent pro3 motion cycles completed before the date on which 

4 the report is submitted; 

5 (6) a description of— 

6 (A) the progress of the Department in es7 tablishing and operationalizing joint electro8 magnetic spectrum operations cells at critical 

9 combatant command and joint task force loca10 tions; and 

11 (B) the resources needed to establish a 

12 network to connect an electromagnetic battle 

13 management system to multiple sensor and in14 telligence data feeds to implement electronic 

15 warfare battle management for networked elec16 tronic warfare and dynamic reprogramming 

17 with automated near real-time capabilities; and 

18 (7) an assessment of organizations, human cap19 ital, and other resources dedicated to the develop20 ment and management of joint electromagnetic spec21 trum operations policy, doctrine, concepts, require22 ments, capabilities, and activities, which shall in23 clude— 

24 (A) a review of the mission, alignment, ef25 fectiveness and resource efficiency of existing 


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1 joint organizations with responsibility for such 

2 operations such as the the Joint Electronic 

3 Warfare Center, the Joint Electromagnetic Pre4 paredness for Advanced Combat, the Joint 

5 Spectrum Center, the Joint Navigation Warfare 

6 Center, and the Electromagnetic Space Analysis 

7 Center; 

8 (B) a review of the offices within the Joint 

9 Staff and the Office of the Secretary of Defense 

10 with primary responsibility for joint electro11 magnetic spectrum policy and operations; and 

12 (C) recommendations for organizational 

13 changes to enhance coordination, effectiveness, 

14 and resource efficiency with respect to joint 

15 electromagnetic spectrum policy and operations 

16 across the Department of Defense. 

17 SEC. 6. ANNUAL REPORTS. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Together with budget of the 

19 President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of 

20 title 31, United States Code, for each of fiscal years 2020 

21 through 2024, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to 

22 the congressional defense committees— 

23 (1) an assessment of the readiness and mod24 ernization efforts of the Department of Defense with 


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1 respect to joint electromagnetic spectrum operations; 

2 and 

3 (2) a description of, and justification for, all 

4 funding requests relating to joint electromagnetic 

5 spectrum operations, including any funding requests 

6 for programs, activities, and personnel associated 

7 with such operations. 

8 (b) FORM.—Each report under subsection (a) shall 

9 be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a clas10 sified annex. 

11 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

12 In this Act: 

13 (1) The term ‘‘congressional defense commit14 tees’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

15 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 

16 (2) The term ‘‘electromagnetic battle manage17 ment’’ means the dynamic monitoring, assessing, 

18 planning, and directing of joint electromagnetic 

19 spectrum operations in support of a military com20 mander’s scheme of maneuver. 

21 (3) The term ‘‘joint electromagnetic spectrum 

22 operations’’ means those activities consisting of elec23 tronic warfare and joint electromagnetic spectrum 

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1 vironment to achieve a military commander’s objec2 tives. 

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