[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4482 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4482

  To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with 
    allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and 
         satellite security capability, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 5, 2024

 Ms. Rosen (for herself and Ms. Ernst) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of Defense to develop, in cooperation with 
    allies and partners in the Middle East, an integrated space and 
         satellite security capability, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Space Technology and Regional 
Security Act of 2024'' or ``STARS Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. MIDDLE EAST INTEGRATED SPACE AND SATELLITE SECURITY CAPABILITY.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, shall seek to build upon the historic opportunities 
created by the Abraham Accords and the incorporation of Israel into the 
area of responsibility of the United States Central Command to develop 
a Middle East integrated space and satellite security strategy and a 
multilateral data-sharing agreement for the purpose of protecting the 
people, infrastructure, and territory of ally and partner countries in 
the Middle East from hostile activities conducted by adversaries 
against space systems of the United States or such countries.
    (b) Strategy.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
        consultation with the Secretary of State, shall submit to the 
        appropriate committees of Congress a strategy for the 
        cooperation described in subsection (a).
            (2) Matters to be included.--The strategy required by 
        paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    (A) An assessment of the threats posed to the 
                United States and ally or partner countries in the 
                Middle East by adversaries conducting hostile 
                activities--
                            (i) against space systems of the United 
                        States or such countries; and
                            (ii) using capabilities positioned or 
                        transiting through space.
                    (B) A description of progress made in--
                            (i) advancing the integration of Israel 
                        into existing multilateral space and satellite 
                        security partnerships; or
                            (ii) establishing such partnerships with 
                        Israel.
                    (C) A description of efforts among ally and partner 
                countries in the Middle East to coordinate 
                intelligence, reconnaissance, and surveillance 
                capabilities and indicators and warnings with respect 
                to the threats described in subparagraph (A), and a 
                description of any impediment to optimizing such 
                efforts.
                    (D) An assessment of any current capability gaps in 
                the ability of the Department of Defense to provide 
                space situational awareness in the Middle East.
                    (E) A description of the current Department of 
                Defense systems that provide awareness of and defend 
                against such threats.
                    (F) An explanation of the manner in which a 
                multilateral space situational awareness data-sharing 
                agreement and an integrated space and satellite 
                security architecture would improve collective security 
                in the Middle East.
                    (G) A description of existing and planned efforts 
                to engage ally and partner countries in the Middle East 
                in establishing such a multilateral space situational 
                awareness data-sharing agreement and an integrated 
                space and satellite security architecture.
                    (H) An identification of the elements of such an 
                integrated space and satellite security architecture 
                that may be acquired and operated by ally and partner 
                countries in the Middle East, and a list of such 
                elements for each such ally and partner.
                    (I) An identification of the elements of such an 
                integrated space and satellite security architecture 
                that may only be provided and operated by members of 
                the United States Armed Forces.
                    (J) An identification of any challenge to 
                optimizing such a multilateral space situational 
                awareness data-sharing agreement and integrated space 
                and satellite security architecture in the Middle East.
                    (K) An assessment of progress and key challenges in 
                the implementation of the strategy required by 
                paragraph (1) using the metrics identified in 
                accordance with paragraph (3).
                    (L) Recommendations for improvements in the 
                implementation of an integrated space and satellite 
                security strategy based on such metrics.
                    (M) A cost estimate of establishing an integrated 
                space and satellite security strategy, and an 
                assessment of the resources that could be contributed 
                by ally and partner countries of the United States to 
                establish and strengthen such capabilities.
                    (N) Any other matter the Secretary of Defense 
                considers relevant.
            (3) Metrics.--The Secretary of Defense shall identify 
        metrics to assess progress in the implementation of the 
        strategy required by paragraph (1).
            (4) Form.--The strategy required by paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
        annex.
    (c) Protection of Sensitive Information.--Any activity carried out 
under this section shall be conducted in a manner that appropriately 
protects sensitive information and the national security interests of 
the United States.
    (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
        Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
        Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the 
        Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of 
        Representatives.
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