S.Amdt. 3521

SA 3521. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Gallego) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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 XV, add the following:

SEC. 1508. ENHANCEMENT OF SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS THROUGH
GROUND-BASED SENSOR DEVELOPMENT.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the expansion of space domain awareness infrastructure,
including advanced ground-based optical sensing capabilities,
is essential to the operational testing and training
architecture of the Space Force; and
(2) collaboration with academic institutions is critical to
advancing electro-optical sensor research and development in
support of national security objectives.
(b) Report.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on efforts by the Space Force to expand space domain
awareness infrastructure.
(2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall
include, at a minimum--
(A) a description of current and planned infrastructure,
equipment, and capability expansions;
(B) a summary of current and planned engagement with
institutions of higher education that possess demonstrated
expertise in space domain awareness, including electro-
optical sensor development, tasking algorithms, and
automation frameworks; and
(C) an assessment of the ability to integrate research and
development from academic partners into operational testing
and training environments in support of space domain
awareness objectives.
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