[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S5304]
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  SA 3521. Mr. KELLY (for himself and Mr. Gallego) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 2296, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 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. 1508. ENHANCEMENT OF SPACE DOMAIN AWARENESS THROUGH 
                   GROUND-BASED SENSOR DEVELOPMENT.

       (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the expansion of space domain awareness infrastructure, 
     including advanced ground-based optical sensing capabilities, 
     is essential to the operational testing and training 
     architecture of the Space Force; and
       (2) collaboration with academic institutions is critical to 
     advancing electro-optical sensor research and development in 
     support of national security objectives.
       (b) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Air Force 
     shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report 
     on efforts by the Space Force to expand space domain 
     awareness infrastructure.
       (2) Elements.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall 
     include, at a minimum--
       (A) a description of current and planned infrastructure, 
     equipment, and capability expansions;
       (B) a summary of current and planned engagement with 
     institutions of higher education that possess demonstrated 
     expertise in space domain awareness, including electro-
     optical sensor development, tasking algorithms, and 
     automation frameworks; and
       (C) an assessment of the ability to integrate research and 
     development from academic partners into operational testing 
     and training environments in support of space domain 
     awareness objectives.
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