[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3735-S3736]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2292. 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

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year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. REPORT ON FACILITIES FOR COMMANDING, CONTROLLING, 
                   AND DISSEMINATING DATA FOR SATELLITE 
                   CONSTELLATIONS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress a 
     report on readily available commercial and government 
     facilities for commanding, controlling, and disseminating 
     data for satellite constellations, which shall include--
       (1) the cost, schedule, deployment, rapid prototyping, and 
     testing of new space technologies for small satellite 
     programs;
       (2) a description of potential effects based on the finite 
     number of such facilities that are agile, maintainable, 
     accredited at the correct classification, and located within 
     reasonable proximity to manufacturer and researcher 
     facilities; and
       (3) a description of the costs and benefits of increasing 
     the number of such facilities.
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