S.Amdt. 2173

SA 2173. Mr. LEE 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 end of subtitle A of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. 1610. EVALUATION AND REPORT ON OPERATIONAL CENTERS FOR
COMMANDING, CONTROLLING, AND DISSEMINATING DATA
FOR SMALL SATELLITES.

(a) Evaluation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall evaluate
readily available operational centers for commanding,
controlling, and disseminating data for small satellites.
(2) Elements.--The evaluation required by paragraph (1)
shall include an assessment of--
(A) the cost, schedule, and deployment of rapid prototyping
and testing of new space technologies for small satellite
programs; and
(B) the potential effects of the finite number of
operational centers described in paragraph (1) that are
agile, maintainable, accredited at the correct
classification, and located within reasonable proximity to
manufacturer and researcher facilities.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress
a report on the results of the evaluation conducted under
subsection (a).
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