[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S5476]
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  SA 3150. Mr. HICKENLOOPER submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2025 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. 1510. REPORT ON COOPERATION EFFORTS BETWEEN THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND THE NATIONAL 
                   AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, shall submit to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress a report on cooperation 
     efforts between the Department of Defense and the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (b) Elements.--The report required by subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       (1) A detailed assessment of existing forms of cooperation 
     between the Department of Defense and the National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (2) An assessment of, and recommendations for improving, 
     future joint engagement between the Department of Defense and 
     the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       (3) An assessment of the opportunities for exchange of 
     personnel between the Department of Defense and National 
     Aeronautics and Space Administration, and an examination of 
     the feasibility and strategic benefits of establishing--
       (A) dedicated joint duty billets for Space Force personnel 
     at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and
       (B) rotational assignments of National Aeronautics and 
     Space Administration employees in Space Force units and in 
     the United States Space Command.
       (4) An identification of potential career incentives for 
     Space Force joint duty at the National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration and civilian National Aeronautics and Space 
     Administration rotational assignments at Space Force 
     commands.
       (c) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified 
     annex.
       (d) Appropriate Committees of Congress Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate committees of Congress'' 
     means--
       (1) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
       (2) the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on 
     Science, Space, and Technology of the House of 
     Representatives.
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