Sec. 1620. Report on operational and contingency plans for loss or degradation of space capabilities
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with each commander of a combatant command, shall jointly submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating all operational and contingency plans to assess the implications for mission performance in the event of a loss or degradation of space capabilities of the United States (including with respect to space control) either through the loss or degradation of on-orbit assets or through the disabling of ground components. The report under subsection
(a)shall address and describe the extent to which the operational and contingency plans described in such subsection— depend upon space capabilities to achieve successful execution; account for the loss or degradation of space capabilities; appropriately reflect intelligence concerning current and projected adversary counter-space capabilities and vulnerabilities of the space systems of the United States; include measures to mitigate any loss or degradation of space capabilities; include specific guidance for the short- and long-term loss or disruption of space capabilities; include specific guidance for the period in which there is a total loss of space capabilities before replacement assets are able to be brought online and operational; and assess the extent to which adversaries rely on space, including the potential effects of a short or long term loss of, or disruption to, the space capabilities of such adversaries. In this section: The term appropriate congressional committees means the following: With respect to the full report under subsection (a), the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives and the Senate. With respect to the matters in the report described in subsection (b)(3), and for any other matters in the report relating to the limitations, impacts, and vulnerabilities of the capabilities and systems of the intelligence community, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. The term intelligence community has the meaning given that term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3003(4) ).
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Report on operational and contingency plans for loss or degradation of space capabilities
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