To leverage commercial satellite remote sensing.

SA 2138. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2021 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 in title XVI, insert the
following:

SEC. ___. LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING.

(a) In General.--In acquiring geospatial-intelligence, the
Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Director of
the National Reconnaissance Office and the Director of the
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, shall leverage, to
the maximum extent practicable, the capabilities of United
States industry, including through the use of commercial
geospatial-intelligence services and acquisition of
commercial satellite imagery.
(b) Obtaining Future Geospatial-intelligence Data.--The
Director of the National Reconnaissance Office, as part of an
analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of space
systems for geospatial-intelligence, shall--
(1) consider whether there is a suitable, cost-effective,
commercial capability available that can meet any or all of
the geospatial-intelligence requirements of the Department
and the intelligence community;
(2) if a suitable, cost-effective, commercial capability is
available as described in paragraph (1), determine whether it
is in the national interest to develop a governmental space
system for geospatial intelligence; and
(3) include, as part of the established acquisition
reporting requirements to the appropriate committees of
Congress, any determination made under paragraphs (1) and
(2).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
(A) the congressional defense committees;
(B) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(C) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
(2) The term ``intelligence community'' has the meaning
given such term in section 3 of the National Security Act of
1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003).
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