Sec. 1601. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM

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## SEC. 1601 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPACE SECURITY AND DEFENSE PROGRAM ###

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

(1)critical United States national security space systems are facing a serious growing foreign threat; ####

(2)the People’s Republic of China and the Russian Federation are both developing capabilities to disrupt the use of space by the United States in a conflict, as recently outlined by the Director of National Intelligence in testimony before Congress; and ####

(3)a fully-developed multi-faceted space security and defense program is needed to deter and defeat any adversaries’ acts of space aggression. ###

(b)Report on Ability of the United States to Deter and Defeat Adversary Space Aggression Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report containing an assessment of the ability of the Department of Defense to deter and defeat any act of space aggression by an adversary. ###

(c)Study on Alternative Defense and Deterrence Strategies in Response to Foreign Counterspace Capabilities ####

(1)Study required The Secretary of Defense, acting through the Office of Net Assessment, shall conduct a study of potential alternative defense and deterrent strategies in response to the existing and projected counterspace capabilities of China and Russia. Such study shall include an assessment of the congruence of such strategies with the current United States defense strategy and defense programs of record, and the associated implications of pursuing such strategies. ####

(2)Report Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees the results of the study required under paragraph (1).