[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3548]
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  SA 6426. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2027 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 appropriate place in title XV, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SPACE CONTROL AND SPACE SUPERIORITY READINESS.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) The space domain is critical to deterrence and 
     warfighting.
       (2) The United States must maintain the ability to achieve 
     space control in a conflict with the People's Republic of 
     China.
       (b) Wargaming, Modeling, and Simulation.--The Secretary of 
     Defense shall expand the capacity of the Space Force to 
     conduct wargaming, modeling, and simulation of peer conflict 
     scenarios in the space domain.
       (c) Training.--The Secretary of Defense shall develop 
     training programs for space operators focused on tactics, 
     techniques, and procedures necessary for space control 
     operations.
       (d) Report.--
       (1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
     submit to Congress a report on--
       (A) Chinese commercial space capabilities; and
       (B) the potential military applications of such 
     capabilities.
       (2) Form.--The report required by paragraph (1) shall be 
     submitted in unclassified form.
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