S.Amdt. 824

SA 824. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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 appropriate place, insert 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) the congressional defense committees;
(2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
(3) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives.
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