[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 127 (Thursday, July 27, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S4441]
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  SA 395. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2810, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2018 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, insert the following:

     SEC. __. USE OF ROBOTIC SERVICING OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS 
                   SATELLITES PROGRAM OF DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH 
                   PROJECTS AGENCY.

       (a) Retention of Ownership.--The Secretary of Defense shall 
     ensure that the United States retains all ownership of and 
     rights to systems developed under the robotic servicing of 
     geosynchronous satellites program of the Defense Advanced 
     Research Projects Agency.
       (b) Prohibition on Operation by Contractor.--The Secretary 
     may not transfer ownership or the operation of systems 
     resulting from the robotic servicing of geosynchronous 
     satellites program to a commercial entity.
       (c) Use of Program.--The Secretary may use the robotic 
     servicing of geosynchronous satellites program only if--
       (1) such use services assets of the United States; and
       (2) the Secretary determines that such use is more cost 
     effective than any commercial alternative.
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