Sec. 1606. Allied responsive space capabilities
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It is the sense of Congress that— it is in the common interest of the United States and allies and partners of the United States to strive for accessibility and flexibility for delivering assets into space on a responsive timeline; the United States should implement joint United States-allied space missions that demonstrate rapid, rapid launch, reconstitution and satellite augmentation from locations in the Indo-Pacific, European, and other theaters of operations; the United States should leverage allied and partner spaceports to diversify and disaggregate launch sites across the world for a multitude of missions, including national security missions; and it is important for the United States to have operational and contracting steps established with allies and partners to ensure readiness and preparedness for responding to or deterring any unknown threats.
The Secretary of the Defense and the Secretary of State shall jointly— ensure that responsive space capabilities of the Department of Defense align with initiatives by Five Eyes countries, member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and other allies to promote a globally responsive space architecture; and designate a single official responsible for coordinating responsive space activities with allied partners. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Commander of the United States European Command, the Commander of the United States Indo-Pacific Command, the Commander of the United States Space Command, and the Secretary of State, shall jointly submit to the congressional defense committees, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report assessing current investments and partnerships by the United States with allies of the United States with respect to responsive space efforts.
The report shall include the following: An assessment of the benefits of leveraging allied and partner spaceports for responsive launch. A discussion of current and future plans to engage with allies and partners with respect to activities ensuring rapid reconstitution or augmentation of the space capabilities of the United States and allies. An assessment of the shared costs and technology between the United States and allies, including leveraging investments from the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and the European Deterrence Initiative.
In this section, the term Five Eyes countries means the following: Australia. Canada. New Zealand. The United Kingdom. The United States.