(2) General Curtis Scaparrotti, Commander of 
the United States Forces Korea, testified before 
such committee on April 2, 2014, that ‘‘CFC [Com-
bined Forces Command] is placing special emphasis 
on missile defense, not only in terms of systems and 
capabilities, but also with regard to implementing an 
Alliance counter-missile strategy required for our 
combined defense.’’; and 
(3) increased emphasis and cooperation on mis-
sile defense among the United States, Japan, and 
the Republic of Korea, enhances the security of al-
lies of the United States in Northeast Asia, in-
creases the defense of forward-based forces of the 
United States, and enhances the protection of the 
United States. 
(b) ASSESSMENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense shall conduct an assessment to identify opportunities 
for increasing missile defense cooperation among the 
United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea, and to 
evaluate options for short-range missile, rocket, and artil-
lery defense capabilities. 
(c) ELEMENTS.—The assessment under subsection 
(b) shall include the following: 
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(1) Candidate areas for increasing missile de-
fense cooperation, including greater information 
sharing, systems integration, and joint operations. 
(2) Potential challenges and limitations to ena-
bling such cooperation and plans for mitigating such 
challenges and limitations. 
(3) An assessment of the utility of short-range 
missile defense and counter-rocket, artillery, and 
mortar system capabilities, including with respect 
to— 
(A) the requirements for such capabilities 
to meet operational and contingency plan re-
quirements in Northeast Asia; 
(B) cost, schedule, and availability; 
(C) technology maturity and risk; and 
(D) consideration of alternatives. 
(d) BRIEFING REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Defense shall provide to the congressional defense com-
mittees a briefing on the assessment under subsection (b). 
SEC. 106. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPACE SECURITY AND 
DEFENSE PROGRAM. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the Sense of Con-
gress that— 
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(1) critical United States national security 
space systems are facing a serious growing foreign 
threat; 
(2) the People’s Republic of China and the Rus-
sian Federation are both developing capabilities to 
disrupt the use of space by the United States in a 
conflict, as recently outlined by the Director of Na-
tional Intelligence in testimony before Congress; and 
(3) a fully developed multi-faceted space secu-
rity and defense program is needed to deter and de-
feat any adversaries’ acts of space aggression. 
(b) REPORT ON ABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 
DETER AND DEFEAT ADVERSARY SPACE AGGRESSION.— 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the 
congressional defense committees a report containing an 
assessment of the ability of the Department of Defense 
to deter and defeat any act of space aggression by an ad-
versary. 
(c) STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE DEFENSE AND DETER-
RENCE
STRATEGIES
IN
RESPONSE
TO
FOREIGN 
COUNTERSPACE CAPABILITIES.— 
(1) STUDY REQUIRED.—The Secretary of De-
fense, acting through the Office of Net Assessment, 
shall conduct a study of potential alternative defense 
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and deterrent strategies in response to the existing 
and projected counterspace capabilities of China and 
Russia. Such study shall include an assessment of 
the congruence of such strategies with the current 
United States defense strategy and defense pro-
grams of record, and the associated implications of 
pursuing such strategies. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than one year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Defense shall submit to the congressional defense 
committees the results of the study required under 
paragraph (1). 
SEC. 107. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) As General William Shelton testified before 
the Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
Representatives on April 3, 2014, ‘‘[Space Situa-
tional Awareness] underpins everything we do in 
space’’. 
(2) At the same hearing, Lieutenant General 
John Raymond, Commander, Joint Functional Com-
ponent Command for Space, further testified that, 
‘‘Space Situational Awareness (SSA) is fundamental 
to effective operation and defense of our capabilities. 
SSA allows us to maintain the current and pre-
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dictive knowledge of the space domain and the oper-
ational environment upon which space operations de-
pend. We rely on SSA to provide timely and accu-
rate warning to alert national and military leaders 
and our partners of impending threats and hostile 
actions.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Defense 
$10,000,000 for fiscal year 2015 for research, develop-
ment, test, and evaluation, Air Force, for enhancing the 
space situational awareness capabilities of the Air Force. 
Such authorization is in addition to any other authoriza-
tion of appropriations for the Secretary for such fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 108. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ACCESS TO TRAINING 
RANGES WITHIN UNITED STATES PACIFIC 
COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings: 
(1) Reliable access to military training ranges is 
an essential component of military readiness. 
(2) The training opportunities provided by mili-
tary training ranges are critical to maintaining the 
technical and operational superiority of the Armed 
Forces. 
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