S.Amdt. 395

SA 395. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2018 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. USE OF ROBOTIC SERVICING OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS
SATELLITES PROGRAM OF DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH
PROJECTS AGENCY.

(a) Retention of Ownership.--The Secretary of Defense shall
ensure that the United States retains all ownership of and
rights to systems developed under the robotic servicing of
geosynchronous satellites program of the Defense Advanced
Research Projects Agency.
(b) Prohibition on Operation by Contractor.--The Secretary
may not transfer ownership or the operation of systems
resulting from the robotic servicing of geosynchronous
satellites program to a commercial entity.
(c) Use of Program.--The Secretary may use the robotic
servicing of geosynchronous satellites program only if--
(1) such use services assets of the United States; and
(2) the Secretary determines that such use is more cost
effective than any commercial alternative.
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