S.Amdt. 3599

SA 3599. Mr. HICKENLOOPER 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:

Strike section 1507 and insert the following:

SEC. 1507. CONTINUATION OF OPERATION OF DEFENSE
METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense shall continue to
operate the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program, and its
existing functions and distribution capability, until the end
of the functional life of the satellites in orbit as of the
date of the enactment of this Act under such program.
(b) Briefing.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall provide
to the congressional defense committees a briefing on--
(1) the status of the Defense Meteorological Satellite
Program;
(2) the requirements, capabilities, and costs for such
program for fiscal year 2026;
(3) the projected costs--
(A) to carry out such program for the functional life of
the satellites in orbit as of the date of the enactment of
this Act under such program; and
(B) to replace the satellite functions under such program;
and
(4) any cybersecurity concerns relating to the systems used
to process the data under such program.
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