[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 119 (Monday, June 29, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S3965]
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  SA 2315. Mr. UDALL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2301 proposed by Mr. Inhofe 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 appropriate place in title XVI, insert the 
     following:

     SEC. ____. NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE FUTURE COMMERCIAL 
                   SOURCES OF SATELLITE IMAGERY.

       (1) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (A) The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is moving 
     forward with acquiring commercial satellite imagery following 
     the end of the decade-long EnhancedView contract, set to end 
     at the end of fiscal year 2020.
       (B) The Director of the National Reconnaissance Office 
     expects to continue a program of open competition likely 
     leading to contracts with multiple awardees.
       (C) The Office continues to be responsive to the 
     requirements of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency 
     (NGA) and the broader Department of Defense geospatial-
     intelligence (GEOINT) user community, including the combatant 
     commands (COCOMs), functional commands, and other key 
     elements of the Armed Forces, including fulfilling the 
     geospatial-intelligence requirements of the user community to 
     the greatest extent.
       (D) The Office is working proactively with industry to 
     apply commercial solutions to known intelligence, 
     surveillance, and reconnaissance gaps as much as possible.
       (2) Briefing required.--Not later than 90 days after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 
     National Reconnaissance Office shall submit to the 
     congressional defense, the Select Committee on Intelligence 
     of the Senate, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives a briefing on 
     the plans of the Director to support the continuation of 
     commercial data acquisitions.
       (3) Elements.--The briefing required under subsection (2) 
     shall cover the following:
       (A) Identification of new commercial providers or new 
     commercial data sets and solutions.
       (B) Plans for transitioning providers from pilot programs 
     to operational contracts.
       (C) How user needs previously met by the EnhancedView 
     contract will be met or exceeded by follow-on contracts.
       (D) On-ramps for new capabilities responsive to additional 
     user needs.
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