[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 102 (Tuesday, June 18, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3687-S3688]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 661. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 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 part II of subtitle A of title XVI, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 1617. ACCOUNTING FOR FULL INVESTMENT IN NATIONAL 
                   SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In awarding any contract for space launch 
     services for the National Security Space Launch Program, or 
     any successor program, the Secretary of Defense shall ensure 
     that the total government investment in the development and 
     procurement of the launch services from Launch Services 
     Agreements is accounted for in determining the total 
     evaluated contract price.

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       (b) Review Required.--Prior to the award of any launch 
     services contract under phase 2 of the National Security 
     Space Launch Program, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     determine whether the most cost-effective method of achieving 
     assured access to space is--
       (1) providing Federal funding to develop new launch 
     vehicles to compete for National Security Space Launch 
     contracts;
       (2) providing commercial space launch providers with 
     funding to adopt already available commercial space launch 
     vehicles to compete for National Security Space Launch 
     contracts; or
       (3) a hybrid approach that incentivizes commercial 
     providers to compete for launch services contracts.
       (c) Report to Congress.--Before the award of any contract 
     under phase 2 of the National Security Space Launch program, 
     the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense 
     committees a report on the determination made under 
     subsection (b).
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