Sec. 1612. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON THREATS TO SPACE OPERATIONS

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## SEC. 1612 ANNUAL BRIEFING ON THREATS TO SPACE OPERATIONS ###

(a)Requirement Not later than February 28 each year through 2026, the Chief of Space Operations, in consultation with the Commander of the United States Space Command and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing on the threats to the space operations of the United States posed by Russia, China, and any other country relevant to the conduct of such operations. ###

(b)Elements Each briefing under subsection

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

(1)A review of the current posture of threats described in such subsection and anticipated advances in such threats over the subsequent five-year period. ####

(2)A description of potential measures to counter such threats. ###

(c)Distribution of Briefing On or about the same day as the Chief of Space Operations provides to the appropriate congressional committees a briefing under subsection (a), the Chief shall also provide to the National Space Council, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Transportation, and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration the briefing at the highest level of classification possible. ###

(d)Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined In this section, the term “appropriate congressional committees” means— ####

(1)the Committees on Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Science, Space, and Technology, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives; and ####

(2)the Committees on Armed Services and Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.