Sec. 1610. ANNUAL BRIEFING ON COMMERCIAL SPACE STRATEGY OF THE SPACE FORCE

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## SEC. 1610 ANNUAL BRIEFING ON COMMERCIAL SPACE STRATEGY OF THE SPACE FORCE ###

(a)Findings Congress finds that the strategy of the Space Force titled “U.S. Space Force Commercial Space Strategy” published in April 2024, indicates that the Space Force intends to focus future efforts and resources on the following mission areas: ####

(1)Satellite communications. ####

(2)Space domain awareness. ####

(3)Space access mobility and logistics. ####

(4)Tactical surveillance, reconnaissance, and tracking. ####

(5)Space-based environmental monitoring. ####

(6)Cyberspace operations. ####

(7)Command and control. ####

(8)Positioning, navigation, and timing. ###

(b)Briefing Required ####

(1)In general Not later than 10 days after the date on which the budget of the President for each of fiscal years 2026 through 2029 is submitted to Congress pursuant to section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Chief of Space Operations, in coordination with the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration, shall provide to the congressional defense committees a briefing that includes the information described in paragraph

(2)with respect to each mission area specified in subsection (a). ####

(2)Elements Each briefing under paragraph

(1)shall include, with respect to each mission area specified in subsection

(a)for the fiscal year concerned, the following: #####

(A)Of the funds requested for the mission area, the percentage that are expected to be used to fulfill requirements through the provision of commercial solutions compared to the percentage that are expected to be used to fulfill such requirements through programs of record. #####

(B)A description of the requirements for each mission area and an explanation of whether and how the use of commercial solutions has been considered for fulfilling such requirements. #####

(C)A description of any training or wargaming exercises that are expected to integrate commercial solutions and include the participation of providers of such solutions. #####

(D)Any force designs of the Space Warfighting Analysis Center for which commercial solutions were considered as part of a force design analysis from the previous fiscal year. #####

(E)An update on the status of any efforts to integrate commercial systems into respective Government architecture. #####

(F)With respect to the contracts entered into to support the mission area— ######

(i)the number of such contracts; ######

(ii)the types of contracts used; ######

(iii)the length of time covered by such contracts; and ######

(iv)the amount of funds committed under such contracts. ###

(c)Commercial Solutions Defined In this section, the term “**commercial solutions**” includes commercial products, commercial services, and providers of such products and services. ## Subtitle B Defense Intelligence and Intelligence-Related Activities