[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 193 (Wednesday, November 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7731]
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  SA 4229. Mr. CRAMER 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. ACTIVE PROTECTION OF THE MAJOR RANGE AND TEST 
                   FACILITY BASE.

       (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Defense may take, and may 
     authorize members of the Armed Forces and officers and 
     civilian employees of the Department of Defense to take, such 
     actions described in subsection (b) as are necessary to 
     mitigate the threat, as determined by the Secretary, that a 
     space-based asset may pose to the security or operation of 
     the Major Range and Test Facility Base (as defined in section 
     196(i) of title 10, United States Code).
       (b) Actions Described.--The actions described in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) To detect, identify, monitor, and track space-based 
     assets without consent.
       (2) Consistent with the statutory authority of the 
     Secretary, to take such proactive actions as necessary to 
     ensure that the Major Range and Test Facility Base is able to 
     perform its intended function and meet operational and 
     security requirements.
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