[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 120 (Tuesday, June 30, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S4045]
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  SA 2333. Mr. INHOFE 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:

        Strike section 1602 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1602. DISTRIBUTION OF LAUNCHES FOR PHASE TWO OF 
                   ACQUISITION STRATEGY FOR NATIONAL SECURITY 
                   SPACE LAUNCH PROGRAM.

       In carrying out phase two of the acquisition strategy for 
     the National Security Space Launch program, the Secretary of 
     the Air Force shall ensure--
       (1) that launch services are procured only from launch 
     service providers that the Secretary assesses will meet all 
     payload-to-reference orbit requirements, as outlined in the 
     phase two acquisition strategy; and
       (2) the viability of the domestic space launch industrial 
     base while providing for cost-effective and reliable launch 
     services.
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