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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 1790 (Engrossed in Senate) — To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military c... · Sec. 1604

Sec. 1604. Redesignation of Air Force Space Command as United States Space Force

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The Air Force Space Command is hereby redesignated as the United States Space Force (USSF). Section 2279c of title 10, United States Code, is— transferred to chapter 907 of such title; inserted after section 9062; and as so transferred and inserted, amended to read as follows: There is in the Air Force the United States Space Force. The head of the United States Space Force shall be the Commander of the United States Space Force, who shall be appointed in accordance with section 601 of this title.
The officer serving as Commander, while so serving, has the grade of general or admiral without vacating the permanent grade of the officer. The Commander shall be appointed to serve a term of four years. During the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, the Secretary of Defense may authorize an officer serving as the Commander of the United States Space Force to serve concurrently as the Commander of the United States Space Command under section 169 of this title, without further appointment as otherwise provided for in subsection
(c)of such section. The deputy head of the United States Space Force shall be the Vice Commander of the United States Space Force, who shall be appointed in accordance with section 601 of this title. The officer serving as Vice Commander, while so serving, has the grade of general or admiral without vacating the permanent grade of the officer. Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Secretary of the Air Force, the Commander of the United States Space Force shall do the following: Exercise authority, direction, and control of all space operations-peculiar administrative matters relating to the organization, training, and equipping of the space forces of the Air Force. Exercise the authorities and responsibilities assigned to the Commander as Commander of the Air Force Space Command before December 12, 2017. Carry out such other duties as the Secretary may specify. In carrying out duties under paragraph (1), the Commander of the United States Space Force shall report as follows: During the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, to the Secretary of the Air Force through the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. After the period described in subparagraph (A), directly to the Secretary of the Air Force. During the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2020, upon the request of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of the United States Space Force may participate in any meeting of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in consideration by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of an issue in connection with a duty or responsibility of the Commander. Commencing as of the end of the period described in subparagraph (A), the Commander of the United States Space Force shall be a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In addition to the elements of the Air Force Space Command as of the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, the United States Space Force shall include other military and civilian personnel of the Air Force (including appropriate elements of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve), and other infrastructure, assets, and resources of the Air Force, assigned to the Space Force by the Secretary of the Air Force. The Secretary shall provide for the Space Force a cadre of military and civilian personnel within the Air Force who shall assist the Space Force in establishing and maintaining an ethos and culture for space warfighting. . The individual serving as Commander of the Air Force Space Command as of the date of the enactment of this Act may serve as the Commander of the United States Space Force under subsection
(b)of section 9063 of title 10, United States Code (as added by paragraph (1)), after that date without further appointment as otherwise provided for by that subsection. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report setting forth an assessment of the advisability of permitting the Commander of the United States Space Force to serve concurrently as Commander of the United States Space Command as authorized by subsection
(c)of section 9063 of title 10, United States Code (as so added). Not later than 30 days after the submittal of the report required by subparagraph (A), the Comptroller General of the United States shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the assessment of the Comptroller General of the matters contained in the report. On or about March 31, 2020, and during every calendar year quarter thereafter through March 31, 2022, the Secretary of the Air Force shall provide the congressional defense committees a briefing on the following: The current status of the missions and manpower of the United States Space Force under section 9063 of title 10, United States Code (as so added), including the current status of the assumption by the United States Space Force of the elements to constitute the United States Space Force, including the elements of the Air Force Space Command and the elements assigned pursuant to subsection (f)(1) of such section. The current status of activities of the cadre of personnel required by subsection (f)(2) of such section 9063 (as so added), including an assessment of the progress of the cadre in establishing and maintaining the ethos and culture described in that subsection. The Secretary of the Air Force shall carry out this subsection and the amendments made by this subsection within military and civilian personnel of the Air Force otherwise authorized by this Act. Nothing in this subsection or the amendments made by this subsection shall be construed to authorize additional military billets or the employment of additional civilian personnel for the purposes of, or in connection with, the establishment of the United States Space Force. Section 169(c) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph
(2)and inserting the following new paragraph (2): If authorized by the Secretary of Defense pursuant to section 9063(c) of this title, the officer serving as Commander of the United States Space Force also serves concurrently as Commander of the United States Space Command, but only during the one-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020. . Effective on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, section 151(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The Commander of the United States Space Force. . The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 135 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 2279c. The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 907 of such title is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 9062 the following new item: 9063. United States Space Force. . Any reference to the Air Force Space Command in any law, regulation, map, document, record, or other paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a reference to the United States Space Force.
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