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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2836 

To provide for an integrated plan for the space launch activities of the 

Federal Government. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17 (legislative day, SEPTEMBER 16), 2014 

Mr. TOOMEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

A BILL 

To provide for an integrated plan for the space launch 

activities of the Federal Government. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Integrated Space 

5 Launch Policy Act of 2014’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INTEGRATED PLAN ON SPACE LAUNCH ACTIVITIES 

7 OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 

8 (a) PLAN REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense and 

9 the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 

10 Administration shall jointly, in coordination with the NaVerDate Sep 11 2014 18:14 Sep 18, 2014 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S2836.IS S2836

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1 tional Security Council, the Director of the Office of 

2 Science and Technology Policy, and the heads of other ap3 propriate agencies of the Federal Government, develop a 

4 plan (to be known as the ‘‘Integrated Federal Space 

5 Launch Plan’’) to achieve the effective planning, coordina6 tion, and execution of the civilian and national security 

7 space launch activities of the Federal Government in order 

8 to ensure that the mission needs of the Federal Govern9 ment for reliable, timely, and affordable access to space 

10 are met in a cost-effective manner. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS OF PLAN.—The plan developed under 

12 subsection (a) shall include, at a minimum, the following: 

13 (1) An estimate of the anticipated annual space 

14 launch demand of the Federal Government during 

15 the 10 fiscal years beginning with the fiscal year be16 ginning in the year in which the plan is developed. 

17 (2) A description of the capabilities required to 

18 meet the demand estimated for purposes of para19 graph (1). 

20 (3) A description of the acquisition plans of 

21 each Federal agency covered by the plan for pur22 poses of meeting the demand estimated for purposes 

23 of paragraph (1). 

24 (4) An identification and assessment of oppor25 tunities for coordination among Federal agencies in 


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1 space launch acquisition efforts, and a summary of 

2 the lessons learned by the Department of Defense 

3 and the National Aeronautics and Space Administra4 tion regarding their launch service programs. 

5 (5) An assessment whether the Department of 

6 Defense is currently achieving assured access to 

7 space with its space launch in a manner consistent 

8 with the provisions of section 2273 of title 10, 

9 United States Code. 

10 (c) SUBMITTAL OF PLAN TO CONGRESS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec13 retary and the Administrator shall jointly submit the 

14 plan developed under subsection (a) to the appro15 priate committees of Congress. 

16 (2) FORM.—The plan shall be submitted in un17 classified form, but may include a classified annex. 

18 (d) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

19 STATES ASSESSMENT.—The Comptroller General of the 

20 United States shall submit to the appropriate committees 

21 of Congress a report setting forth an assessment of the 

22 adequacy of the plan developed under subsection (a), in23 cluding the extent to which the plan includes the launch 

24 needs and capabilities of the civilian agencies and the na25 tional security agencies of the Federal Government. 


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1 (e) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS DE2 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate commit3 tees of Congress’’ means— 

4 (1) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

5 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor6 tation, the Committee on Appropriations, the Com7 mittee on the Budget, and the Select Committee on 

8 Intelligence of the Senate; and 

9 (2) the Committee on Armed Services, the 

10 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, the 

11 Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on the 

12 Budget, and the Permanent Select Committee on In13 telligence of the House of Representatives. 

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