Sec. 7. Establishment of a national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Northern Command, the Commander of the United States Space Command, and the Director of the Missile Defense Agency, shall develop a comprehensive integrated architecture for defending the United States against all forms of missile attacks. The architecture required by subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: An identification of terrestrial, maritime, orbital, and cyber technological capabilities to address nonballistic and ballistic missile threats to the United States, including the sensor, command and control, and missile defeat systems that the Secretary and Chairman determine are required for the operation of an integrated missile defense architecture for the United States during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. The technological requirements to ensure compatibility with the integrated air and missile defense capabilities of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and integrated air and missile defense architecture in the Indo-Pacific region that is under development as of the date of the enactment of this Act. An integrated, time-phased development, procurement, and deployment schedule for the systems comprising the specified architecture. The development and integration risk of the proposed architecture. The personnel required to operate the proposed architecture, including opportunities for reducing the anticipated personnel requirements through increased use of automation. Any other matters the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff consider appropriate. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense who shall be responsible for the architecture specified in subsection (a). The duties of the official designated under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: Designing the defensive architecture for the United States. Overseeing development of an integrated missile defense acquisition strategy for the United States. Ensuring the budgets of each military department and defense agency are appropriate for the architecture required by subsection (a). Siting the integrated missile defense systems comprising the architecture described in subsection (a). Overseeing long-term acquisition and sustainment of the architecture. Such other duties as the Secretary determines appropriate. Concurrent with the submission of each budget of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, until the end of the period specified in paragraph (4), the official designated under paragraph
(1)shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on the actions taken by the official to carry out the duties set forth under paragraph (2). The authority of this subsection shall terminate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which the official designated under paragraph
(1)determines that the integrated missile defense architecture described in subsection
(a)has achieved initial operational capability. In this section, the term congressional defense committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.