US Congress Senate Bill 2220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on December 12 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-12-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Pending: Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017 This bill requires the Department of Transportation to provide for the establishment, sustainment, and operation of a complement to and backup for the timing component of the Global Positioning System (GPS). (GPS satellites contain atomic clocks that provide precise time data and allow GPS receivers to synchronize to those clocks.) The system must: (1) reduce critical dependencies on the GPS network; (2) ensure the availability of uncorrupted and non-degraded timing signals for military and civilian users if GPS timing signals are corrupted or otherwise unavailable; and (3) be land-based, operational in 2 years, and capable of operation for 20 years.

National Timing Resilience and Security Act of 2017

Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]

Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-12-12	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

SB140 (Related) 2018-12-04 - Became Public Law No: 115-282.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/2220/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s2220/BILLS-115s2220is.pdf