[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 158 (Thursday, September 29, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5706-S5707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6171. Mr. CRAMER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 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. 1509. SENSE OF THE SENATE ON PERSONNEL FOR THE SPACE 
                   DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

       It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) as the Space Development Agency transfers into the 
     United States Space Force in October 2022, the Space 
     Development Agency should retain the original organizational 
     structure during that process, including leadership 
     positions;
       (2) there should be a transfer of three Senior Executive 
     Service positions authorized for the Department of Defense to 
     the Space Development Agency;
       (3) the modification described in paragraph (2) should be 
     approved per the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2021 Joint Explanatory Statement, which directed 
     that when the Space Development Agency transfers to the 
     Department of the Air Force, the Space Development Agency 
     shall retain the equivalent position of tier-3 Senior 
     Executive Service; and
       (4) the Director of the Space Development Agency should 
     maintain equivalency to--
       (A) the Commander of Space Systems Command;
       (B) the Director of the Department of the Air Force Rapid 
     Capabilities Office;

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       (C) the Director of the Space Security and Defense Program;
       (D) the Director of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center;
       (E) the Director of the Space Rapid Capabilities Office;
       (F) the Commander of Space Operations Command; and
       (G) the Commander of Space Training and Readiness Command.
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