[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2379]
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  SA 180. Ms. HIRONO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 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 sections 1702 and 1703 and insert the following:

     SEC. 1702. COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SPACE FORCE EQUITIES 
                   IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.

       (a) Study Required.--Not later than 30 days after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     seek to enter into an agreement with a Federally funded 
     research and development center under which such center will 
     conduct an independent study to determine the a cost benefit 
     analysis of the range of feasible options for the future of 
     State National Guard units with space based missions and 
     provide to the Secretary a report on the findings of the 
     study. The conduct of such study shall include--
       (1) an analysis of the current model of National Guard 
     units with space-based missions, the potential plan to 
     transition these aforementioned National Guard units in to 
     the Space Force, and the potential creation of a Space Force 
     National Guard.
       (2) a cost-benefit analysis for each of the analyzed 
     courses of action; and
       (3) an analysis of the best replacement missions or units 
     for the State National Guards that would lose a mission or 
     unit under any of the proposed plans analyzed.
       (b) Deadline for Completion.--An agreement entered into 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall specify that the study 
     conducted under the agreement shall be completed by not later 
     than February 1, 2025.
       (c) Briefing and Report.--
       (1) In general.--Upon completion of a study conducted under 
     an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the 
     Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services 
     of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing and 
     report on the findings of the study.
       (2) Classification of report.--The report required under 
     paragraph (1) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may 
     include classified appendices as required.
       In section 1743--
       (1) in the section heading, strike ``and the air national 
     guard'';
       (2) strike ``or the Air National Guard'' each place it 
     appears;
       (3) in subsection (d)(2), strike ``and the Air National 
     Guard''; and
       (4) in subsection (e)(1), strike ``, the Air National 
     Guard,''.
       In section 1744(a), strike ``or the Air National Guard''.
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