USC Chapter 136

USC Chapter 136
in effect

10 U.S.C. § 2281 Global Positioning System

(a) Sustainment and Operation for Military Purposes.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the sustainment of the capabilities of the Global Positioning System (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “GPS”), and the operation of basic GPS services, that are beneficial for the national security interests of the United States. In doing so, the Secretary shall—(1) develop appropriate measures for preventing hostile use of the GPS so as to make it unnecessary for the Secretary to use the selective availability feature of the system continuously while not hindering the use of the GPS by the United States and its allies for military purposes; and (2) ensure that United States armed forces have the capability to use the GPS effectively despite hostile attempts to prevent the use of the system by such forces. (b) Sustainment and Operation for Civilian Purposes.—The Secretary of Defense shall provide for the sustainment and operation of the GPS Standard Positioning Service for peaceful civil, commercial, and scientific uses on a continuous worldwide basis free of direct user fees. In doing so, the Secretary—(1) shall provide for the sustainment and operation of the GPS Standard Positioning Service in order to meet the performance requirements of the Federal Radionavigation Plan prepared jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation pursuant to subsection (c); (2) shall coordinate with the Secretary of Transportation regarding the development and implementation by the Government of augmentations to the basic GPS that achieve or enhance uses of the system in support of transportation; (3) shall coordinate with the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Trade Representative, and other appropriate officials to facilitate the development of new and expanded civil and commercial uses for the GPS; (4) shall develop measures for preventing hostile use of the GPS in a particular area without hindering peaceful civil use of the system elsewhere; and (5) may not agree to any restriction on the Global Positioning System proposed by the head of a department or agency of the United States outside the Department of Defense in the exercise of that official’s regulatory authority that would adversely affect the military potential of the Global Positioning System. (c) Federal Radionavigation Plan.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation shall jointly prepare the Federal Radionavigation Plan. The plan shall be revised and updated not less often than every two years. The plan shall be prepared in accordance with the requirements applicable to such plan as first prepared pursuant to section 507 of the International Maritime Satellite Telecommunications Act 11 See References in Text note below. (47 U.S.C. 756). The plan, and any amendment to the plan, shall be published in the Federal Register. (d) Definitions.—In this section:(1) The term “basic GPS services” means the following components of the Global Positioning System that are operated and maintained by the Department of Defense:(A) The constellation of satellites. (B) The navigation payloads that produce the Global Positioning System signals. (C) The ground stations, data links, and associated command and control facilities. (2) The term “GPS Standard Positioning Service” means the civil and commercial service provided by the basic Global Positioning System as defined in the 1996 Federal Radionavigation Plan (published jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation in July 1997).

10 U.S.C. § 2284 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program

(a) In General.—The Secretary of Defense shall carry out a program to be known as the “Explosive Ordnance Disposal Defense Program” (in this section referred to as the “Program”) under which the Secretary shall ensure close and continuous coordination between military departments on matters relating to explosive ordnance disposal support for commanders of geographic and functional combatant commands. (b) Roles, Responsibilities, and Authorities.—The plan under subsection (a) shall include provisions under which—(1) the Secretary of Defense shall—(A) assign the responsibility for the direction, coordination, and integration of the Program within the Department of Defense to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict; and (B) designate the Secretary of the Navy, or a designee of the Secretary’s choice, as the executive agent for the Department of Defense responsible for providing oversight of the training and technology program that coordinates and integrates joint requirements for explosive ordnance disposal, provides common individual training, and carries out joint research, development, test, and evaluation activities for common tools on behalf of the military departments with respect to explosive ordnance disposal; (2) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict shall serve as the key individual for the Program responsible for developing and overseeing policy, plans, programs, and budgets, and issuing guidance and providing direction on Department of Defense explosive ordnance disposal activities; (3) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict shall coordinate with—(A) the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence on explosive ordnance technical intelligence; (B) the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment on explosive ordnance disposal research, development, acquisition, and sustainment; (C) the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering on explosive ordnance disposal research, development, test, and evaluation; (D) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Security and Global Security on explosive ordnance disposal on defense support of civil authorities; and (E) the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Deterrence, Chemical, and Biological Defense Policy and Programs on explosive ordnance disposal for combating weapons of mass destruction; (4) the Secretary of each military department shall assess the needs of the military department concerned with respect to explosive ordnance disposal and may carry out research, development, test, and evaluation activities, including other transactions and procurement activities to address military department unique needs; and (5) the Secretary of the Army shall designate an Army explosive ordnance disposal-qualified general officer to serve as the co-chair of the Department of Defense explosive ordnance disposal defense program. (c) Definitions.—In this section:(1) The term “explosive ordnance” has the meaning given such term in section 283(d) of this title. (2) The term “explosive ordnance disposal” means the detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, exploitation, recovery, and final disposal of explosive ordnance.

10 U.S.C. § 2285 Department of Defense Climate Resilience Infrastructure Initiative

(a) Designation.—The programs, practices, and activities carried out pursuant to this section shall be known collectively as the “Climate Resilience Infrastructure Initiative of the Department of Defense”. (b) Hardening and Quick Recovery.—In carrying out military installation resilience plans pursuant to section 2864 of this title, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the development by the Department of Defense of requirements for backup utilities, communications, and transportation to ensure that the critical infrastructure of Department facilities is hardened, developed, and constructed for quick recovery from natural disasters and the impacts of extreme weather. (c) Sustainment and Modernization.—The Secretary shall develop sustainment and modernization requirements for facilities of the Department in connection with climate resilience. (d) Collaboration in Planning With Local Communities.—The Secretary shall develop, within existing frameworks for collaborative activities between military installations and State and local communities, and in addition to the requirements of section 2864(c) of this title, a framework that authorizes and directs installation commanders to engage with State, regional, and local agencies, and with local communities, on planning for climate resilience, to enhance efficient response to impacts of extreme weather and secure collaborative investment in infrastructure that is resilient to the current and projected impacts of extreme weather. (e) Testing and Training Range Lands.—(1) Practices for sustainment of lands.—The Secretary shall develop and implement practices to sustain the lands of the military testing and training ranges of the Department, and the lands of testing and training ranges on State-owned National Guard installations, through the adaptation and resilience of such lands to the current and projected impacts of extreme weather to ensure the ongoing availability of such lands to military personnel, weapon systems, and equipment for testing and training purposes. (2) Training and education on sustainment of lands.—The Secretary shall develop a program of training and education for members of the Armed Forces (including the reserve components) on the importance of the sustainment of the lands of the military testing and training ranges as described in paragraph (1). (3) Investment in resilience of lands.—The Secretary shall use existing programs of the Department, including the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program of the Department (or such successor program), to provide for investments determined appropriate by the Secretary in the lands of the military testing and training ranges, to increase the resilience and adaptation of such lands to the current and projected impacts of extreme weather for testing and training purposes in connection with current and projected testing and training requirements in the short- and long-term. (f) Use of Certain Technologies.—The Secretary shall take appropriate actions to increase the use of low emission, emission-free, and net-zero-emission energy technologies in the operations, programs, projects, and activities of the Department, provided the use is cost effective over the life-cycle of the investment.

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