Sec. 1604. TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY
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## SEC. 1604 TACTICALLY RESPONSIVE SPACE CAPABILITY ###
(a)Program Subsection
(a)of section 1609 of the William M.
(Mac)Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116-283; 10 U.S.C. 2271 note) is amended to read as follows: > > ### “(a) Program > > The Secretary of the Air Force shall ensure that the Space Force has a tactically responsive space capability that— > > > #### “(1) > > addresses all lifecycle elements; and > > > #### “(2) > > addresses rapid deployment and reconstitution requirements— > > > ##### “(A) > > to provide long-term continuity for tactically responsive space capabilities across the future-years defense program submitted to Congress under section 221 of title 10, United States Code; > > > ##### “(B) > > to continue the development of concepts of operations, including with respect to tactics, training, and procedures; > > > ##### “(C) > > to develop appropriate processes for tactically responsive space launch, including— > > > ###### “(i) > > mission assurance processes; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > command and control, tracking, telemetry, and communications; and > > > ##### “(D) > > to identify basing requirements necessary to enable tactically responsive space capabilities.” > . ###
(b)Requirements Such section is further amended— ####
(1)by redesignating subsection
(b)as subsection (c); and ####
(2)by inserting after subsection
(a)the following new subsection: > > ### “(b) Requirements > > The Chief of Space Operations shall establish tactically responsive requirements for all national security space capabilities, if applicable, carried out under title 10, United States Code.” > . ###
(c)Support Subsection
(c)of such section, as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended— ####
(1)in paragraph (1)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “launch program” and inserting “space program”; and #####
(B)by striking subparagraph
(B)and inserting the following new subparagraph: > > ##### “(B) > > The entire end-to-end tactically responsive space capability, including with respect to the launch vehicle, ground infrastructure, bus, payload, operations and on-orbit sustainment.” > ; and ####
(2)in paragraph (2)— #####
(A)in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— ######
(i)by striking “for fiscal year 2023” and inserting “for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2026”; and ######
(ii)by striking “tactically responsive launch program” and inserting “tactically responsive space program”; #####
(B)in subparagraph (A), by striking “launches” and inserting “capabilities”; and #####
(C)in subparagraph (C), by striking “tactically responsive launch program” and inserting “tactically responsive space program”. ###
(d)Conforming Amendment The heading of such section is amended in the heading by striking “launch operations” and inserting “space capability”.
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