Sec. 1655. DESIGNATION OF A SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE UNITED STATES

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## SEC. 1655 DESIGNATION OF A SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICIAL RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL INTEGRATED AIR AND MISSILE DEFENSE ARCHITECTURE FOR THE UNITED STATES ###

(a)Requirement Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall designate a senior official of the Department of Defense who shall be responsible, subject to appropriations, for the establishment of a national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States. ###

(b)Duties The duties of the official designated under subsection

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

(1)Designing the national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States. ####

(2)Overseeing development of an integrated missile defense acquisition strategy for the United States. ####

(3)Evaluating the budget requests of each military department and Defense Agency to ensure such budget requests are sufficient to enable the development of such defense architecture. ####

(4)Siting the integrated missile defense systems comprising such defense architecture. ####

(5)Overseeing long-term acquisition and sustainment of such defense architecture. ####

(6)Such other duties as the Secretary determines appropriate. ###

(c)Termination The authority of this section shall terminate on the date that is 90 days after the date on which the official designated under subsection

(a)determines that the national integrated air and missile defense architecture for the United States has achieved initial operational capability. # TITLE XVII OTHER DEFENSE MATTERS