Sec. 911. National security space satellite reporting policy
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It is the sense of Congress that— the Department of Defense depends on national security space programs to support, among other critical capabilities— communications; missile warning; position, navigation, and timing; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and environmental monitoring; and foreign threats to national security space systems are increasing. Chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall, with respect to each attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability, provide to the appropriate congressional committees— not later than 48 hours after the Secretary determines that there is reason to believe such attempt occurred, notice of such attempt; and not later than 10 days after the date on which the Secretary determines that there is reason to believe such attempt occurred, a notification described in subsection
(b)with respect to such attempt. A notification described in this subsection is a notification that includes— the name and a brief description of the national security space capability that was impacted by an attempt by a foreign actor to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability; a description of such attempt, including the foreign actor, the date and time of such attempt, and any related capability outage and the mission impact of such outage; and any other information the Secretary considers relevant. The term appropriate congressional committees means— the congressional defense committees; and with respect to a notice or notification related to an attempt by a foreign entity to disrupt, degrade, or destroy a United States national security space capability that is intelligence-related, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. . The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following item: 2278. Notification of foreign interference of national security space. .