Sec. 1657. Hypersonic boost glide vehicle defense
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall establish a program of record in the ballistic missile defense system to develop and field a defensive system to defeat hypersonic boost-glide and maneuvering ballistic missiles. Such defense system may be a new system, a modification of an existing system, or developed by integrating existing systems. In developing the program of record for the defensive system under paragraph (1), the Director shall consider opportunities for codevelopment, including through financial support, with allies and partners of the United States.
Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or otherwise made available for fiscal year 2017 for the headquarters operations of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and the headquarters operations of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, $25,000,000 may not be obligated or expended for each such headquarters operations until— the Director certifies to the congressional defense committees that the Director has established the program of record under paragraph
(1)of subsection (a), including a discussion of— the options for codevelopment considered by the Director under paragraph
(2)of such subsection; such options the Director has assessed; and such options the Director recommends be pursued in the program of record; and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff submits to the congressional defense committees a report on the military capability or capabilities and capability gaps relating to the threat posed by hypersonic boost-glide and maneuvering ballistic missiles to the United States, the forces of the United States, and the allies of the United States; and a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which the congressional defense committees has received both the certification and the report. Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State, shall submit to the congressional defense committees and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on the implications for the Missile Technology Control Regime regarding the development of a defensive system, including with respect to partnering with allies and partners of the United States, to counter hypersonic boost-glide and maneuvering ballistic missiles. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the budget of the President for fiscal year 2018 is submitted to Congress under section 1105 of title 31, Unites States Code, the Director shall submit to the congressional defense committees a plan to field the defensive system under paragraph
(1)of subsection
(a)by 2021, including— a schedule of required ground, flight, and intercept tests; and the estimated budget for such plan, including a budget with codevelopment described in paragraph
(2)of such subsection and a budget without such codevelopment, required for each year beginning with fiscal year 2018.