ENHANCEMENT OF POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING CAPACITY.

SEC. 1609. [10 U.S.C. 2281 note] ENHANCEMENT OF POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING CAPACITY. (a) Capability for Trusted Signals.— (1) Requirement.—Except as provided by paragraph (2), subject to appropriate mitigation efforts, the Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that military Global Positioning System user equipment terminals have the capability to receive trusted signals from the Galileo satellites of the European Union and the QZSS satellites of Japan, beginning with increment 2 of the acquisition of such terminals. (2) Waiver.—The Secretary of Defense may waive, on a case-by-case basis, the requirement under paragraph (1) for military Global Positioning System user equipment terminals to have the capability described in such paragraph if the Secretary submits to the congressional defense committees a report containing— (A) the rationale for why the Secretary could not integrate such capability beginning with increment 2 of the acquisition of such terminals; and (B) a plan, including a timeline, to incorporate the capability to add multi-Global Navigation Satellite System signals to provide substantive military utility in future increments of such terminals. (3) Limitation on delegation.—The Secretary of Defense may not delegate the authority under paragraph (2) to make a waiver below the Deputy Secretary of Defense. (b) Capability for Other Signals.—The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that military Global Positioning System user equipment terminals having the capability to receive non-allied positioning, navigation, and timing signals, beginning with increment 2 of the acquisition of such terminals, if the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Strategic Command, determines that— (1) the benefits of receiving such signals outweigh the risks; or (2) such risks can be appropriately mitigated. (c) Engagement.—The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly engage with relevant allies of the United States to— (1) enable military Global Positioning System user equipment terminals to receive the positioning, navigation, and timing signals of such allies; and (2) negotiate as appropriate other potential agreements relating to the enhancement of positioning, navigation, and timing.