S.Amdt. 2243

1. Adds SEC. 922. REPORT ON ORS-5 MISSION OF THE OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE PROGRAM at the end of subtitle B of title IX

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   In S. 1197 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   Of the amount authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2014 by section 201 for the Department of Defense for research, test, development, and evaluation, Air Force, and available for the Space Protection Program (PE# 0603830F) as specified in the funding table in section 4201, $10,000,000 may not be obligated or expended until the Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense committees a copy of the study conducted at the direction of the Deputy Secretary of Defense on the counter space strategy of the Department of Defense that resulted in significant revisions to that strategy by the Department.

   Inserted: SEC. 922. REPORT ON ORS-5 MISSION OF THE OPERATIONALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE PROGRAM.

   Inserted: (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--

   Inserted: (1) it remains the policy of the United States, as expressed in section 913(a) of the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 109-364; 120 Stat. 2355), to demonstrate, acquire, and deploy an effective capability for operationally responsive space to support military users and operations from space, which shall consist of--

   Inserted: (A) responsive satellite payloads and busses built to common technical standards;

   Inserted: (B) low-cost space launch vehicles and supporting range operations that facilitate the timely launch and on-orbit operations of satellites;

   Inserted: (C) responsive command and control capabilities; and

   Inserted: (D) concepts of operations, tactics, techniques, and procedures that permit the use of responsive space assets for combat and military operations other than war; and

   Inserted: (2) the Operationally Responsive Space Program Office has demonstrated through multiple launches since 2009 an ability to accomplish each policy objective of the Operationally Responsive Space Program through specific missions, but has not executed a mission that leverages all policy objectives of that Program in a single mission.

   Inserted: (b) Report Required.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Executive Agent for Space of the Department of Defense shall report to the congressional defense committees on the status of the ORS-5 mission, which seeks to leverage all policy objectives of the Operationally Responsive Space Program in a single mission.

   Original wording

   At the end of subtitle B of title IX, add the following:

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