[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 106 (Monday, June 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4464-S4465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 849. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her 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:

       Strike section 1616 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1616. REQUIREMENTS FOR PHASE 2 OF ACQUISITION STRATEGY 
                   FOR NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--In carrying out phase 2 of the acquisition 
     strategy for the National Security Space Launch program, the 
     Secretary of the Air Force--
       (1) may not--
       (A) modify the acquisition schedule or mission performance 
     requirements; or
       (B) award missions to more than two launch service 
     providers; and
       (2) shall ensure that launch services are procured only 
     from launch service providers that use launch vehicles 
     meeting each Government requirement with respect to required 
     payloads to reference orbits.

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       (b) Report and Briefing.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date on 
     which the phase 2 award is announced, and annually thereafter 
     for the duration of phase 2, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress a report and briefing 
     that includes--
       (A) an analysis of the commercial market for space launch, 
     including whether commercial launch providers are able to 
     meet the required reference orbits and all other requirements 
     of the National Security Space Launch program;
       (B) a description of the total costs of launches procured 
     under phase 2, including launch service support;
       (C) a plan to increase competition in the National Security 
     Space Launch program to more than two launch service 
     providers; and
       (D) a plan to ensure full and equitable use of unused 
     launch sites or potential new launch sites, including an 
     analysis of alternatives for viable access for small or 
     medium commercial launch providers.
       (2) Comptroller general review.--Not later than 90 days 
     after the date on which the Secretary submits a report under 
     paragraph (1) the Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall--
       (A) review the report; and
       (B) submit to Congress--
       (i) findings with respect to the accuracy and adequacy of 
     the report; and
       (ii) recommendations to improve the administration of the 
     National Security Space Launch program, including sustained 
     competition for launch service procurement.
       (c) 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, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of 
     the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on 
     Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives.
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