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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.-- This Act may be cited as the ``Tribal Government 
Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Office of tribal government homeland security.
Sec. 5. Report to congress.
Sec. 6. Authorization of appropriations.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and 
        the subsequent introduction of weapons grade anthrax into the 
        United States Postal System and Congressional office buildings 
        in Washington, D.C., the President and the Congress have worked 
        closely to respond to the need to rebuild and strengthen the 
        nation's public health, national security, and emergency 
        response systems.
            (2) Based on Article I, section 8 of the United States 
        Constitution, treaties, Federal statutes, and court decisions, 
        the United States has a unique historical and legal 
        relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native people, 
        which serves as the basis for the Federal Government's trust 
        responsibility and obligations. There are currently 558 
        federally-recognized Indian tribes in the United States, with 
        some 40 percent of Indian tribes located in the State of 
        Alaska. Indian tribes have principle responsibility for lands 
        and people within their jurisdiction.
            (3) Despite the government-to-government relationship 
        between Indian tribes and the United States, the United States 
        has failed to include and consult with Indian tribes with 
        regard to homeland security prevention, protection, and 
        response activities planning. Moreover, there are no specific 
        provisions for the Bureau of Indian Affairs or the Indian 
        Health Service to participate in homeland security programs and 
        funding.
            (4) Throughout many areas of the United States, facilities 
        operated, and services, activities and government functions 
        carried out, by Indian tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
        the Indian Health Service are the only sources available to 
        provide emergency health services, disaster response, and law 
        enforcement to the tribal and non-tribal community, thus 
        serving the role as ``first responders'' in the event of a 
        terrorist attack.
            (5) To provide for the public health and safety on tribal 
        lands and in the surrounding communities, it is imperative to 
        establish tribal participation in homeland security 
        initiatives. Indian tribes must be included in the national 
        strategy for homeland security and receive an appropriate share 
        of related funding.
            (6) The treatment of Indian tribes as State governments, as 
        appropriate, for developing funding methodologies, planning, 
        consultation, coordination, and for eligibility for grant 
        monies will ensure Indian tribes are adequately prepared to 
        respond to Homeland Security threats.
            (7) Indian tribes shall be treated as State, as 
        appropriate, for purposes of planning, consultation, 
        coordination, eligibility for grant monies and other purposes 
        to improve the United States capacity to prepare, prevent and 
        respond to terrorist activities.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To establish within the Department of Homeland Security 
        an office known as the Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (2) To authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
        appoint, in consultation with Indian tribes, a Director of 
        Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (3) To provide for more effective management of, and 
        accountability for the proper discharge of, the Secretary's 
        trust responsibility to Indian tribes and individual American 
        Indians and Alaska Natives by establishing in the Department of 
        Homeland Security an Office of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security.
            (4) To integrate and coordinate the efforts of the 
        Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to prepare 
        for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and recover from 
        terrorist attacks.
            (5) To provide strategic integration of the Homeland 
        Security activities of Indian tribes that will complement the 
        operational consolidation of the various directorates within 
        the Department.
            (6) To supplement the capacity of the Indian Health Service 
        and the Bureau of Indian Affairs to respond to the homeland 
        security needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
        jeopardizing the nonsecurity missions of the Indian Health 
        Service and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
            (7) To serve as an information clearinghouse and to enhance 
        the integration and coordination of Indian tribes and in the 
        activities of the Department of Homeland Security.
            (8) To establish an organizational framework within the 
        Department of Homeland Security through which the Federal 
        Government, Indian tribes, and State and local governments can 
        work effectively and collaboratively on public health and 
        safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
        protection of critical infrastructure.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

     In this Act:
            (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security.
            (2) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e)).
            (3) Office.--The term ``Office'' means the Office of Tribal 
        Government Homeland Security established in section 4.
            (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Homeland Security.

SEC. 4. OFFICE OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENT HOMELAND SECURITY.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
        Department of Homeland Security an office to be known as the 
        ``Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security''.
            (2) Director.--The Office shall be headed by a Director, 
        appointed by the Secretary in consultation with Indian tribes, 
        whose title shall be the Director of Tribal Government Homeland 
        Security. The Director shall be equal in pay and authority of 
        an Assistant Secretary.
    (b) Duties of Secretary; Director.--
            (1) Duties of the secretary.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) ensure the coordination of Federal programs 
                that provide assistance (including financial and 
                technical assistance) to eligible Indian tribes and 
                provide those governments with treatment as State 
                governments, as appropriate, for planning, 
                consultation, and coordination and for eligibility for 
                Federal grant monies and funds to improve capacity and 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities, and for other related purposes in and near 
                tribal communities;
                    (B) ensure Indian tribes are included in the 
                coordination activities of the Homeland Security 
                Department's Border and Transportation functions in the 
                same manner as State and local law enforcement 
                entities;
                    (C) ensure Indian tribes with jurisdiction over 
                lands adjacent to the Canadian and Mexican borders are 
                adequately prepared to help protect United States 
                borders, territorial waters, waterways, and other 
                transportation systems;
                    (D) ensure the broad spectrum of infrastructure 
                throughout Indian Country, including nuclear and 
                electrical power plants, water and sanitation 
                facilities, agricultural, food processing, oil, timber, 
                and other natural resources is adequately protected 
                against terrorist threats;
                    (E) ensure that Indian tribes are properly equipped 
                to prepare for, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities in the same manner as State and local 
                governments;
                    (F) provide Indian tribes the necessary equipment 
                for detection, protection, and decontamination in 
                emergencies involving weapons of mass destruction;
                    (G) provide Indian tribes with emergency 
                preparedness training and exercise programs and further 
                assistance for any emergency, including natural 
                disasters or disease;
                    (H) include Indian tribes in all facets of 
                research, development, resource assessment, and risk 
                analysis in the same manner as State and local 
                governments; and
                    (I) include Indian tribes, as appropriate, in the 
                coordination of the Homeland Security Department's 
                Immigration and Nationality functions in the same 
                manner as State and local law enforcement entities.
            (2) Duties of the director.--The Director shall--
                    (A) coordinate homeland security activities among 
                Indian tribes and related Federal agencies, including 
                integration and coordination of the efforts of the 
                Department of Homeland Security and Indian tribes to 
                prepare for, prevent, protect against, respond to, and 
                recover from terrorist attacks;
                    (B) provide strategic integration to complement the 
                operational consolidation of the various directorates 
                within the Department of Homeland Security, with 
                respect to Indian tribes;
                    (C) ensure that Indian tribes are included in the 
                gathering and analysis of terrorist threats and other 
                information in the same manner as Federal, State, and 
                local law enforcement entities;
                    (D) serve as the Secretary's key point of contact 
                for Indian tribes in need of assistance and information 
                homeland security grants for purposes of planning, 
                consultation, coordination, eligibility for grant 
                monies and other purposes to improve the United States 
                capacity to prepare, prevent and respond to terrorist 
                activities and to work with Indian tribes and executive 
                agencies in promoting homeland security;
                    (E) serve as the coordinating center intended to 
                facilitate communication between and integration with 
                Indian tribes and other Federal departments that have 
                homeland security responsibilities, including but not 
                limited to health surveillance, emergency preparation 
                and response, border security, critical infrastructure 
                protection, technology, and communication;
                    (F) establish a network through which the Federal 
                Government, Indian tribes, and State and local 
                governments work collaboratively on public health and 
                safety, terrorism detection, prevention, response, and 
                protection of critical infrastructure targets; and
                    (G) establish a mechanism for the distribution of 
                warnings and information to tribal communities.
    (c) Treatment of Indian Tribes as States.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall--
                    (A) treat Indian tribes as States, as appropriate, 
                for the purpose of homeland security consultation, 
                planning, coordination, bioterrorism preparedness, 
                prevention, and response, emergency preparedness and 
                response, border and transportation security, and for 
                other purposes related to protecting the homeland;
                    (B) include Indian tribes in funding methodologies 
                for purposes of allocating any financial resources; and
                    (C) support and facilitate the capacity necessary 
                for the Indian Health Service and Bureau of Indian 
                Affairs to respond to the homeland security needs of 
                American Indians and Alaska Natives, without 
                jeopardizing their non-security missions.
            (2) Discretionary authority.--The Secretary may delegate to 
        such Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security 
        activities within its respective jurisdiction.
    (d) Information Sharing.--The Secretary shall provide assistance to 
enhance information technology capabilities of Indian tribes and 
ensure--
            (1) the active participation of Indian tribes in the 
        coordination with Federal, State, and local governments and the 
        private sector as related to Homeland Security activities; and
            (2) provide Indian tribes access to the same type of 
        information being exchanged between Federal, State, and local 
        authorities for the purpose of providing government personnel, 
        agencies, and authorities, with appropriate intelligence 
        information, including warnings, regarding threats posed by 
        terrorism in a timely and secure manner.
    (e) Federal Grants.--
            (1) General eligibility.--Indian tribes shall be eligible 
        to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland 
        security-related Federal grant programs.
            (2) Authority to award grants.--The Secretary may award 
        grants to Indian tribes for the following purposes:
                    (A) Planning, consultation, and coordination to 
                improve infrastructure, to prevent terrorist 
                activities.
                    (B) Training and education of employees responsible 
                for public health, safety and emergency response 
                activities.
                    (C) Addressing communication gaps and 
                infrastructure needs related to homeland security.
                    (D) Increasing the capacity of Indian tribes to 
                help prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist 
                activities and other public health and safety 
                emergencies.
                    (E) Development of a comprehensive plan to help 
                prepare, prevent, and respond to terrorist activities 
                and other public health and safety emergencies.
                    (F) Implementation of plans to help prepare, 
                prevent, and respond to terrorist activities and other 
                public health and safety emergencies.
                    (G) The preparation of reports assessing the 
                emergency preparedness of Indian tribes, including an 
                assessment of Indian tribes' coordination with the 
                Department.
                    (H) Such other purposes related to the purposes of 
                this Act the Secretary considers appropriate.
    (f) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary shall--
            (1) directly or by contract, provide Indian tribes with 
        technical assistance in developing, implementing and managing 
        emergency response plans.
            (2) Ensure that legal, financial, and other expertise of 
        the Department of Homeland Security is made fully available in 
        an advisory capacity to Indian tribes to assist in the 
        development, implementation, and management of emergency 
        response plans.
            (3) Provide Department of Homeland Security programs 
        designed to provide legal, accounting, financial, or technical 
        assistance to eligible Indian tribes.
            (4) Facilitate cooperation with the heads of appropriate 
        Federal agencies working on Homeland Security initiatives.
            (5) Any other activity that the Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Director, considers appropriate to carry out this 
        section.
    (g) Assessment.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an assessment report 
detailing the baseline readiness of Indian tribes to the Committee on 
Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the 
House of Representatives. In addition to an assessment of baseline 
readiness, the report shall contain any legislative recommendations 
necessary to improve coordination and integration of Indian tribes in 
the National Homeland Security Strategy.
    (h) Reporting.--The Secretary shall determine the effectiveness of 
the Office through the preparation of reports assessing the emergency 
preparedness of Indian tribes, including an assessment of Indian 
tribes' coordination with the Department of Homeland Security.
    (i) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not provide assistance under 
this section for any activity related to the operation of a gaming 
activity on Indian lands pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 
(25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.).

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Director, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
Resources of the House of Representatives a report on the operation of 
the Office.
    (b) Contents of Report.--Each report prepared under subsection (a) 
shall include--
            (1) for the period covered by the report, a summary of the 
        activities conducted by the Secretary, in carrying out 
        subsections (b) through (h) of section 4; and
            (2) any recommendations for legislation that the Secretary, 
        in consultation with the Director, determines to be necessary 
        to carry out such sections.

SEC. 6. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

     There are authorized to be appropriated such sums are necessary to 
carry out this Act, to remain available until expended.

Output: Tribal Government Homeland Security Coordination and Integration Act - Establishes the Office of Tribal Government Homeland Security (Office) within the Department of Homeland Security. Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to appoint a Director to head the Office.

Prescribes the Secretary's and the Director's duties of coordination, infrastructure and equipment readiness, training, and inclusion of Indian tribes in homeland security preparedness. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to treat Indian tribes as states, as appropriate for the purpose of homeland security. Authorizes the Secretary to delegate to Indian tribes primary responsibility for homeland security activities within their respective jurisdictions. Requires the Secretary to integrate the roles of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Indian Health Services with regard to homeland security. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide assistance to enhance information technology capabilities of tribes and ensure the participation of Indian tribes in the coordination with federal, state, and local governments and the private sector as related to Homeland Security activities. 
 
 Declares Indian tribes to be eligible to apply for, receive, direct, and supervise any homeland security-related federal grant program. 
 
 Authorizes the Secretary to award grants to Indian tribes for specified homeland security purposes. 
 
 Requires the Secretary to provide Indian tribes with: (1) technical assistance in developing, implementing, and managing emergency response plans; (2) Department of Homeland Security expertise and programs; (3) the cooperation of the heads of appropriate Federal agencies; and (4) any other activity the Secretary considers appropriate to provide homeland security technical assistance to Indian tribes.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Immigration Services and 
Infrastructure Improvements Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Applications for naturalization have increased 
        dramatically in recent years, outpacing the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service's ability to process them.
            (2) The dramatic increase in applications for 
        naturalization and the inability of the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service to deal with them adequately has 
        resulted in an unacceptably large backlog in naturalization 
        adjudications.
            (3) The processing times in the Immigration and 
        Naturalization Service's other immigration benefits have been 
        unacceptably long. Applicants for family- and employment-based 
        visas are waiting as long as 3 to 4 years to obtain a visa or 
        an adjustment to lawful permanent resident status.
            (4) In California, the delays in processing adjustment of 
        status applications have averaged 52 months. In Texas, the 
        delays have averaged 69 months. Residents of New York have had 
        to wait up to 28 months; in Florida, 26 months; in Illinois, 37 
        months; in Oregon, 31 months; and in Arizona, 49 months. Most 
        other States have experienced unacceptably long processing and 
        adjudication delays.
            (5) Applicants pay fees to have their applications 
        adjudicated in a timely manner. These fees have increased 
        dramatically in recent years without a commensurate increase in 
        the capability of that Immigration and Naturalization Service 
        to process and adjudicate these cases in an efficient manner.
            (6) Processing these applications in a timely fashion is 
        critical. Each 12-month delay in adjudicating an adjustment of 
        status application requires the alien to file applications to 
        extend employment authorization to work and advance parole 
        documents to travel.
            (7) The enormous delays in processing applications for 
        families and businesses have had a negative impact on the 
        reunification of spouses and minor children and the ability of 
        law-abiding and contributing members of our communities to 
        participate fully in the civic life of the United States.
            (8) United States employers have also experienced 
        debilitating delays in hiring employees who contribute to the 
        economic growth of the United States. These delays have forced 
        employers to send highly skilled and valued employees out of 
        the United States because their immigrant petitions were not 
        approved in a timely fashion. Such disruptions seriously 
        threaten the competitive edge of the United States in the 
        global marketplace.
    (b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to--
            (1) provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service with 
        the mechanisms it needs to eliminate the current backlog in the 
        processing of immigration benefit applications within 1 year 
        after enactment of this Act and to maintain the elimination of 
        the backlog in future years; and
            (2) provide for regular congressional oversight of the 
        performance of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 
        eliminating the backlog and processing delays in immigration 
        benefits adjudications.
    (c) Policy.--It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an 
immigration benefit application should be completed not later than 180 
days after the initial filing of the application, except that a 
petition for a nonimmigrant visa under section 214(c) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act should be processed not later than 30 
days after the filing of the petition.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Backlog.--The term ``backlog'' means, with respect to 
        an immigration benefit application, the period of time in 
        excess of 180 days that such application has been pending 
        before the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
            (2) Immigration benefit application.--The term 
        ``immigration benefit application'' means any application or 
        petition to confer, certify, change, adjust, or extend any 
        status granted under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

SEC. 4. IMMIGRATION SERVICES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT ACCOUNT.

    (a) Authority of the Attorney General.--The Attorney General shall 
take such measures as may be necessary to--
            (1) reduce the backlog in the processing of immigration 
        benefit applications, with the objective of the total 
        elimination of the backlog not later than one year after the 
        date of enactment of this Act;
            (2) make such other improvements in the processing of 
        immigration benefit applications as may be necessary to ensure 
        that a backlog does not develop after such date; and
            (3) make such improvements in infrastructure as may be 
        necessary to effectively provide immigration services.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
        the Department of Justice from time to time such sums as may be 
        necessary for the Attorney General to carry out subsection (a).
            (2) Designation of account in treasury.--Amounts 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be referred to as 
        the ``Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements 
        Account''.
            (3) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
        to paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until 
        expended.
            (4) Limitation on expenditures.--None of the funds 
        appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be expended until 
        the report described in section 5(a) has been submitted to 
        Congress.

SEC. 5. REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Backlog Elimination Plan.--
            (1) Report required.--Not later than 90 days after the date 
        of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall submit a 
        report to the Committees on the Judiciary and Appropriations of 
        the Senate and the House of Representatives concerning--
                    (A) the backlogs in immigration benefit 
                applications in existence as of the date of enactment 
                of this Act; and
                    (B) the Attorney General's plan for eliminating 
                such backlogs.
            (2) Report elements.--The report shall include--
                    (A) an assessment of the data systems used in 
                adjudicating and reporting on the status of immigration 
                benefit applications, including--
                            (i) a description of the adequacy of 
                        existing computer hardware, computer software, 
                        and other mechanisms to comply with the 
                        adjudications and reporting requirements of 
                        this Act; and
                            (ii) a plan for implementing improvements 
                        to existing data systems to accomplish the 
                        purpose of this Act, as described in section 
                        2(b);
                    (B) a description of the quality controls to be put 
                into force to ensure timely, fair, accurate, and 
                complete processing and adjudication of such 
                applications;
                    (C) the elements specified in subsection (b)(2);
                    (D) an estimate of the amount of appropriated funds 
                that would be necessary in order to eliminate the 
                backlogs in each category of immigration benefit 
                applications described in subsection (b)(2); and
                    (E) a detailed plan on how the Attorney General 
                will use any funds in the Immigration Services and 
                Infrastructure Improvements Account to comply with the 
                purposes of this Act.
    (b) Annual Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Beginning 90 days after the end of the 
        first fiscal year for which any appropriation authorized by 
        section 4(b) is made, and 90 days after the end of each fiscal 
        year thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit a report to 
        the Committees on the Judiciary and Appropriations of the 
        Senate and the House of Representatives concerning the status 
        of--
                    (A) the Immigration Services and Infrastructure 
                Improvements Account including any unobligated balances 
                of appropriations in the Account; and
                    (B) the Attorney General's efforts to eliminate 
                backlogs in any immigration benefit application 
                described in paragraph (2).
            (2) Report elements.--The report shall include--
                    (A) State-by-State data on--
                            (i) the number of naturalization cases 
                        adjudicated in each quarter of each fiscal 
                        year;
                            (ii) the average processing time for 
                        naturalization applications;
                            (iii) the number of naturalization 
                        applications pending for up to 6 months, 12 
                        months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 48 
                        months or more;
                            (iv) estimated processing times 
                        adjudicating newly submitted naturalization 
                        applications;
                            (v) an analysis of the appropriate 
                        processing times for naturalization 
                        applications; and
                            (vi) the additional resources and process 
                        changes needed to eliminate the backlog for 
                        naturalization adjudications;
                    (B) the status of applications or, where 
                applicable, petitions described in subparagraph (C), by 
                Immigration and Naturalization Service district, 
                including--
                            (i) the number of cases adjudicated in each 
                        quarter of each fiscal year;
                            (ii) the average processing time for such 
                        applications or petitions;
                            (iii) the number of applications or 
                        petitions pending for up to 6 months, 12 
                        months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months, and 48 
                        months or more;
                            (iv) the estimated processing times 
                        adjudicating newly submitted applications or 
                        petitions;
                            (v) an analysis of the appropriate 
                        processing times for applications or petitions; 
                        and
                            (vi) a description of the additional 
                        resources and process changes needed to 
                        eliminate the backlog for such processing and 
                        adjudications; and
                    (C) a status report on--
                            (i) applications for adjustments of status 
                        to that of an alien lawfully admitted for 
                        permanent residence;
                            (ii) petitions for nonimmigrant visas under 
                        section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                        Act;
                            (iii) petitions filed under section 204 of 
                        such Act to classify aliens as immediate 
                        relatives or preference immigrants under 
                        section 203 of such Act;
                            (iv) applications for asylum under section 
                        208 of such Act;
                            (v) registrations for Temporary Protected 
                        Status under section 244 of such Act; and
                            (vi) a description of the additional 
                        resources and process changes needed to 
                        eliminate the backlog for such processing and 
                        adjudications.
            (3) Absence of appropriated funds.--In the event that no 
        funds are appropriated subject to section 4(b) in the fiscal 
        year in which this Act is enacted, the Attorney General shall 
        submit a report to Congress not later than 90 days after the 
        end of such fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
        containing the elements described in paragraph (2).

Output: Authorizes appropriations which shall be designated in the Treasury as the Immigration Services and Infrastructure Improvements Account.
Directs the Attorney General to make specified backlog elimination reports.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Electronic Warfare Capabilities 
Enhancement Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. FIELDING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM WARFARE SYSTEMS AND 
              ELECTRONIC WARFARE CAPABILITIES.

    Funds authorized to be appropriated for electromagnetic spectrum 
warfare systems and electronic warfare may be used for the development 
and fielding of electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic 
warfare capabilities.

SEC. 3. INCLUSION OF ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS IN THE RAPID 
              ACQUISITION AUTHORITY PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 806(c)(1) of the Bob Stump National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-314; 10 
U.S.C. 2302 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(D)(i) In the case of any supplies and associated support 
        services that, as determined in writing by the Secretary of 
        Defense without delegation, are urgently needed to eliminate a 
        deficiency in electronic warfare that if left unfilled is 
        likely to result in critical mission failure, the loss of life, 
        property destruction, or economic effects, the Secretary may 
        use the procedures developed under this section in order to 
        accomplish the rapid acquisition and deployment of needed 
        offensive or defensive electronic warfare capabilities, 
        supplies, and associated support services.
            ``(ii) The Secretary of Defense shall ensure, to the extent 
        practicable, that for the purposes of electronic warfare 
        acquisition, the Department of Defense shall consider use of 
        the following procedures:
                    ``(I) The rapid acquisition authority provided 
                under this section.
                    ``(II) Use of other transactions authority provided 
                under section 2371 of title 10, United States Code.
                    ``(III) The acquisition of commercial items using 
                simplified acquisition procedures.
                    ``(IV) The authority for procurement for 
                experimental purposes provided under section 2373 of 
                title 10, United States Code.
            ``(iii) In this subparagraph, the term `electronic warfare' 
        means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and 
        directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to 
        attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum 
        warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing 
        operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational 
        domain.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2373 of title 10, United States 
Code, is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and aeronautical 
        supplies'' and inserting ``, aeronautical supplies, and 
        electronic warfare''; and
            (2) by adding at the end of the following new subsection:
    ``(c) Electronic Warfare Defined.--The term `electronic warfare' 
means military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed 
energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, 
and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses 
military communications and sensing operations that occur in the 
electromagnetic operational domain.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE THE JOINT REQUIREMENTS OVERSIGHT COUNCIL 
              (JROC) FOR CERTAIN ELECTRONIC WARFARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Alternate Review.--The Secretary of Defense shall delegate to 
the Office of the Secretary of Defense's senior electronic warfare 
executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities 
Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare 
acquisition programs notwithstanding section 181 of title 10, United 
States Code.
    (b) JROC Appeal.--The Joint Requirements Oversight Council may 
appeal to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to review any program 
through the normal Joint Capabilities Integration and Development 
System process.

SEC. 5. ELECTRONIC WARFARE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS TO CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 270 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall 
submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with 
measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to 
the following metrics:
            (1) Progress on intra-service ground and air 
        interoperabilities.
            (2) Progress in streamlining the requirements, acquisition, 
        and budget process to further a rapid electronic warfare 
        acquisition process.
            (3) The efficiency and effectiveness of the acquisition 
        process for priority electronic warfare items.
            (4) The training methods and requirements of the military 
        services for training in contested electronic warfare 
        environments.
            (5) Capability gaps with respect to near-peer adversaries 
        identified pursuant to a capability gap assessment.
            (6) A joint strategy on achieving near real-time system 
        adaption to rapidly advancing modern digital electronics.
            (7) Progress on increasing innovative electromagnetic 
        spectrum warfighting methods and operational concepts that 
        provide advantages within the electromagnetic spectrum 
        operational domain.
    (b) Congressional Defense Committees Defined.--In this section, the 
term ``congressional defense committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives.


Output: Electronic Warfare Capabilities Enhancement Act of 2016 This bill permits the use of appropriations authorized for electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare in order to develop and field electromagnetic spectrum warfare systems and electronic warfare capabilities.  The Bob Stump National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 is amended to include electronic warfare programs in the rapid acquisition authority program. Electronic warfare is military action involving the use of electromagnetic and directed energy to control the electromagnetic spectrum or to attack the enemy, and includes electromagnetic spectrum warfare, which encompasses military communications and sensing operations that occur in the electromagnetic operational domain. The Department of Defense shall delegate to the senior electronic warfare executive the authority to review and validate all Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System documents for electronic warfare acquisition programs. The Electronic Warfare Executive Committee shall submit to the congressional defense committees a strategic plan with measurable and timely objectives to achieve its mission according to specified metrics.