S.Amdt. 180

SA 180. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2024 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 sections 1702 and 1703 and insert the following:

SEC. 1702. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SPACE FORCE EQUITIES
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

(a) Study Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall
seek to enter into an agreement with a Federally funded
research and development center under which such center will
conduct an independent study to determine the a cost benefit
analysis of the range of feasible options for the future of
State National Guard units with space based missions and
provide to the Secretary a report on the findings of the
study. The conduct of such study shall include--
(1) an analysis of the current model of National Guard
units with space-based missions, the potential plan to
transition these aforementioned National Guard units in to
the Space Force, and the potential creation of a Space Force
National Guard.
(2) a cost-benefit analysis for each of the analyzed
courses of action; and
(3) an analysis of the best replacement missions or units
for the State National Guards that would lose a mission or
unit under any of the proposed plans analyzed.
(b) Deadline for Completion.--An agreement entered into
pursuant to subsection (a) shall specify that the study
conducted under the agreement shall be completed by not later
than February 1, 2025.
(c) Briefing and Report.--
(1) In general.--Upon completion of a study conducted under
an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the
Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services
of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing and
report on the findings of the study.
(2) Classification of report.--The report required under
paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may
include classified appendices as required.
In section 1743--
(1) in the section heading, strike ``and the air national
guard'';
(2) strike ``or the Air National Guard'' each place it
appears;
(3) in subsection (d)(2), strike ``and the Air National
Guard''; and
(4) in subsection (e)(1), strike ``, the Air National
Guard,''.
In section 1744(a), strike ``or the Air National Guard''.
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