(1) Not later than 30 days after the end of each even-numbered fiscal year, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the Global Positioning System. The report shall include a discussion of the following matters:
(A) The operational status of the system.
(B) The capability of the system to satisfy effectively
(i) the military requirements for the system that are current as of the date of the report, and
(ii) the performance requirements of the Federal Radionavigation Plan.
(C) The status of cooperative activities undertaken by the United States with the governments of other countries concerning the capability of the system or any augmentation of the system to satisfy civil, commercial, scientific, and military requirements, including a discussion of the status and results of activities undertaken under any regional international agreement.
(D) Progress and challenges in establishing GPS as an international standard for consistency of navigational service.
(E) Progress and challenges in protecting GPS from jamming, disruption, and interference.
(F) Progress and challenges in developing the enhanced Global Positioning System required by section 218(b) of the Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Public Law 105261; 112 Stat. 1951;
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2281 note ).
(G) The effects of use of the system on national security, regional security, and the economic competitiveness of United States industry, including the Global Positioning System equipment and service industry and user industries.