[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 104 (Thursday, June 20, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S4188]
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  SA 824. Mr. CRUZ submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 764 submitted by Mr. Inhofe and intended to be proposed 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 appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. LEVERAGING COMMERCIAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING.

       (a) In General.--In acquiring geospatial-intelligence, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall leverage, to the maximum extent 
     practicable, the capabilities of United States industry, 
     including through the use of commercial geospatial-
     intelligence services and acquisition of commercial satellite 
     imagery.
       (b) Obtaining Future Data.--The Secretary, as part of an 
     analysis of alternatives for the future acquisition of 
     Department of Defense space systems for geospatial-
     intelligence, shall--
       (1) consider whether there is a suitable, cost-effective, 
     commercial capability available that can meet any or all of 
     the Department's requirements;
       (2) if a suitable, cost-effective, commercial capability is 
     available as described in paragraph (1), determine whether it 
     is in the national interest to develop a governmental space 
     system; and
       (3) include, as part of the established acquisition 
     reporting requirements to the appropriate committees of 
     Congress, any determination made under paragraphs (1) and 
     (2).
       (c) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In 
     this section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the congressional defense committees;
       (2) the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate; and
       (3) the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
     House of Representatives.
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