S. 2277

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on risks to the Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES · July 15, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Hassan · Committee: Committee on Armed Services

Table of contents

• S. 2277
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Report on risks to Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the GPS Resiliency Report Act.

SEC. 2. Report on risks to Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services

• (a) In general
  • Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on risks to the Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services.
• (b) Elements
  • The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:
    • A description of risks posed by a lack of access to the Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services during a potential conflict in which the United States involved or in the case of an attack on a United States ally.
    • A description of risks to United States allies from a disruption of access to the Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services provided by the United States.
    • An assessment of each of the following:
      • The capabilities of competitor countries, including the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Iran, and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to degrade or deny United States access to the Global Positioning System and associated positioning, navigation, and timing services during a potential conflict with the United States or in the case of an attack on a United States ally.
      • Current Department of Defense efforts to develop or procure technology or systems to provide redundant global positioning and positioning, navigation, and timing capabilities, including space-based and terrestrial-based (including quantum sensing technology) efforts.
      • The ability of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R–GPS) program of the Space Force to achieve, not later than 10 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, full capacity to provide Global Positioning System resilience to existing United States satellites.
    • A framework for developing a full-scale terrestrial-based Global Positioning System redundancy system that could be operational not later than 15 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.
• (c) Form
  • The report required by subsection (a) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
• (d) Definitions
  • In this section:
    • The term appropriate committees of Congress means—
    • The term United States ally means—