S.Amdt. 3809

SA 3809. Mr. MARKEY 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the following:

SEC. 15__. LIMITATION ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR DESIGN AND
DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTOR
CAPABILITY.

(a) Limitation.--None the funds authorized to be
appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for
fiscal year 2026 for the development and deployment of a
next-generation air and missile defense architecture (known
as ``Golden Dome'') may be obligated or expended to design or
develop a space-based interceptor capability until the
Secretary of Defense submits to the congressional defense
committees the following:
(1) A complete architecture plan and lifecycle system costs
for the constellation of satellites required for the space-
based interceptor capability.
(2) A certification by the President that the deployment of
space-based interceptor capability would not have a negative
impact on strategic stability with Russia and China.
(3) A written commitment that the Director of Operational
Test and Evaluation will be provided with the resources
necessary to provide effective oversight of the space-based
interceptor testing program and that space-based interceptors
will undergo realistic operational testing before deployment.
(4) An independent technical review by the National Academy
of Sciences on the military and cost effectiveness of space-
based interceptors to counter intercontinental ballistic
missiles.
(b) Form.--Any submission to the congressional defense
committees described in subsection (a) shall be submitted in
unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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