[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3561-S3562]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2162. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 4049, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2021 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 C of title IX, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 944. STUDY ON CONTRIBUTION OF EXISTING FEDERAL SPACE-
                   RELATED ASSETS TO SPACE FORCE MISSIONS.

       (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Air Force and the 
     Chief of Space Operations shall, in consultation with the 
     heads of other applicable departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government, jointly conduct a study on the 
     feasibility and advisability of the contribution of existing 
     space-related assets of other departments and agencies of the 
     Federal Government to the discharge of Space Force missions.
       (b) Elements.--The study conducted under subsection (a) 
     shall review the following:
       (1) The ability to co-locate Space Force assets at other 
     facilities of the Federal Government that currently conduct 
     space-related activities, including facilities operated by 
     each of the following:
       (A) The National Reconnaissance Office.
       (B) The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
       (C) The National Security Agency.
       (D) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (E) The United States Geological Survey.
       (F) The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
       (G) Any other department or agency of the Federal 
     Government considered appropriate by the Secretary and the 
     Chief of Space Operations.

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       (2) The suitability of each Federal agency specified in 
     paragraph (1) to host the following:
       (A) Regular Space Force units, including detachments.
       (B) Technological support for Space Force mission 
     requirements, including data storage and communications.
       (C) Any other mission or support considered appropriate by 
     the Secretary and the Chief of Space Operations.
       (c) Scope of Review.--In reviewing the facility of a 
     Federal agency in connection with the study under subsection 
     (a), the Secretary and the Chief of Space Operations shall 
     take into account the following at or in connection with such 
     facility:
       (1) Available surplus real estate.
       (2) Data storage capacity and data security.
       (3) Communications connectivity.
       (4) Available civilian workforce.
       (5) Costs in the vicinity of such installation.
       (6) Locality pay in the vicinity of such installation
       (7) Potential for hosting additional Space Force activities 
     in the future, including activities of a Space Force Reserve 
     or Space National Guard.
       (d) Report to Congress.--Not later than one year after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the 
     Chief of Space Operations shall jointly submit to Congress a 
     report setting forth the results of the study conducted under 
     subsection (a).
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