Sec. 1095. NATIONAL ROCKET PROPULSION STRATEGY

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## SEC. 1095 NATIONAL ROCKET PROPULSION STRATEGY ###

(a)Sense of the Congress It is the sense of Congress that the sustainment of the solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine industrial base is a national challenge that spans multiple departments and agencies of the Federal Government and requires the attention of the President. ###

(b)Strategy Required ####

(1)In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a national rocket propulsion strategy for the United States, including— #####

(A)a description and assessment of the effects to programs of the Department of Defense and intelligence community that rely on the solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine industrial base caused by the end of the Space Shuttle program and termination of the Constellation program; #####

(B)a description of the plans of the President, the Secretary of Defense, the intelligence community, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to mitigate the impact of the end of the Space Shuttle program and termination of the Constellation program on the solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine propulsion industrial base of the United States; #####

(C)a consolidated plan that outlines key decision points for the current and next-generation mission requirements of the United States with respect to tactical and strategic missiles, missile defense interceptors, targets, and satellite and human spaceflight launch vehicles; #####

(D)options and recommendations for synchronizing plans, programs, and budgets for research and development, procurement, operations, and workforce among the appropriate departments and agencies of the Federal Government to strengthen the solid rocket motor and liquid rocket engine propulsion industrial base of the United States; and #####

(E)any other relevant information the President considers necessary. ####

(2)Long-term icbm plan On the date on which the President submits to Congress the budget for fiscal year 2013 under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the President shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a long-term plan for maintaining a minimal capacity to produce intercontinental ballistic missile solid rocket motors. ###

(c)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means the following: ####

(1)The Committees on Armed Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Appropriations, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives. ####

(2)The Committees on Armed Services, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Appropriations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.