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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 2987 (Placed on Calendar Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1601

Sec. 1601. Modifications to Space Rapid Capabilities Office

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Section 2273a of title 10, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a), by striking joint ; in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking Department of Defense Executive Agent for Space and inserting Secretary of the Air Force ; in subsection (c)— in paragraph (1), by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: to rapidly develop and field new classified space capabilities. ; and by striking subsections
(d)through
(g)and inserting the following new subsections
(d)through (f): The acquisition activities of the Office shall be subject to the following: The Secretary of the Air Force shall designate the acquisition executive of the Office, who shall provide streamlined acquisition authority for any project of the Office. The Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System process shall not apply to any acquisition by the Office. The Joint Force Space Component of the United States Strategic Command shall establish, validate, and prioritize program requirements. The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure, within budget program elements for space programs, that— there are separate, dedicated program elements for unclassified and classified activities relating to space rapid capabilities; and the Office executes the responsibilities of the Office through those program elements. The Office shall manage the program elements required by paragraph (1). The Secretary of the Air Force shall establish for the Office a Board of Directors (to be known as the Space Rapid Capabilities Board of Directors ) to provide coordination, oversight, and approval of projects for the Office. .
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