Sec. 222. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTOR
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## SEC. 222 LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTOR ###
(a)Limitation No funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of Defense may be obligated or expended for the testing or deployment of a space-based interceptor until 90 days after the date on which a report described in subsection
(c)is submitted. ###
(b)Space-Based Interceptor Defined For purposes of this section, the term “**space-based interceptor**” means a kinetic or directed energy weapon that is stationed on a satellite or orbiting platform and that is intended to destroy another satellite in orbit or a ballistic missile launched from earth. ###
(c)Report A report described in this subsection is a report prepared by the Director of the Missile Defense Agency and submitted to the congressional defense committees containing the following: ####
(1)A description of the essential components of a proposed space-based interceptor system, including a description of how the system proposed would enhance or complement other missile defense systems. ####
(2)An estimate of the acquisition and life-cycle cost of the system described under paragraph (1), including lift cost and periodic replacement cost due to depreciation and attrition. ####
(3)An analysis of the vulnerability of such a system to counter-measures, including direct ascent and co-orbital interceptors, and an analysis of the functionality of such a system in the aftermath of a nuclear detonation in space. ####
(4)A projection of the foreign policy and national security implications of a space-based interceptor program, including the probable response of United States adversaries and United States allies. **[**Section 223 was repealed by section 1649(c)(5) of division A of Public Law 118–159.**]** * * * * * * * # TITLE III OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE * * * * * * * ## subtitle B Environmental Provisions
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LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR SPACE-BASED INTERCEPTOR
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