Sec. 913. SPACE ACQUISITION STRATEGY

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## SEC. 913 SPACE ACQUISITION STRATEGY ###

(a)Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— ####

(1)commercial satellite services, particularly communications, are needed to satisfy Department of Defense requirements; ####

(2)the Department predominately uses one-year leases to obtain commercial satellite services, which are often the most expensive and least strategic method to acquire necessary commercial satellite services; and ####

(3)consistent with the required authorization and appropriations, Congress encourages the Department to pursue a variety of methods to reduce cost and meet the necessary military requirements, including multi-year leases and procurement of Government-owned payloads on commercial satellites. ###

(b)Strategy Required The Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, shall establish a strategy to enable the multi-year procurement of commercial satellite services. ###

(c)Basis The strategy required under subsection

(b)shall include and be based on— ####

(1)an analysis of financial or other benefits to acquiring satellite services through multi-year acquisition approaches; ####

(2)an analysis of the risks associated with such acquisition approaches; ####

(3)an identification of methods to address planning, programming, budgeting, and execution challenges to such approaches, including methods to address potential termination liability or cancellation costs generally associated with multi-year contracts; ####

(4)an identification of any changes needed in the requirements development and approval processes of the Department of Defense to facilitate effective and efficient implementation of such strategy, including an identification of any consolidation of requirements for such services across the Department that may achieve increased buying power and efficiency; and ####

(5)an identification of any necessary changes to policies, procedures, regulations, or statutes. ###

(d)Briefings ####

(1)In general Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing regarding the strategy required under subsection (b), including the elements required under subsection (c). ####

(2)Interim briefing At the same time that the budget for fiscal year 2015 is submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, in consultation with the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Defense, shall provide to the congressional defense committees an interim briefing regarding the strategy required under subsection (b).