Sec. 306. REPORT ON EFFECTS OF TRANSITION TO SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ON THE SOLID AND LIQUID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASES

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## SEC. 306 REPORT ON EFFECTS OF TRANSITION TO SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM ON THE SOLID AND LIQUID ROCKET MOTOR INDUSTRIAL BASES ###

(a)Report Required Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report setting forth an assessment, prepared by the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, of the effects of the retirement of the Space Shuttle, and of the transition to the Space Launch System developed pursuant to section 302, on the solid rocket motor industrial base and the liquid rocket motor industrial base in the United States. ###

(b)Matters To Be Addressed In preparing the assessment required by subsection (a), the Administrator shall address the following: ####

(1)The effects of efficiencies and efforts to stream-line the industrial bases referred to in subsection

(a)for support of civil, military, and commercial users. ####

(2)The extent to which the United States is reliant on non-United States systems, including foreign rocket motors and foreign launch vehicles. ####

(3)Such other matters as the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Commerce, may consider appropriate.