Bill · S. 2277· Senate(119-S-2277)
GPS Resiliency Report Act
- Introduced
- 7/15/2025
- Last activity
- 7/15/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Sponsored by
- Maggie Hassan
- Cosponsors
- - 0 - 1
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
The GPS Resiliency Report Act requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress regarding risks to the Global Positioning System and its associated services. This report must address risks to the United States and its allies during potential conflicts. It must also assess the capabilities of competitor countries like China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea to disrupt these services. Additionally, the report should detail Department of Defense efforts to develop redundant positioning, navigation, and timing technology. Finally, it must address the capacity of the Space Force's R-GPS program and a framework for a terrestrial-based redundancy system.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Increased awareness of security threats: The report requires a description of risks regarding a lack of access to GPS and associated services during potential conflicts involving the U.S. or its allies (Section 2(b)(1)).
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Identification of competitor capabilities: The report will assess how competitor countries, such as the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation, Iran, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, could degrade or deny access to GPS services (Section 2(b)(3)(A)).
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Development of backup systems: The bill looks at current efforts to develop or procure technology for redundant global positioning, including space-based and terrestrial-based efforts like quantum sensing (Section 2(b)(3)(B)).
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Long-term resilience planning: The report includes the ability of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program to provide resilience to existing satellites within 10 years (Section 2(b)(3)(C)).
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Future-proofing through terrestrial systems: The bill requires a framework for a full-scale terrestrial-based redundancy system that could be operational within 15 years (Section 2(b)(4)).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- No specific negative impacts are identified in the text provided.
- 7/15/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- Introduced in Senate
James LankfordRepublican · Oklahoma