S.Amdt. 2333

SA 2333. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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:

Strike section 1602 and insert the following:

SEC. 1602. DISTRIBUTION OF LAUNCHES FOR PHASE TWO OF
ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM.

In carrying out phase two of the acquisition strategy for
the National Security Space Launch program, the Secretary of
the Air Force shall ensure--
(1) that launch services are procured only from launch
service providers that the Secretary assesses will meet all
payload-to-reference orbit requirements, as outlined in the
phase two acquisition strategy; and
(2) the viability of the domestic space launch industrial
base while providing for cost-effective and reliable launch
services.
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