Sec. 1604. PROVISION OF SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SERVICES AND INFORMATION

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## SEC. 1604 PROVISION OF SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS SERVICES AND INFORMATION ###

(a)Role of Department of Defense Section 2274(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— ####

(1)by striking “The Secretary of Defense may” and inserting “(1) Except as provided by paragraph (2), the Secretary of Defense may”; and ####

(2)by adding at the end the following new paragraph: > > #### “(2) > > Beginning January 1, 2024, the Secretary may provide space situational awareness services and information to, and may obtain space situational awareness data and information from, non-United States Government entities under paragraph

(1)only to the extent that the Secretary determines such actions are necessary to meet the national security interests of the United States.” > . ###

(b)Plan ####

(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 plan for a department or agency of the United States Government other than the Department of Defense to provide space situational awareness services and information to non-United States Government entities. ####

(2)Matters included The plan under paragraph

(1)shall include the following: #####

(A)An assessment of the existing and planned staff, budgetary resources, and relevant institutional expertise of the department or agency covered by the plan with respect to providing space situational awareness services and information. #####

(B)An assessment of the demonstrated ability of such department or agency to work collaboratively with industry and academia in developing best practices or consensus standards. #####

(C)An assessment of the existing and planned capacity of such department or agency to facilitate communication between space object operators to avoid a collision. #####

(D)The ability of such department or agency to use other transaction agreements or similar transaction mechanisms to support space traffic management requirements. #####

(E)Any additional authorities that would be required to assume the responsibility described in paragraph (1). ###

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

(1)The congressional defense committees. ####

(2)The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. ####

(3)The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.