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Representatives and the Senate, and to any other appro-
priate congressional committee upon request, a briefing 
on the requirements established under subparagraph (A). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(A) The congressional defense committees. 
(B) The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered programs’’ means programs of the 
Department of Defense relating to any of the following: 
(A) Protected satellite communications. 
(B) Next-generation overhead persistent infrared sys-
tems. 
SEC. 1614. REPORT ON PROTECTED SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS. 
Not later than December 31, 2018, the Secretary of Defense 
shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report on 
how each of the following programs will meet the requirements 
for resilience, mission assurance, and the nuclear command, control, 
and communication missions of the Department of Defense: 
(1) The evolved strategic satellite program. 
(2) The protected tactical service program. 
(3) The protected tactical enterprise service program. 
SEC. 1615. REPORT ON ENHANCEMENTS TO THE GLOBAL POSITIONING 
SYSTEM OPERATIONAL CONTROL SEGMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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 a report that identifies 
whether the current Global Positioning System Operational Control 
Segment (in this section referred to as ‘‘OCS’’) can be incrementally 
improved to achieve capabilities similar to the Next Generation 
Operational Control Segment (in this section referred to as ‘‘OCX’’) 
used to operate the Global Positioning System III. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required under subsection (a) shall 
include the following elements: 
(1) A cybersecurity review of both OCS and OCX to deter-
mine the specific cybersecurity improvements needed to operate 
the system through 2030, including— 
(A) the cybersecurity improvements to OCS needed 
to match the cybersecurity capabilities that OCX is 
intended to provide; 
(B) any additional OCS cybersecurity protections 
needed beyond those OCX is intended to provide; and 
(C) any additional OCX cybersecurity protections 
needed beyond those for which OCX is currently contracted. 
(2) An incremental development plan for OCS, including— 
(A) the number of additional incremental upgrades 
needed to achieve capabilities similar to OCX, including 
a discussion of— 
(i) any additional capabilities needed; 
(ii) the specific capabilities in each upgrade; 
(iii) the duration of each upgrade; and 
(iv) a full schedule to complete all upgrades; 
(B) the estimated cost for each incremental OCS 
upgrade; and
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(C) the total estimated cost across fiscal years for all 
OCS upgrades to achieve capabilities similar to OCX and 
any additional capabilities. 
(3) The date by which the Department of Defense would 
have to begin contracting for each incremental OCS upgrade 
to ensure availability of OCS for the Global Positioning System 
III. 
(4) A comparison of current improvements to OCS that 
are underway, and additional OCS incremental improvements 
described under paragraph (2), to the program of record OCX 
capabilities, including— 
(A) the acquisition and sustainment cost by fiscal year 
through fiscal year 2030 for OCS and OCX; 
(B) a comparison schedule between OCS (including 
incremental improvements described under paragraph (2)) 
and OCX that identifies the delivery dates and capability 
delivered; and 
(C) the cost and schedule required to provide OCX 
with any additional needed capabilities that are now 
required and not currently in the program of record. 
SEC. 1616. REPORT ON PERSISTENT WEATHER IMAGERY FOR UNITED 
STATES CENTRAL COMMAND. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than March 1, 2019, the Secretary of 
the Air Force shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report on options to provide the United States Central Command 
with persistent weather imagery for the area of operations of the 
Command beginning not later than January 1, 2026. 
(b) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The report under subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A description of long-term options for providing the 
United States Central Command with persistent weather 
imagery for the area of operations of the Command that— 
(A) do not rely on data provided by a foreign govern-
ment; and 
(B) do not include relocating legacy geostationary oper-
ational environmental satellites. 
(2) A description of the costs required to carry out each 
option included in the report. 
SEC. 1617. STUDY ON SPACE-BASED RADIO FREQUENCY MAPPING. 
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Defense and the Director of 
National Intelligence shall jointly conduct a study on the capabilities 
of the private sector with respect to space-based radio frequency 
mapping and associated operations and services for space-based 
electromagnetic collections. Such study shall address the following: 
(1) The near-term commercial market offerings of such 
operations and services in the United States and outside the 
United States. 
(2) The potential national security benefits to the United 
States provided by such operations and services. 
(3) The potential national security risks to the United 
States posed by such operations and services. 
(4) The sufficiency of existing legal authorities available 
to the Secretary and the Director to address such potential 
risks. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director shall jointly
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submit to the congressional defense committees, the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, 
and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate a report 
containing the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1618. INDEPENDENT STUDY ON SPACE LAUNCH LOCATIONS. 
(a) INDEPENDENT STUDY.—Not later than 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall 
seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research 
and development center to conduct a study on space launch loca-
tions, including with respect to the development and capacity of 
existing and new locations. The study shall, at a minimum— 
(1) identify how additional locations affect the capability 
of the Department of Defense to rapidly reconstitute and 
improve resilience for defense satellite system launches; 
(2) identify the capacities of current and new space launch 
locations, in light of the rapid increase in using commercial 
space services to support national security space missions and 
military requirements; 
(3) identify partnerships within State government-owned 
and operated spaceports that should be developed to increase 
launch capacities and enhance the space resiliency of the United 
States; 
(4) provide recommendations on strategic placement for 
future space launch sites; and 
(5) identify costs associated with additional locations and 
whether such costs should be borne by the Department of 
Defense, State governments, or private entities. 
(b) SUBMISSION TO DOD.—Not later than 240 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research 
and development center shall submit to the Secretary a report 
containing the study conducted under subsection (a). 
(c) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 270 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees the report under sub-
section (a), without change. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ means 
the following: 
(1) The congressional defense committees. 
(2) The Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 
the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives. 
(3) The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate. 
SEC. 
1619. 
BRIEFING 
ON 
COMMERCIAL 
SATELLITE 
SERVICING 
CAPABILITIES. 
(a) BRIEFING.—Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Director of National Intelligence, shall jointly provide 
the Committees on Armed Services of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, and to any other appropriate congressional com-
mittee upon request, a briefing detailing the costs, risks, and oper-
ational benefits of leveraging commercial satellite servicing capabili-
ties for national security satellite systems. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The briefing under subsection (a) shall include 
the following:
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(1) A prioritized list, with rationale, of operational and 
planned assets of the Department of Defense that could be 
enhanced by satellite servicing missions. 
(2) The costs, risks, and benefits of integrating satellite 
servicing capabilities as a part of operational resilience. 
(3) Potential strategies that could allow future national 
security space systems to leverage commercial on-orbit servicing 
capabilities where appropriate and feasible. 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committee’’ 
means— 
(1) the congressional defense committees; 
(2) the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House 
of Representatives; and 
(3) the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate. 
Subtitle B—Defense Intelligence and 
Intelligence-Related Activities 
SEC. 1621. ROLE OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR INTEL-
LIGENCE. 
Subsection (b) of section 137 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) Subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Sec-
retary of Defense, the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence 
shall— 
‘‘(1) have responsibility for the overall direction and super-
vision for policy, program planning and execution, and use 
of resources, for the activities of the Department of Defense 
that are part of the Military Intelligence Program; 
‘‘(2) execute the functions for the National Intelligence Pro-
gram of the Department of Defense under section 105 of the 
National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3038), as delegated 
by the Secretary of Defense; 
‘‘(3) have responsibility for the overall direction and super-
vision for policy, program planning and execution, and use 
of resources, for personnel security, physical security, industrial 
security, and the protection of classified information and con-
trolled unclassified information, related activities of the Depart-
ment of Defense; and 
‘‘(4) perform such duties and exercise such powers as the 
Secretary of Defense may prescribe in the area of intelligence.’’. 
SEC. 1622. SECURITY VETTING FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 80 of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after section 1564a the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 1564b. Security vetting for foreign nationals 
‘‘(a) STANDARDS AND PROCESS.—(1) The Secretary of Defense, 
in coordination with the Security Executive Agent established 
pursuant to Executive Order 13467 (73 Fed. Reg. 38103; 50 U.S.C. 
3161 note), shall develop uniform and consistent standards and 
a centralized process for the screening and vetting of covered foreign