[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 117 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3567]
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  SA 2173. Mr. LEE 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 subtitle A of title XVI, add the following:

     SEC. 1610. EVALUATION AND REPORT ON OPERATIONAL CENTERS FOR 
                   COMMANDING, CONTROLLING, AND DISSEMINATING DATA 
                   FOR SMALL SATELLITES.

       (a) Evaluation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall evaluate 
     readily available operational centers for commanding, 
     controlling, and disseminating data for small satellites.
       (2) Elements.--The evaluation required by paragraph (1) 
     shall include an assessment of--
       (A) the cost, schedule, and deployment of rapid prototyping 
     and testing of new space technologies for small satellite 
     programs; and
       (B) the potential effects of the finite number of 
     operational centers described in paragraph (1) that are 
     agile, maintainable, accredited at the correct 
     classification, and located within reasonable proximity to 
     manufacturer and researcher facilities.
       (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress 
     a report on the results of the evaluation conducted under 
     subsection (a).
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