REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN AIRCRAFT AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USE SPECIFIED STANDARD DATA LINK.

SEC. 143. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN AIRCRAFT AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES USE SPECIFIED STANDARD DATA LINK. Section 157 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013 (Public Law 112-239; 126 Stat. 1667) is amended— (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows: “(b) Solicitations. The Secretary of Defense shall— “(1) ensure that any solicitation issued for a Common Data Link described in subsection (a), regardless of whether the solicitation is issued by a military department or a contractor with respect to a subcontract— “(A) conforms to a Department of Defense specification standard, including interfaces and waveforms, existing as of the date of the solicitation; and “(B) does not include any proprietary or undocumented waveforms or control interfaces or data interfaces as a requirement or criterion for evaluation; and “(2) notify the congressional defense committees not later than 15 days after issuing a solicitation for a Common Data Link to be sunset (CDL-TBS) waveform.” ; and (2) in subsection (c), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (A) by striking “Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics” and inserting “Deputy Secretary of Defense”; (B) by striking “Under Secretary” and inserting “Deputy Secretary of Defense”; and (C) by inserting “before October 1, 2023” after “committees”.