Sec. 1803. Comprehensive assessment of Space Force equities in the National Guard
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to enter into an agreement with a Federally funded research and development center under which such center will conduct an independent study to assess the feasibility and advisability of moving all units, personnel billets, equipment, and resources performing core space functions, under the operational control of the Space Force, or otherwise integral to the Space Force mission that may exist in the National Guard and into a single-component Space Force and provide to the Secretary a report on the findings of the study.
The conduct of such study shall include the following elements: An analysis and recommendations associated with at least the three following possible courses of action: Maintaining the current model in which the Air National Guard has units and personnel performing core space functions. Transitioning such units and personnel to the Space Force. The creation of a new National Guard component of the Space Force. A cost-benefit analysis for each of the analyzed courses of action.
With respect to the course of action described in paragraph (1)(B), an analysis of the ideal personnel, units, and resources that could be transitioned to the respective Air National Guards of States that may lose space-related personnel, units, and resources as a result of the consolidation of space-related personnel, units, and resources into the Space Force component. An agreement entered into pursuant to subsection
(a)shall specify that the study conducted under the agreement shall be completed by not later than February 1, 2025. Upon completion of a study conducted under an agreement entered into pursuant to subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives a briefing and report on the findings of the study, including a description of any proposed personnel, unit, or resource realignments related to the creation of the Space Force single component or recommended by such study. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include classified appendices as required.