[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 192 (Tuesday, November 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7625]
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  SA 4166. Ms. MURKOWSKI submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed 
to the bill H.R. 4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 
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 XV, add the following:

     SEC. 1516. STATEMENT OF POLICY ON FOSTERING SPACE LAUNCH 
                   COMPETITION.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the 
     National Reconnaissance Office should, to the extent 
     practicable, procure launch services through the most 
     competitive means available based on the requirements of each 
     mission, including full and open competition and the Orbital 
     Services Program-4; and
       (2) to the extent necessary for any mission that can only 
     be performed by launch providers that meet the high 
     requirements of the Phase 2 of the National Security Space 
     Launch program, the Secretary and the Director should 
     continue to use launch services under a Phase 2 contract of 
     such program.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--With respect to entering into 
     contracts for launch services during the period beginning on 
     the date of the enactment of this Act and ending September 
     30, 2024, it shall be the policy of the Department of Defense 
     and the National Reconnaissance Office to foster a robust, 
     innovative, and competitive commercial launch sector that 
     supports the national interests of the United States and 
     advances United States leadership in space.
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