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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextSA 5885. Mr. YOUNG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:
SEC. . PILOT PROGRAM ON USE OF SUBSCRIPTION-BASED FUNDING
MODEL AT MAJOR RANGE AND TEST FACILITY BASE.
(a) In General.—Not later than 270 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for
Research and Engineering shall, acting through the Director
of the Test Resource Management Center, commence carrying out
a pilot program to determine the feasibility, effectiveness,
and operational impacts of implementing a subscription-based
funding model for test and evaluation facilities.
(b) Requirements.—The pilot program required by subsection
(a) shall—
(1) be conducted during the two-year period beginning on
the date of the commencement of the pilot program;
(2) include not fewer than two cyber-physical test and
training ranges designated by the Director of the Test
Resource Management Center;
(3) include at least one cyber-physical test and training
range operated by, or under the authority of, the National
Guard of a State;
(4) provide for participation by military departments,
defense agencies, combat support agencies, federally funded
research and development centers, and such other Department
of Defense entities as the Director considers appropriate;
and
(5) evaluate the applicability of subscription-based
funding to cyber, cyber-physical, electronic warfare,
modeling and simulation, and integrated test environments
associated with the participating ranges.
(c) Subscription-based Funding Model.—For purposes of the
pilot program required by subsection (a), the Under Secretary
shall establish a funding structure under which participating
organizations pay recurring subscription fees in exchange for
access to specified range capabilities, infrastructure,
services, test environments, cybersecurity resources, data
management capabilities, and related support functions, in
lieu of or in combination with traditional reimbursable or
direct-user funding mechanisms.
(d) Elements.—In carrying out the pilot program required
by subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall—
(1) establish subscription tiers or other recurring funding
arrangements designed to support baseline operational,
sustainment, modernization, and cybersecurity costs of
participating ranges;
(2) assess the extent to which a subscription-based model
improves funding predictability, resource utilization,
infrastructure availability, and mission readiness;
(3) evaluate impacts on range scheduling, access,
interoperability, and support for developmental testing,
operational testing, training, experimentation, and rapid
prototyping activities;
(4) identify authority constraints or other challenges
associated with broader implementation of such a model;
(5) measure effects on cost recovery, user demand, and
long-term sustainment of cyber-physical range capabilities;
and
(6) develop recommendations regarding whether and how a
subscription-based funding model could be expanded to
additional test and evaluation facilities.
(e) Selection of Participating Ranges.—In selecting ranges
for participation in the pilot program required by subsection
(a), the Under Secretary shall prioritize cyber-physical
ranges that—
(1) support joint testing, training, or experimentation
activities;
(2) integrate operational technology, cyber,
communications, electronic warfare, or weapon-system testing
capabilities; and
(3) can provide representative data regarding the
scalability of subscription-based funding approaches across
test and evaluation facilities.
(f) Report.—Not later than 270 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a
report describing the following:
(1) The actions taken under subsection (a).
(2) The status of implementation of integration required by
such subsection.
(3) Any exceptions to full integration under subsection
(b)(2).
(4) The reasons for the exceptions described in paragraph
(3).
(g) Briefing.—Not later than 30 days after the date on
which the Under Secretary submits the report required by
subsection (f), the Under Secretary shall provide the
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee
on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a briefing
on the matters covered by the report.