S.Amdt. 749

SA 749. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2020 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 B of title XVI, add the following:

SEC. ___. LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING.

(a) In General.--In acquiring geospatial-intelligence, the
Secretary of Defense 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 Data.--The Secretary, as part of an
analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of
Department of Defense 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 Department's requirements;
(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; 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) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In
this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress''
means--
(1) Committee on Armed Services and the Select Committee on
Intelligence of the Senate; and
(2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of
Representatives.
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