Sec. 1633. Additional missile defense site for protection of United States homeland
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It is the sense of Congress that an additional continental United States interceptor site, located at the Department of Defense’s conditionally designated preferred site of Fort Drum, New York, is needed to enhance the protection of the United States homeland against potential long-range ballistic missiles originating from Iran or North Korea. Not later than December 31, 2030, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall establish a fully operational third continental United States interceptor site on the East Coast of the United States.
Such site shall be established at a location optimized to support the defense of the homeland of the United States from emerging long-range ballistic missile threats. In establishing the interceptor site required under subsection (b), the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall coordinate with the commander of the relevant combatant command. Not later than December 31, 2024, and on an annual basis thereafter, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report the includes the following:
The status of the planning and design, construction, development, and equipment requirements for the interceptor site required under subsection (b). The plan of the Director for deploying additional missile defense sensor discrimination capabilities as required under section 1684 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016 ( Public Law 114–92 ; 10 U.S.C. 4205 note). In the budget justification materials submitted in support of the budget of the Department of Defense (as submitted with the budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code) for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2031, the Director of the Missile Defense Agency shall include— a plan for establishing the interceptor site required under (b); and an update on the progress of the Director in establishing such site.
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Sec. 1633
Additional missile defense site for protection of United States homeland
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